La Mandragore bar is decorated with stuffed birds and fish, magical symbols, shells, stones, curiosities and animal skeletons. The bar itself is zigzagged and the stools are covered in animal print.
The menu includes a fine range of draft and bottled beers as well as local wines and spirits. Check out the snacking menu too; as well as cheese and charcuterie to share, they have Carambars (chewy caramel sticks).
This neighbourhood is the heart of the tourist trail. The name is not as pretty as it sounds, however.
La Petite FranceStrasbourg Tourist Office
Look up and see the open windows set into the steep roofs. These were used by the tanners who traditionally worked here because tanning leather is a malodorous business, and the workers needed all the fresh air they could get.
Because of the smell, the area was unpopular, and was chosen as the site of a hospital treating people suffering from 'the French disease', ie syphilis. Which is how it became known as La Petite France.
You can bathe in beer at the Taaka Beer Spa. For €60, you can immerse yourself in a wooden tub big enough for two people filled with bubbling water, hops, yeast and malt.
Drinking beer while you bathe is also an option, as is sharing your bubbly tub with a friend.
Take a tram to Kehl in Germanyolrat/Shutterstoc
4. Visit another country for lunch
Take the tram to Kehl and have lunch in Germany.
The shopping street is lined with bargain stores, bakeries and restaurants offering goulash from €13.
Otherwise head for the food trucks on the marketplace, and sample street food from places including Turkey, Vietnam and India.
In the Cathedral of Our Lady of StrasbourgSam David
5. Locate the lucky puppy
In the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg, walk around the pulpit until you find the very small carving of a puppy's face peeking at you, more or less at head height.
Legend says that stroking him will bring you good fortune.
The cathedral itself is a masterpiece of Gothic art, and is also worth taking the time to visit.
6. See the world's largest voodoo collection
The Château Musée de Voudou was founded by the CEO of the Fischer and Adelshoffen Breweries.
Fascinated by voodoo, Marc Arbogast and his wife Marie Luce collected more than 1,500 items relating to the religion, which are now on show in a former water tower. The collection is the largest in the world, and the museum is currently assisting historians in Benin, West Africa (one of the birthplaces of voodoo) to found a museum.
A haunting visit, not suitable for young children.
