ADT - Tourisme en Alsace

On foot…
In the mountains

What could be nicer than hiking in the Vosges, admiring the scenery, fauna and flora?
But remember, the mountain is a sensitive playground which we must learn to respect…
Before setting off, make sure you are well prepared.

Winter hikes

The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park has produced a very instructive little booklet on the rules to follow for safe hiking in winter.
"Du bon usage des ballons des Vosges" (Good use of the ballons des Vosges) (free of charge)

Information and reception:

The Ballons Des Vosges Regional Nature Park
Maison du parc
1, cour de l'Abbaye
68140 MUNSTER
Tél : 03 89 77 90 34
Fax : 03 89 77 90 30
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Website : www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr

Mountain guides

These State-certified professionals are there to guide you on your snow-shoe excursions and can help you interpret the animal signs you may see as long as you are quiets

www.accompagnateur-massif-des-vosges.com

Structures:

• Cimes et Sentiers (Moutain tops and trails)
  Col de la Schlucht - 06 74 32 12 59
• Branches et montagne (Branches and mountains):
  Station du lac Blanc et vallée de Kaysersberg - 03 89 71 29 18

The Club Vosgien

Promotion and development of tourism on foot and other outdoor activities;
Voluntary study, development, sign installation and maintenance of 16 500 km of hiking trails;
The Club Vosgien also proposes urban tourist circuits and has produced a guide: "Mulhouse et ses environs, promenades et découvertes" (Mulhouse and its environment, walks and discoveries).

The charter for the protection of nature, heritage and landscapes :
http://www.club-vosgien.com/charte.htm

You can find all the Club Vosgien outings at :
http://www.club-vosgien.com/rech.php

• Informations :
  • Tél : 00 33 (0) 3 88 32 57 96
  • Fax : 00 33 (0) 3 88 22 04 72
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  • http://www.club-vosgien.com/

Vineyard trails

The vineyard trail takes you on a trip to discover Wine and the Eguisheim Vineyard in an original and in-depth manner. You will learn about seven varieties of grapes via explanatory panels installed in front of the plots.

Le sentier viticole des grands crus d’Eguisheim (Eguisheim grand cru vineyard trail)

The vineyard trail takes you on a trip to discover Wine and the Eguisheim Vineyard in an original and in-depth manner. You will learn about seven varieties of grapes via explanatory panels installed in front of the plots.

Other notices tell you about the wine-grower's work season by season. You will also discover two grand cru wines "EICHBERG" and "PFERSIGBERG", their geology and exposure, as well as an exceptional panoramic view of Eguisheim, its vineyard and three castles. The route is very easy and takes about 2 hours in all…

• Start: beside the Eguisheim camp site
• Duration : 2h
• Information :
  OT (tourist information office) Eguisheim - 03 89 23 40 33
  www.ot-eguisheim.fr

Le sentier viticole de la Vallée noble (The Noble Valley vineyard trail): Soultzmatt

This vineyard trail takes you for more than two hours through the Zinnkoepflé mountain vineyard, classified Grand Cru.
Every Thursday from 1 July to 1 September, a tour guided by a wine-grower, followed by a wine-tasting in the cellar.

A pleasant stroll through the highest vines in Alsace: 400 m altitude. 18 explanatory panels on the varieties of grapes in these vineyards, proportions planted and ampelographic character of wines. Panels on grape transformation, geology, the Zinnkoepflé Grand Cru, Alsatian sparkling wine, late-harvest wines and the microclimate of the Noble valley.

Magnificent panoramic view over the plain of Alsace, Black Forest, potash basin, Mulhouse, the Swiss alps, the Petit and Grand Ballon, the Wintzfelden basin and the Noble valley.

• Contact : de tourisme (tourist information office) - Rouffach – 03 89 78 53 15
• Start: Place de la mairie at 9:30, takes the whole morning
• Distance / duration : 3km/2h
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Summer events : guided tours in July and August, Thursdays at 9:30, followed by a wine-tasting in the cellar.

Le sentier viticole de Pfaffenheim (Pfaffenheim vineyard trail)

Pfaffenheim, the first Alsatian village to have produced a vineyard trail, is surrounded by 300 hectares of vineyards well exposed to the sun. The vineyard trail teaches you about wine-growing and the methods of vinification.

Start : a welcome panel in the village square gives you all the practical information you need. The marked circuit follows lanes and trails snaking around the slopes. There are information panels at regular intervals, installed at the edge of the vines.

• Information : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) (tourist information office) - Rouffach – 03 89 78 53 15
• Durée / distance : 1h30 / 2km
• Type of tour :self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Summer events : guided tours in July and August, Tuesdays at 9:30

Le sentier viticole d'Orschwihr (Orschwihr vineyard trail)

This trail invites you to explore a pleasant, informative trail which teaches you about both wine growing and nature. It includes 16 explanatory panels.

