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Cycle tour on Alsace wineroad from Strasbourg to Colmar

6 days / 4 days riding  / ref. AL3 / Difficulty Moderate / Linear trip
from 890 €
per person

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.

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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 1Arrival 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 2Strasbourg – 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 3Obernai – 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 4Sélestat – 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 5Kaysersberg – 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 6Departure during the day


The little extra with Biking France (optional):


Private return transfer from Colmar to Strasbourg.


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Your accommodation

These hotels provide charming services on high quality as well as a great location.
Pictures for indicative purposes. Depending on the availability.
Including :

• 5 nights with breakfasts (accommodation in a two-person bedroom)
• Luggage transport during the bike stages
• Equipped cycle rental for 4 days
• 1 travel folder (per room) including colour maps
• Digital routes (GPX tracks)
• City taxes
• Hotline 7 days a week

Not including :

• Dinners / Lunches / Drinks
• Tickets to attractions, tours of attractions, tasting
• Optional insurances (Cancellation Insurance OR Tranquility Insurance)
• Single room supplement (5 nights included)
• Transfer from Colmar to Strasbourg and personal bike repatriation

Children discount :from 0 to 2 years old : - 90%
from 3 to 11 years old : - 20%
from 12 to 15 years old : - 10%

(Only if the triple or quadruple rooms are occupied by 2 adults minimum )

GIANT hybrid bike - 21 speed gears

OPEN or CLOSED frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 handlebar pannier
  • map holder
  • 1 repair kit
  • bottle cage
  • 1 lock

Helmet not provided.

GIANT e-bike

UNIVERSAL frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 handlebar pannier
  • map holder
  • 1 repair kit
  • bottle cage
  • 1 lock

Helmet not provided.

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 journey:How to arrive in Strasbourg: Return

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)

GPX files:

Besides the maps, we also provide the GPX files of your bike stages, as well as a suggestion of free mobile application (if you do not have a bike touring GPS).

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 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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André France travel date: 09 June 2022