Colmar Car Rental Guide
On this page, you will find information about car rental in Colmar as well as an overview of the car rental and driving restrictions valid in France.
Rental Traditions
To rent a car in France, you must be at least 21 years old and have held your license for 1 year. Drivers under the age of 25 may incur a young driver surcharge.
Cars rented in France are not allowed to enter the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia.
Driving restrictions
In France, traffic is on the right and passing on the left. The minimum driving age is 18 years.
All passengers are required to use seatbelts at all times; the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰.
Children must be at least 10 years old to sit in the front; those under 10 must be seated in the rear or in a fitted child seat.
Vehicles parked in dimly lit public places must have their parking lights on. You are only allowed to use the horn in cases of extreme and immediate danger. If a driver flashes their lights behind you, it means they want to pass you.
Broken centre lines show the section of road where passing is allowed.
Parking is forbidden where the curb is painted yellow. Parking on the left side of a street is only allowed on one-way streets. If not indicated otherwise, parking is free of charge from 7 pm to 9 am and on weekends, holidays and in August.
Speed limits:| Area | Limit |
| Expressways | 130-unlimited KM/H |
| Outside the City | 90 or 110 KM/H |
| In the City | 50 KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police/Ambulance Service: 17
Fire Service: 18
Road Tolls
In France, there are tolls on most of the motorways. Permission tickets are provided upon entry to the motorway and must be paid upon exiting. The price of the ticket depends on the distance you are travelling and also on the on the type of your vehicle. You can pay in cash or with any major credit card. Trunk roads do not have tolls.
Some useful expressions for tourists travelling in France
Car – voiture
Car rental – loyer de voiture
About Colmar
Colmar is a city in northeastern France and the head of Colmar prefecture. It is one of the most attractive towns in Alsace and introduces you to a large share of the history of the Alsace region, its artistic wealth and the wine-growing industry. The city is often compared to a historical museum; the most notable of its many museums is the Unterlinden Museum, home to several masterpieces from the Rhine renaissance. The city centre is a charming place with its colours and the atmosphere of the streets that have been preserved since the Middle Ages. Churches, half-timbered houses, facades with wood sculptures and gables all add to the beauty of the centre.
From Colmar, you can take a trip to the nearby Vosge Mountains and visit the wineries scattered through the foothills. The city also offers you various restaurants and pubs and a busy nightlife.
Population: 67,163
Country: France
Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
Monetary unit: Euro
