Colmar's airport (CMR, Colmar-Houssen) sits barely two kilometres north of town, and car hire around it follows small-airfield rules: brokers list Hertz, Avis and Europcar coverage for CMR, but the airport's scheduled traffic is thin, so the dependable pickups are in Colmar itself - Avis operates at the Gare SNCF and Enterprise keeps a city branch, both minutes from the old town. For most visitors arriving by TGV from Paris or Strasbourg, the station desk is the natural start line. The car earns its keep immediately here: Colmar anchors the Alsace Wine Route, with Riquewihr, Kaysersberg and Eguisheim within twenty minutes, the Vosges passes behind them, and December's Christmas-market circuit all but requiring wheels. Confirm desk hours against your arrival - Alsace keeps provincial schedules.
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