Le Moulin de La Wantzenau: charm at the best price
An old mill on the water, a complete spa and the lowest starting rate of our regional selection: the best charm-to-price deal is in the countryside.
The verdict
An old mill beside its own millrace, in the countryside of La Wantzenau north of Strasbourg: Le Moulin combines the charm of a conversion done properly, a complete spa (pool, sauna, hammam, whirlpool baths) and the lowest starting rate of our whole regional selection.
The rooms and the spa
Bright country rooms, and the spa-side ones are worth their supplement. Breakfast is built on local produce and has a reputation of its own, and La Wantzenau is the village Strasbourg drives out to for dinner.
Booking tip
The centre of Strasbourg is a short drive away, and the clever December formula is to sleep out here in the quiet, at gentle rates, and go into the markets for the day. They run late November to 24 December.
Without a car it still works, because La Wantzenau has its own station on the local line. Check the last train back before planning a late evening at the chalets: out here the timetable, not the mulled wine, decides when the night ends.
Book this hotel: for a stay during the Christmas market, book several weeks ahead. It is the busiest fortnight of the Strasbourg year and the good rooms go first.
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Margot Keller
A Strasbourgeoise by choice for fifteen years, Margot looks after the practical pages and the Christmas market file. Every year she walks the markets from opening day, to tell the honest mulled wine from the tourist trap.
