Explore France's Alsace Wine Route on Foot: Kientzheim to Molsheim

by Cassandra Overby

Forget the long lines and expensive tickets of traditional tourist sites. There’s a better way to explore the French countryside—on foot. Grab your backpack and lace up your walking shoes for a four-day stroll on the Alsace Wine Route, a 40-mile (64-km) path just southwest of Strasbourg through one of France's most popular wine-growing regions. On this mostly flat route, you'll pass through a series of pretty vineyards, admire ancient castles that perch on the cliffs above you and discover a different medieval village every 3 miles (4.8 km). This route guide helps you make your dream trip a reality, describing the trail in detail, helping you find food and accommodations along the way and making sure you stay on trail with walking directions and GPX tracks. This route guide - For the Alsace Wine Route as a a route preview, with narrative description, map, elevation profile, important stats and suggested stages - Helpful trail information including difficulty, signage, directions to the trailhead, tips on making the daily stages shorter and links to additional resources, including Explore on Foot's flagship book, "Explore Europe on Foot" - Planning tips like how best to find accommodations in the small French villages along the way and what nearby tourist activities are worth a visit - For each day on the Alsace Wine a narrative description of that day's route, map, elevation profile, walking directions, information on culturally significant things you encounter along the way, the services each medieval town on the route has (ex. accommodations, toilets, tourist information offices, public transportation, wineries) - Labeled and easy-to-follow GPX tracks - Plenty of photos of what you'll experience on trail On the Alsace Wine Route, you can look forward to the following towns and cultural Strasbourg (nearby), Colmar (nearby), Kientzheim, Riquewihr, Hunawihr, Ribeauvillé, Bergheim, Saint-Hippolyte, Orschwiller, Kintzheim, Châtenois, Scherwiller, Dieffenthal, Dambach-la-Ville, Blienschwiller, Nothalten, Itterswiller, Eichhoffen, Mittelbergheim, Barr, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, Obernai, Bischoffsheim, Rosheim, Dorlisheim, Molsheim Cultural Alsatian vineyards, wine tasting, Alsatian Wine and Vineyard Museum, Hansi Museum, Grand Cru hiking circuit, Hunawihr Major Vintages hiking path, Hunawihr nature park (with stork rehabilitation center), Saint-Ulrich Castle, Girsberg Castle, Haut-Ribeaupierre Castle, Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle, Bergheim Wine Trail, Kintzheim Castle and Eagle Park, Roman roads and ruins, Ortenbourg Castle, Ramstein Castle, Saint-Sébastien Chapel, Bernstein Castle, The Gingerbread Palace, The Museum of Gingerbread and Popular Alsatian Art, Mont Saint-Odile Convent, Bugatti museum, Museum of the Chartreuse

Kindle Edition

Published November 20, 2018

Reviews

[Carol Veach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect trail for the wine enthusiast

Planning on hiking this route in 2020 with my wine loving friends. Great guide for a good picture of your time on trail. You must buy the main book "Explore Europe on Foot" by the same author.