Cycle tour on Alsace wineroad from Strasbourg to Colmar
- 6 days / 4 days riding
- / ref. AL3
- / Difficulty Moderate
- / Linear trip
Your cycling trip in Alsace:
From the Alsatian capital, you cycle along cycle paths and small roads in the heart of the vineyard. You will discover the essential villages with half-timbered houses with typical charm: Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Ribeauvillé. From Little France in Strasbourg to Colmar’s “Little Venice”, this is a rich and varied circuit between cities of character, panoramas and gastronomy.
Tour highlights
- The small wine-making villages with colored houses
- One night in Colmar for discover the « Little Venice »
- The wine road travels through the greatest vineyards
Day 1 Arrival in Strasbourg
Take the time to discover Strasbourg, the European capital of Alsace with a rich and dense heritage. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, do not miss the city’s must-sees: the lovely district of Petite France, Notre-Dame Cathedral or the Covered Bridges. The European quarter is also worth a visit.
Day 2 Strasbourg – Obernai | 39 km
You leave Strasbourg by the secure bike path along the river. Your quiet route take the cycle path along the Bruche canal, one of the prettiest Green Ways in Alsace to Molsheim, a small wine village with a century-old charm. Then in Rosheim, do not miss the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, one of the jewels of Alsatian Romanesque architecture. You spend the night in the heart of the historic center of Obernai, with its typically Alsatian charm.
Day 3 Obernai – Sélestat | 34 km
You continue on the Alsace wine route. The route allows you to discover many charming villages including Andlau and its Romanesque abbey or Mittelbergheim, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France. Dambach-la-Ville is also worth a stop. The stage ends in Sélestat, a city of Art and history, with its historic center and its Humanist Library registered in the Unesco Memory.
Day 4 Sélestat – Kaysersberg | 26 km
A short stage rich in discoveries! At the bottom of the massive castle of Haut-Koenisbourg, your route takes cycle paths and small roads to show you the essentials of the Alsace Wine Route with wine villages and their colorful houses: Bergheim, Ribeauvillé. As you wish, you can stroll through several villages classified among the most beautiful in France such as Riquewihr or the less known Hunawihr. You spend the night in Kaysersberg, another classified charming village.
Day 5 Kaysersberg – Colmar | 30 km
Leave Kaysersberg behind you for a stage that winds its way through the charming villages of the Alsatian vineyards. Visits to Turckheim or Eguisheim, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France, allow you to discover Alsatian gastronomy. Then you reach the Art City of Colmar and its characteristic Alsatian atmosphere. You will discover the wine capital of Alsace with its remarkable architecture and the “Little Venice” district, charming with its canals and its covered market.
Day 6 Departure during the day
The little extra with Biking France:
Private return transfer from Colmar to Strasbourg (on request).
Documents
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Your accommodation
• 5 nights with breakfasts (accommodation in a two-person bedroom)
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Luggage transport during the bike stages
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Equipped cycle rental for 4 days
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A personalized travel app, including all your cycling stages as well as tourist and practical information
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City taxes
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Hotline 7 days a week
• Dinners / Lunches / Drinks
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Tickets to attractions, tours of attractions, tasting
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Optional insurances (Cancellation Insurance OR Tranquility Insurance)
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Single room supplement (5 nights included)
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Transfer from Colmar to Strasbourg and personal bike repatriation
from 3 to 11 years old : - 20%
from 12 to 15 years old : - 10%
(Children's discounts only apply when triple or quadruple rooms are occupied by at least 2 people paying the full rate)
Hybrid bike VÉLO DE VILLE – L 200 - 21 speed gears
(bike included in this tour)
UNIVERSAL frame
- 1 rear bag
- 1 handlebar bag
- 1 smartphone holder (per booking)
- 1 repair kit
- 1 lock
Helmet not provided.
(These models of bike may be replaced by another one, similar)
e-bike VÉLO DE VILLE – SEB 800
UNIVERSAL frame
- 1 rear bag
- 1 handlebar bag
- 1 smartphone holder (per booking)
- 1 repair kit
- 1 lock
Helmet not provided.
