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Where to stay in Grand Est

This guide covers 7 destinations in Grand Est, a first-level administrative division of France, with 169 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Strasbourg, Reims and Metz. Across its destinations, May, June and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Strasbourg Airport (SXB).

Destinations in this guide
7
Places to stay
169
Comfortable in the most places
May, June and September
Main airport
SXBStrasbourg Airport
Currency
EUReuro
Time zone
Europe/Paris

Destinations

Destinations in Grand Est

Every destination in this guide in Grand Est, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Strasbourg293,77167May to SeptemberSXB · 10 km
Colmar66,97042May, June and SeptemberSXB · 55 km
Reims177,67421May to SeptemberXCR · 56 km
Mulhouse104,97814SeptemberBSL · 21 km
Nancy103,6719May to SeptemberETZ · 33 km
Metz122,5728May to SeptemberETZ · 16 km
Troyes62,0888May to SeptemberXCR · 54 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Grand Est

169 hotels in Grand Est recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

When to go

Best time to visit Grand Est

From the climate of 7 destinations in Grand Est with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May, June and September.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 75 °C59 mm
February0 of 77 °C52 mm
March0 of 711 °C49 mm
April0 of 716 °C46 mm
May6 of 720 °C72 mm
June6 of 723 °C68 mm
July5 of 725 °C71 mm
August5 of 725 °C68 mm
September7 of 721 °C66 mm
October0 of 715 °C61 mm
November0 of 79 °C69 mm
December0 of 75 °C70 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Grand Est

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Grand Est name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

Good to know

Public holidays in Grand Est, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).

Nationwide in France

1 Jan · New Year's Day6 Apr · Easter Monday1 May · Labour Day8 May · Victory Day14 May · Ascension Day25 May · Pentecost Monday14 Jul · National Day15 Aug · Assumption Day1 Nov · All Saints Day11 Nov · Armistice Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

In part of Grand Est

Nearby

Regions near Grand Est

Other regions of France with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

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Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.