Tour des Voleurs

Old thieves' tower and prison corner showing the less picturesque side of medieval Riquewihr.

The Tour des Voleurs, or Thieves' Tower, sits near the western edge of the old town and gives Riquewihr a useful dose of grit. It was part of the defensive system and later associated with the town's justice and prison functions, a reminder that walled wine villages were not built only for postcards.

Visit it together with the Dolder rather than treating it as a separate excursion. The two towers frame the old town well: one ceremonial and photogenic, the other narrower, harsher, and closer to everyday medieval administration.

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