• Start : : the Bollenberg chestnut tree (at the bottom of the main street)
• Distance : 4 800 m
• Information :
  Guy WELTY - 17, Grand Rue - 68500 ORSCHWIHR
  Ou OT (tourist information office) Guebwiller : 03 89 76 10 63

Explore the other vineyard trails on the website : http://www.vinsalsace.com/

Le sentier viticole de Bergheim (Bergheim vineyard trail)

• Locality : Bergheim
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) - 03 89 73 31 98
• Km / duration: 1h à 1h30
• Start : sports and cultural centre
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round

The Schlossberg (3km) and Furstentum (2km) trail

• Locality : Hattstatt
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Rouffach - 03 89 78 53 15
• Km / duration: 2 h
• Start : Place de la mairie
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : on prior demand at the town hall - 03 89 49 30 05

The Schlossberg (3km) and Furstentum (2km) trail

• Locality : Kintzheim
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Kaysersberg - 03 89 78 22 78
• Km / duration: 1h30 à 2h
• Start : Hôtel de ville
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Animation été : wine-growing + wine-tasting outing, July, August, September. Every Tuesday at 10:00 Alternately in Kaysersberg, Kientzheim, Sigolsheim, Katzenthal and Ammerschwihr. (meet in front of the town hall)

Sentier viticole de Rouffach

• Locality : Rouffach
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) - 03 89 78 53 15
• Km / duration: 1h30
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels
• Opening period : all year round

Sentier viticole de Sigolsheim (Sigolsheim vineyard trail)

• Locality : Sigolsheim
• Contact : Syndicat viticole Philippe TEMPE - 03 89 78 28 05
• Km / duration: 2 km
• Start : old chapel
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : tours organised by the town association on request - 2 picnic spots

Sentier viticole de Turckheim

• Locality : Turckheim
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) - 03 89 27 38 44
• Km / duration: 2 km - 1h
• Start : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) , rue de la grenouillère
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : sur réservation visite pour groupe

Sentier viticole de Turckheim (Turkheim vineyard trail)

• Locality : Westhalten
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Rouffach - 03 89 78 53 15
• Km / duration: 1h30
• Start : Crédit Mutuel, rue des fleurs
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round

Sentier viticole de Wuenheim (Wuenheim vineyard trail)

• Locality : Wuenheim
• Contact : Soultz-Wuenheim wine cellar
• Km / duration: 3,5 km
• Start : in front of the wine cellar
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round

Intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (Jewels of the vineyards)

• Locality : Bennwihr, Mittelwihr, Beblenheim, Zellenberg, Riquewihr, Hunawihr
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Riquewihr - 03 89 49 08 40
• Km / duration: 15km - 4h30
• Start : can start in each of the villages
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer, alternating in the 6 villages.
• Opening period : all year round
  A map and discovery guide for the jewels of the vineyard trail are available at the Pays de Ribeauvillé-Riquwihr tourist information office
• Riquewihr office :
  2, rue de la Première Armée
  F-68340 Riquewihr
• Ribeauvillé office :
  1, Grand rue
  68150 Ribeauvillé
• Indigo number : 0820 360 922
• Fax : 03 89 49 08 49
• Email : info@ribeauvillé-riquewihr.com
• Internet : www.ribeauvillé-riquewihr.com

Sentier viticole de Bennwihr (Bennwihr vineyard trail)

• Locality : Bennwihr
• Contact : Mairie - 03 89 47 90 26
• Km / duration: 1h30
• Start : the wine cellar carpark
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Sentier viticole de Mittelwihr (Mittelwihr vineyard trail)

• Locality : Mittelwihr
• Contact : Mairie - 03 89 47 90 23
• Km / duration: 1h à 1h30
• Start : Parking de la salle des fêtes
• Type of tour : libre avec des panneaux, guidée en été
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Sentier viticole de Riquewirh (Riquewihr vineyard trail)

• Locality : Riquewihr
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) - 03 89 49 08 40
• Km / duration: 1h
• Start : rue de la piscine, beside the Schoenenbourg inn
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Animation été : guided tours in July and August, from Monday to Friday at 17:00, alternately in the 6 localities and followed by a tour of the wine cellar.
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Sentier viticole de Beblenheim (Beblenheim vineyard trail)

• Locality : Beblenheim
• Contact : Mairie - 03 89 47 90 13
• Km / duration: 1h30
• Start : in front of the village hall
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Sentier viticole de Zellenberg (Zellenberg vineyard trail)

• Locality : Zellenberg
• Contact : Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Riquewihr - 03 89 49 08 40
• Km / duration: 1h
• Start : place de l’Eglise opposite the fire station
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Le sentier viticole d'Hunawihr (Hunawihr vineyard trail)

• Locality : Hunawihr
• Contact : mairie - 03 89 73 60 42
• Km / duration: 4 km- 1h30
• Start : Sainte Hume fountain
• Type of tour : self-guided with panels, guided in summer
• Opening period : all year round
• Remark : is part of the intercommunal trail "Les perles du vignobles" (jewels of the vineyards)

Remark : all the vineyard trails are closed one month before and during the harvest

Discovery trails

Aubure: discovery trail in the highest village in Alsace

Aubure is the highest village in Alsace (800m). A discovery trail reveals its history, heritage and landscape.

