Colmar: Where the Vosges Mountains Hold Back the Rain
Colmar receives just 550 millimetres of rain each year — less than any other city in France — thanks to the Vosges Mountains, which intercept Atlantic weather systems before they reach the Alsatian Plain. This half-timbered gem on the Alsace Wine Route owes its medieval beauty, its vineyards, and its remarkable microclimate to a single geological fact: a wall of mountains that holds back the clouds.