# Vacation in Strassbourg, France - a little help, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-strassbourg-france-a-little-help-please/240693 "2004-04-18T18:26:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-strassbourg-france-a-little-help-please/240693/1 "2004-04-18T18:26:28Z")
At the end of August my wife and I will be taking a vacation on a converted canal barge through Alsace-Loraine. We need to get to Strasbourg to meet the barge and the trip will end in Strasbourg. We expect in our own small way to screw up the trade balance between the US and the European Union by eating and drinking out way through the Voges Mountains. The plan is to fly to Frankfurt and then take the train to Strasbourg. We are not concerned about the language. I can still make myself understood in German and my wife’s French is good enough that the Parisians take her for Belgian. Our problem is housing in Strasbourg. The outfit that runs the barges will set us up in a hotel in Strasbourg but even on a discount their hotel costs 500 Euros a night. That’s a little rich for us. The last time we were in Alsace, some 35 years ago, we either slept in the car or relied on _Five Dollars a Day_. We want to live a little higher than that but we don’t want to spend $500 plus for a clean bed and a shower. Does anybody out there have any recommendations for a reasonable hotel in central Strasbourg suitable for a middle-aged lady with persnickety taste? Any help will be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-strassbourg-france-a-little-help-please/240693/2 "2004-04-18T19:32:27Z")
500 EUR :eek: ? Are you sure that they haven’t hit the zero key once too often? Strasbourg is a main tourist destination (been there occasionally) and periodically seat of the European Paliament but that looks just _wrong_ There are a few hotels listed in [this ODP category](http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/France/Regions/Alsace/Bas-Rhin/Localities/Strasbourg/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/), and a few more in [the French-language ODP category](http://dmoz.org/World/Fran%c3%a7ais/R%c3%a9gional/Europe/France/R%c3%a9gions/Alsace/Bas-Rhin/Villes_et_villages/Strasbourg/Voyages_et_tourisme/H%c3%a9bergement/). The [tourist office site](http://www.ot-strasbourg.fr/) also has got an English-language version. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-strassbourg-france-a-little-help-please/240693/3 "2004-04-18T19:34:46Z")
I seem to recall staying in a pension-type place there, which are common in Europe. Since it’s a border town, your German and French will both come in handy. Nice place, as I recall; clean and attractive. Sorry, no specific recommendations. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-in-strassbourg-france-a-little-help-please/240693/4 "2004-04-18T20:27:10Z")
We stayed in a little econo-hotel just outside Strausberg (the german side) for maybe 60 marks back a few years ago. I’m sure it’s still there and not more than 50 Euro if that, although it’s a decent cab ride past the city proper, maybe 5 km out. There have to be many much, much less expensive options available, unless there is some sort of trade fair or something going on there at that moment. BTW, sounds like a great trip. Try not to gain too much weight!