In Colmar, Alsace, Grand Est, France, tourists travel in flat-bottom boats on guided tours of Little Venice (La Petite Venise), with its colourful River Lauch waterfront of ancient timber-framed houses.

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Colmar, Alsace, Grand Est, France: tourists can now embark on guided tours of Little Venice (La Petite Venise), with its colourful ancient timber-framed houses lining the canalised River Lauch, using flat-bottomed boats. They are of a type once used by the market gardeners and wine producers who began to colonise the Krutenau quarter, stretching to the city’s semi-rural suburbs, in the medieval period.

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Location: Colmar, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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