Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Strasbourg to Basel

from 718,00 €
295-321 km
7 Nächte

7 nights
Roundtrip

Roundtrip/point to point: Cycling from point A to point B. A return trip to starting point is mostly included in the tour-price or additionally bookable with supplement. >> all Roundtrips
Level 2

Level 2 - Leisure bikers: Slightly rolling, light hilly terrain, few uphill stretches, average physical condition required. >>all Level 2 tours
Individual

Individual Tour: You decide for yourself the pace you want to cycle, the sights you want to see along the way and when to take a break. Our detailed maps and route descriptions show you the way. >>all individual tours

Please note: You can only take part in this trip if you are vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19!
As of Oct 2022, subject to change.

Feel save, book flexible: FREE rebooking up to 6 weeks prior arrival to any alternative date in 2021 - applies to bookings between May 01 and June 15 2021 , the price of the newly selected date 2021 applies in the event of a rebooking.

Rebooking FREE OF CHARGE until 28 days prior tour start; valid for all new bookings between May 01 and ***September 15 2021***. Valid for all tour-dates 2021 – the price of the newly selected date 2021 applies in the event of a rebooking.

Like the pearls, typical villages follow each other along the 170 km of the Alsace Wine Route.

In many of them the time seems to be to stop since the Middle Ages. Obviously here everything is about wine, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot noir, Gewürztraminer and Silvaner. But also around culinary delights like Munster cheese, Choucroute, Baeckeoffe, Kougelhopf and Frammekueche.

The exit point of this romantic trip is the cultural capital of Switzerland: Basel. Is it Obernai, Andlau, Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, the wine capital city of Colmar or Eguisheim that delighted you?

Route

Tour profile / level 2

You will ride mainly on cycle paths, on minor agricultural tarred roads or on little secondary roads without much traffic.

Day 1: Strasbourg

The European city of Strasbourg is waiting for you with its medieval city center surrounded with picturesque channels, between the historic tanner district and the modern European parliament.

Day 2: Strasbourg – Obernai, approx. 37 km

The Canal de la Bruche once served to transport wine from the wine-growing areas to the capital. Today the cycle path runs along this canal from Strasbourg to Molsheim on the wine route. It continues past the 12 th century Romanesque churchat Rosheim to Obernai.

Day 3: Obernai – region Riquewihr, approx. 50 km

The cycle path runs through the famous vineyards and their wine-growing villages, which are among the most beautiful in Alsace: Mittelbergheim, Andlau, Itterswiller, Dambach-la-Ville, Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr.

Day 4: Region Riquewihr – Colmar, approx. 39 km

Today there are more vines and beautiful wine-growing villages. Turckheim and Eguisheim, two villages where time stands still. You reach Colmar in the early afternoon.

Day 5: day of rest in Colmar or Colmar - Guebwiller/Mulhouse, approx. 50-76 km + train ride back

Either you stay in Colmar and you enjoy the day or you can do a cycle roundtrip which leads you to Guebwiller or Mulhouse from where you can take back a train to Colmar.

Day 6: Colmar – region Mulhouse, approx. 66 km

From Colmar you go south to Mulhouse, along a cycle path through sleepy villages and forests. After visiting Neuf-Brisach, you reach Ottmarsheim. There you can admire the unique Romanesque church from the 12 th century (before taking the canal cycle path into the heart of the town).

Day 7: region Mulhouse – region Basel, approx. 53 km

The cycle path Eurovélo 6 takes you along the Rhone-Rhine Canal to Illfurth. Then you cycle through little villages in the region of Sundgau to Basel.

Day 8: region Basel

Departure or extension of your stay at Basel.

Services

Included services:

7 nights in rooms with private facilities, breakfast

daily luggage transportation

information meeting (except Sundays & public holidays)

maps and information material per room

Dates & Prices

Dates

Merkmale

Extras

Discounts extra bed in double room with 2 full paying adults
0-5,99 years	-100%
6-11,99 years	-50%
12-14,99 years	-25%
15-99 years	-10%

Bicycle & equipment
7-/21-speed-bike	75
E-bike	180

Additional night
Strasbourg 3* (dbl/sgl)	65/105
Basel 3* (dbl/sgl)	on request

Best - Price - Guarantee

If you would verifiably receive better conditions and/or prices from another tour operator at the time of booking we guarantee at least the same conditions PLUS 1 handlebar bag for FREE!

All prices per person in EUR

Accommodation

Bicycle

Bicycles including panniers

The offered bikes are touring bikes with an aluminium frame and kitted with responsive brakes and gears. Plus: comfort gel saddles, flat-palmed grips, Schwalbe Marathon anti-puncture tyres.

