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Bas Rhin

Bas-Rhin covers the entirety of Alsace down to the town of Selestat with its deer reserve and library. To the west of the department you’ll find rural spaces and the Vosges National Park. To the east, the city of Strasbourg and the river Rhine providing a clear dividing line between French and German land. Castles and monasteries dot the landscape, but a lot of tourists admit that they prefer Strasbourg’s chocolate museum with its ‘Chocolate Secrets’ tour and, of course, its shop. After all, where else can you buy chocolate beer and chocolate pasta, or milk chocolate scented candles to light when you get home?