Colmar walking tour with Little Venice boat cruise: 2 hours

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 30

LanguagesEN · FR

Mobile ticketAccepted

Walk the cobblestone streets, then float past the painted houses

This two-hour tour pairs a guided walk through Colmar's Old Town with a 25-minute canal cruise through Little Venice aboard a traditional Alsatian barque. A local expert leads the walking portion in English or French, sharing the stories behind landmarks like Maison Pfister and the Maison des Têtes, then you board the boat for a gentle drift past the quarter's quiet waterways. Strollers are accommodated on the walk, and companion pets are welcome on the cruise; the tour is free for children under three.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Colmar Old Town and Canal Cruise

Guided walk through Old Town
See Maison Pfister and Maison des Têtes
Pass Koïfhus Old Customs House
25-minute canal cruise in Little Venice

The Experience

The walk starts in Colmar's Old Town, where your guide leads you through cobblestone streets lined with half-timbered houses. You'll stop at Maison Pfister, a Renaissance home with murals and turrets, and the Maison des Têtes, whose façade is studded with 106 sculpted faces. The Koïfhus, once the center of the city's wine and textile trade, sits along the route as well. Your guide brings the medieval architecture and the stories embedded in the shop signs to life as you move through the quarter—this is not a silent walk past the sights, but a narrative of how the city came to look this way.

After the walk, you head to the Pont Saint-Pierre to board a traditional flat-bottomed Alsatian barque for the canal cruise. The boat winds through Little Venice, the quarter's network of narrow waterways and quiet streets where the houses seem to lean toward the water. You drift past the Quai de la Poissonnerie and other corners of the quarter that are harder to see on foot. Multilingual commentary plays throughout the 25-minute cruise, so you keep learning about Colmar even as you're watching it from the water.

The tour is built around practical comfort: if you're traveling with a stroller, there's a supervised place for it during the walk; if you have a companion pet, it's allowed on the boat. The whole experience runs two hours, which is long enough to move slowly through the highlights without the day becoming a marathon of sightseeing.

What’s included

A local expert guide leading the walking tour in your choice of English or French.
multilingual commentary on the 25-minute canal cruise aboard a traditional Alsatian barque.
supervised stroller space during the walk.
pet-friendly boat access.
free entry for children under three.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by UTG EXPERIENCE

Is this one for you?Choose the English tour if you want the guide's full narrative in your native language, or the French option to hear Colmar's history as locals do. Either way, the two-hour structure—walk first, then water—means you see the Old Town's architecture up close, then understand how the quarter sits in the landscape from the boat.