You can choose between the following bikes:

7-speed-bike with hand brake and backpedal brake
21-speed-bike with hand brakes Unisex or mens frame (from 185cm up)
E-Bikes

To the complete equipment belongs of course also suitable accessories: Saddle bag, handlebar bag, service set with tool and spare tube, air pump, and lock.

E-bike

By popular demand, we have now invested in a considerable number of e-bikes, much favoured by cyclists who love the great Outdoors, but prefer to let the bike take the strain. With an electro bike every bike tour is a breeze! The shiftable, low noise electric drive of our modern E-bike relieves you of some of the work and increases the pedal force up to 3 times ... Acclivity can be handled easily.

Private bicycles

You are welcome to bring your own bicycle. This is adapted especially to your needs. Do not forget to bring a repair kit with all necessary tools such as: keys, reserve tube and lock. Please check your own bicycle for operability upon arrival.

Useful

ARRIVAL - PARKING - DEPARTURE

ARRIVAL BY PLANE

Airport: Strasbourg (SXB), approx. 20 km, Basel/Mulhouse (MLH), approx. 120 km

The Entzheim station is situated on the opposite side of the car park, outside the airport. From here there is a direct TER rail connecti on to Strasbourg station (7 mins.), cost approx. 4€. The taxi journey takes 20-30 mins depending on traffic. Cost approx. € 30 to Strasbourg.

ARRIVAL BY CAR

Parking: in the surroundings of the hotel, approx. 60 €/week. Before you park the car, go to your hotel first to put the luggage down. The reception at your hotel will give you the way to the next car-park. We advise you the parking Wodli (reservation is not possible or necessary).

ARRIVAL BY TRAIN

Train station: Strasbourg, hotels in walking distance.

Hôtel du Dragon: Tram from TGV railway station in Straßburg: Take line A in the direction “Place de l’étoile”, “Illkirch-Lixenbuhl” or “Neudorf”. Get off at the 4th stop (Porte de l’hôpital). From this stop, Hotel Dragon is only 5 minutes walking distance. The total travel time is 15 minutes. Tram pass:
approx. 2 €. Taxi: 7 – 10 minutes travel time from the railway station to Hotel du Dragon, approx.15 – 20 €

Le Grand hôtel: The hotel is on the opposite side of the railway station between the streets “rue Maire Kuss” and “rue Kuhn”.

Current train connections and prices you will find under: www.radreisen.at/france-train

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Travel stories

5,1 of 6 Stars | 8

nteresting contrasts riding through the vineyards, sleepy old villages, farm fields, waterways. I would recommend this route to cyclists in reasonably good condition. A couple of the hills through the wineries were a bit more than I expected in the above...A.D.L. 09/18

4.4 06.07.2019 | Patricia W. Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Level 2 means lots of hills!

Web site does not describe the route properly. It is too late to get the day to day road book on arrival. This was graded as level two but there was no description on the website of the many hills one had to conquer! The descriptions on the website are ...

Overall satisfaction 4
Booking handling 4
Travel documents 3
Information at the beginning of the tour 3
Accomodation 6
Board 6
Luggage transport 6
Route description 3
On-site assistance 3
Route-character 4
Bicycle + equipment 6
Price-performance ratio 5

4.9 22.09.2018 | A. David L. Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Good mix of terrain and sights

Interesting contrasts riding through the vineyards, sleepy old villages, farm fields, waterways. I would recommend this route to cyclists in reasonably good condition. A couple of the hills through the wineries were a bit more than I expected in the above ...

Overall satisfaction 5
Booking handling 6
Travel documents 4
Information at the beginning of the tour 3
Accomodation 6
Board 6
Luggage transport 6
Route description 3
Route-character 5
Bicycle + equipment 5
Price-performance ratio 5

5.2 22.09.2018 | Barbara T. Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

It was a terrific tour; great route, beautiful scenery and fantastic towns to visit. We were all thrilled that the hotels were all in the central altstadts. Thomas was very responsive to our needs. My only suggestion for improvement is that at the ...

Overall satisfaction 6
Booking handling 6
Travel documents 6
Information at the beginning of the tour 4
Accomodation 6
Board 3
Route description 5
On-site assistance 6
Route-character 5
Bicycle + equipment 6
Price-performance ratio 5

5.3 17.09.2018 | Barbara T. Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Alsace enjoyment

Orientation: The hotel had an appropriate room to hold us which was not utilized by Tomas. A picture of the orange arrows which marked the route would have been helpful. Advance notification of the availability of free GPS devices should have been told ...

Overall satisfaction 5
Booking handling 6
Travel documents 4
Information at the beginning of the tour 5
Accomodation 6
Board 6
Luggage transport 5
Route description 3
On-site assistance 6
Route-character 6
Bicycle + equipment 6
Price-performance ratio 6

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Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Strasbourg to Basel

Pearls of the Alsace Wine route

Strasbourg to Basel