Top Places to Find the Perfect Souvenirs and Gifts in Alsace

You can’t enjoy a proper escape to Alsace without trying some typical sweet and savoury delicacies or bring some souvenir items back home that you can find across the region! This is the best way to discover a large variety of delicious local products and exchange with people passionate about their work.

Here are some addresses in Obernai and surrounding villages where you can find the ideal gifts for your family, friends..and why not to yourself!

1) DELICACIES

OBERNAI

URBAN – Christophe ADRIAN Maître pâtissier

Master pastry, caterer

• Must-eats : entremets “Le Trois chocolats”, “La Forêt noire”, le “Toit d’Alsace”, la “Torche aux marrons” or la “Mousse aux marrons”. You can also easily be tempted by the assortments of grand cru chocolate with the possibility to prep your own chocolate ballotin.
• 82 rue du Général Gouraud, 67210 Obernai
• From Tuesday to Friday:  from 8h30 to 18h30
• Saturdays: from 8h30 to 18h00
• Sundays and national days: from 8h30 to 18h30
• Open everyday during July and August
• http://urban-obernai.com/

Mousse au Chocolat

Simon GROSS Maître pâtissier

Master Pastry, chocolatier, caterer

• Must-eats: a great variety of high-quality chocolates, possibility to prep your own ballotin.
• 66 rue du Général Gouraud, 67210 Obernai
• From Tuesday to Sunday: 8h30 à 12h00 – 14h00 à 18h30
• http://www.gross.fr/

Pain Gourmand

Bakery, Pastry, caterer

• Must-eats: baguette, viennoiseries, mannele, yule log, kougelhopf and the very famous bredeles that you can buy during the whole year!
• 139 rue du Général Gouraud, 67210 Obernai
• Mondays and Tuesdays: from 5h00  to 12h30 – from 15h30 to 18h30
• Wednesdays: from 5h00 to 12h30 – Closed in the afternoon
• Thursdays and Fridays: from 5h00 to 12h30 – 15h30 to 18h30
• Saturdays: from 5h00 to 12h30 – Closed from 18h00
• Sundays: from 6h00 to 12h30
• http://www.pain-gourmand-obernai.com/

Patrick SCHAEFFER Pâtissier

Pastry and ice cream maker

• Must-eats: succulent homemade cakes and their gelalo-style ice creams are just divine!
• 92 rue du Général Gouraud, 67210 Bernai
• Open everyday (except Thursdays): from 8h00 to 18h30
• Sundays and national days: from 7h30 to 18h30 except on 25th and 26th of December and 1st of January
• http://www.patisserie-schaeffer.fr/

Nid d’Abeilles

Vintage Cafet

Tea salon

• Must-eats: for those of you that are craving tarts, this is THE place for you! Simple homemade tarts with local fruits such as quetsche, rhubarb, blueberry, local “fromage blanc”, apple, with meringue on top for some of them. Simply delicious!
• 15 Rue du Marché, 67210 Obernai
• Mondays: from 18h00 to 21h00
• From Tuesday to Thursday: from 11h30 to 21h00
• From Friday to Sunday: from 11h30 to 21h30
• http://www.lacourdeshotes.com/au-bredele

La Maison de la Biscuiterie

• Must-eats: you definitely have to try their famous “Macarons de Riquewihr”, their taste are just beyond amazing! These delicacies are coconut and sugarcane based and declined in different flavours such as chocolate, pistachio, orange, rum raisin, so many choices.
• 9 Rue de Sélestat, 67210 Obernai
• From Monday to Thursday and Sunday: from 10h00 to 18h00
  Fridays and Saturdays: from 9h30 to 18h30
• https://www.maison-alsacienne-biscuiterie.com/

BISCHOFFSHEIM

Ferme Schmitt

Located in Bischoffsheim, right after Obernai, the Schmitt farm is very well-know in the region for its know-how in raising poultry and making subtle and delicate products of a rare quality for over 40 years.

• Must-eats: the semi-cooked duck foie gras with a taste of Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives and spices, the traditional semi-cooked goose foie gras and the “paté en croute” nature flavour or with a foie gras insert.
• 19 rue du Ried, 67870 Bischoffsheim
• Mondays: from 14h00 to 17h00
• From Tuesday to Thursday: from 8h30 to 12h30 – from 14h00 to 18h30
• Fridays: from 8h30 to 18h30
• Saturdays: 8h30 à 17h00
• http://www.lafermeschmitt.com/

GERTWILLER

Fortwenger

Located in Gertwiller, which is about 15 min drive from Obernai, the Fortwenter house opens its doors to public to present their know-how since 1768 and their delicious gingebread products.

• Possibility to visit their production workshop and the Palais du Pain d’épices.
• 144 route de Strasbourg, 67140 Gertwiller
• From Monday to Saturday: from 8h00 to 12h00 –  from 13h30 to 18h30
• Sundays and national days: from 10h00 to 12h00 – from 14h00 to 18h00
• https://www.fortwenger.fr/

CHATENOIS

Confitures de Nicole

We love these homemade artisanal jams which showcase perfectly the local products: quetsche, mirabelle (both nature or with cinnamon), strawberry with Pinot noir, rhubarb/strawberry, wild blueberry, Oranges with Alsatian whisky.

• 55, rue du Maréchal Foch, 67730 Châtenois
• From Monday to Saturday: from 9h00 to 12h00 – from 14h to 18h30
• Closed on Sundays
• https://confiture-alsace.fr/

Confitures de Nicole

2) SOUVENIRS GIFTS

OBERNAI

KERBER Souvenirs

• Must-buys: potteries, moulds typical from the region, a great choice of colors and patterns. We also like the Christmas items that you can find in the back room, a real gold mine!
• 4 Rue Chanoine Gyss, 67210 Obernai
• From Monday to Sunday: from 9h00 to 19h00
• http://www.kerber-cadeaux.com/

Comptoir d’Alsace

• Must-buys: we love the multitude of accessories especially during the Christmas period. This shop offer a great potential of decoration for the christmas tree or simply for the home interior! Between little handicraft dolls, elves, and other wood or metal figurines reminding toys of yesteryear, you will find a mini universe bring the local artcraft to the front.
• 1 rue du Marché, 67210 Obernai
• From Tuesday to Saturday: from 10h00 to 12h30 – from 14h00 to 19h00

Ulrich Cadeaux

• Must-buys: traditional or design kitchen accessories, a wide range of products for interior decoration from furnitures to little items as well as some for the art of the table. You can find very well-known French brands such as Jacquard Français and Olivier Desforges.
• 13 Rue du Marché, 67210 Obernai
• From Monday to Saturday: from 9h00 to 12h00 – from 14h00 to 19h00
• https://www.facebook.com/ulrichcadeaux/