(These models of e-bike may be replaced by another one, similar)
Practical details
Bikes will be delivered at the 1st hotel.
At the end of the tour, leave the rental bikes at your hotel, we will pick them up.
Your travel app
You’ll have personalized access to our travel app, which you can download onto your smartphone.
This app includes all your cycling stages, tourist and practical content, as well as your accommodation. The application will guide you along your route, like a GPS, during your cycling stages.
If you would like a printed version of the roadbook (including color maps of your stages), please let us know when you book your trip. It will be provided at your first accommodation.
Your journey:
Tour description
Mix of cycling paths or signposted routes for cyclists (about 90%) and small traffic roads.
Bike stages trip profiles
(click below to see the trip profile of each stage)
- stage Strasbourg – Obernai : 39 km / elevation gain : 202m / elevation loss : 156m
- stage Obernai – Sélestat : 34 km / elevation gain : 316m / elevation loss : 322m
- stage Sélestat – Kaysersberg : 26 km / elevation gain : 365m / elevation loss : 296m
- stage Kaysersberg – Colmar : 30 km / elevation gain : 162m / elevation loss : 220m
How to arrive in Strasbourg:
By train:
Paris Gare de l’Est Train station>> Strasbourg train station (2h20 by TGV train).
For more information, do not hesitate to visit : www.sncf.com/en
By plane:
- From Roissy CDG airport:
– Roissy Charles de Gaulle T.2 train station >> Strasbourg train station (by TGV train) - www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr
- www.parisaeroport.fr/passagers/acces/paris-charles-de-gaulle/transports-en-commun
www.transilien.com
www.ratp.fr/plans-lignes
- From Orly airport:
– Taxi transfer to Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station. (by TGV train).
– Bus shuttle (Orly Bus) : from Orly Sud > > Paris centre – stop ‘Denfert Rochereau’ >> Metro line 4 >> Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station.
http://aeroportorly.paris/orlybus.php
– Orly Val (automatic metro) >> Paris – stop ‘Antony’ >> RER B – stop ‘Gare du Nord’ >> Metro line 5 >> Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station.
http://aeroportorly.paris/orlyval.php
- From Beauvais airport:
– Taxi transfer to Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station.
– Bus shuttle >> Paris – stop ‘Porte Maillot’ >> >> Metro line 1 + line 4 >> Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station.
www.aeroportparisbeauvais.com/en/acces-et-transports/navettes/
- From Bâle-Mulhouse airport:
-Taxi transfer to Bale CCF train station > Strasbourg train station.
– Bus shuttle Line 11 stop ‘EuroAirport’ >> stop Saint Louis Gare SNCF >> Bâle train station >> Strasbourg train station
www.distribus.com/uploads/ligne11.pdf
From Strasbourg airport:
– Taxi transfer or TRAM to Paris Gare de l’Est station >> Strasbourg train station
www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr/EN/Passengers/Access/Shuttle-train.html
Return
If you have to come back to the start point:
- This return can be carry out by RandoVelo/Biking France: please contact us!
- A return transfer by train is possible and organised on your own. Please visit: www.sncf.com/en
Plan to go to the train station with your luggage (and your potential own bike)
(Personal bike return costs are on your responsibility.)
– Colmar train station >> Strasbourg train station (about 30 minutes by train or TGV train).
– Colmar >> Strasbourg (by taxi).
If you have to return to Paris (city centre) / Paris Airports :
- This return can be carry out by RandoVelo/Biking France: please contact us!
- A return transfer by train is possible and organised on your own. Please visit: www.sncf.com/en
Plan to go to the train station with your luggage (and your potential own bike)
(Personal bike return costs are on your responsibility.)
– Colmar train station >> Paris Gare de l’Est station (about 2h45 by train).
– Colmar train station >> Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV Station
Nearby Airport :
– Strasbourg Airport : www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr/en
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