Around Sand, start with Château d'Osthouse
Of the 5 places to visit in and around Sand, 3 are châteaux or heritage sites. All of them lie outside Sand. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg is worth a day, 24 km from the centre.
Leading the list near Sand
The rest of the best known are 2 châteaux and 2 museums.
MuseumMusée Würth France Erstein4.2 km north, in ErsteinChâteauChâteauChâteau des Zorn de Bulach2.8 km northeast, in OsthouseMuseumMuseumMusée de Benfeld1.9 km southwest, in BenfeldBest known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
How they lie
At 4.2 km, Musée Würth France Erstein is the farthest one out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Sand; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
How the list breaks down
There are more châteaux or heritage sites (3) than anything else, then museums or galleries (2).
Dark: in Sand. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
The list runs to 5 places, all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Sand itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Names further out
Of the 12 day trips, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg (24 km) is the best known.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg24 km northeast, in StrasbourgAttractionAttractionChâteau du Haut-Koenigsbourg25 km southwest, in OrschwillerAttractionAttractionGrande Île de Strasbourg24 km northeast, in StrasbourgAttractionAttractionMont Sainte-Odile17 km west, in OttrottAttractionAttractionPetite France24 km northeast, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée alsacien24 km northeast, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg24 km northeast, in Strasbourg
ChâteauPalais Rohan24 km northeast, in StrasbourgMuseumMuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg24 km northeast, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée Unterlinden39 km southwest, in Colmar
MuseumMusée historique de Strasbourg24 km northeast, in Strasbourg
Monastery or conventÉglise protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune de Strasbourg25 km northeast, in StrasbourgPlaces within 40 km of Sand with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Good to know in Sand
Are there attractions near Sand?
Nothing is mapped in Sand itself, but within 5 km there are Château d'Osthouse, Château de Werde, Musée Würth France Erstein and Château des Zorn de Bulach.
Are there museums in or near Sand?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée Würth France Erstein and Musée de Benfeld.
What well-known places are within a day out of Sand?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg (24 km), Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (25 km), Grande Île de Strasbourg (24 km), Mont Sainte-Odile (17 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Sand, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Musée Würth France Erstein: Philipp Schönborn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée alsacien: Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg: Radek Kucharski, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais Rohan: Radek Kucharski, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Unterlinden: stefano Merli from legnano, italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée historique de Strasbourg: Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune de Strasbourg: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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