• 10 halts along the trail:
  • Farm life 100 years ago
  • Aubure, a spa village
  • Return to mixed forest
  • When fur was in fashion
  • Farming then and now
  • All about water
  • Landscape before, landscape today
  • Under the Scots pines
  • "Gruss aus Altweier" ("souvenir of Aubure")
  • The time of small shops
• Durée : about 2 hours
• The trail is marked by the Aubure Club Vosgien. Specific signs illustrating the Capercaillie have been installed.
• The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park has produced a brochure "Aubure: discovery trail in the highest village in Alsace".
• Information :
  The Ballons Des Vosges Regional Nature Park
  Maison du Parc
  1, cours de l'Abbaye
  68140 MUNSTER
  Tél. : 03 89 77 90 34
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  Website : www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr

Baltzenheim: la balade des eaux retrouvées (the restored water stroll)

Living Rhine, trail produced by the ONF (national forestry commission)
1.2 km stroll (about 45 min.)
No special difficulty

Contact :

• Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) des bords du Rhin - 03 89 72 56 98
• Office de tourisme (Tourist information office) de Marckolsheim - 03 88 92 56 98

15 km à east of Colmar
11km south of Marckolsheim
12km north of Neuf-Brisach

Thur discovery trail at Cernay

The banks of the Thur are used for a discovery circuit: the route, with explanatory notices showing the marmot and little ringed plover (a bird living on the gravel banks in the river), helps strollers meet the fauna and flora of this protected area.

• Information : OT (tourist information office) Cernay - 03 89 75 50 35
• Brochure : le sentier de la Thur sauvage (the Thur wildlife trail), 1€

The Chavannes-sur-l'Etang pools trail

23 information panels on the fauna and flora.

• Information :
  Chavannes sur l'étang town hall
  Tél. : 03 89 25 23 99

Le sentier botanique forestier d’Emlingen (Emlingen forest botany trail)

21 panels with information on the variety of plants in Emlingen forest.

• Distance : 1200m
• Information :
  Communauté de communes de la vallée de Hundsbach (Hundsbach valley town association)
  26, rue principale
  68130 EMLINGEN
• Tél. : 03 89 07 43 11
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FRELAND: Discovery trail

This marked trail is a 7.5 km loop (short-cut possible) lasting about 2h30. The panel at the start of the trail is opposite the town hall. s.

• There are ten discovery halts along the route : 
  1. Common landscape names,
  2. Head in the leaves,
  3. The forest which pricks,
  4. Plunging view over the Grand'Rue,
  5. The buzzing vale,
  6. More than 900 hectares of forest,
  7. Rediscover Tibremont,
  8. From Saint-Thiébaut chapel,
  9. On the banks of the Ur,
  10. Family crops.
• Contact :
  MAIRIE DE FRELAND (FRELAND TOWN HALL)
  52, Grand'Rue
  68240 Fréland
• Tél. : 03.89.47.57.13
• Fax : 03.89.71.91.91
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La balade de l'eau à Gunsbach (the water stroll at Gunsbach)

Accompanied by the sound of rushing waves, Gunsbach invites you to learn the history of its water, its union with trees, earth and people…

• Length : 4 Km
• Durée : about 2h30
• Number of stations : 13
• Trail marked with arrows
• The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park, in association with Gunsbach school, has produced a leaflet (for 5 to 12 year olds), consisting of a series of questions which can be answered by reading the water trail panels.

Nature lessons at Guebwiller

Green circuit through the parks

Trees which are remarkable by their size, origin and beauty, form patches of greenery and healing peace in Guebwiller, with beautiful flower beds close by.

The most enriching collection is in the Marseillaise park.

A neighbouring park surrounds the Neuenbourg Park which is currently a training centre for bilingual teaching.

50 numbered plaques, attached to the trees, are linked to the "Green Circuit" guide which provides botanical details on the species (available at the Guebwiller tourist information office).

Axwald botany stroll

Produced by the ONF, Les Amis des Plantes du Florival and Guebwiller town council. Start at the end of rue Sudel, in the "parcours-vita" carpark, not far from the society of natural hygiene. The trail is marked with a red rectangle along the 4.5 km route. 34 trees of various species have been listed. An explanatory leaflet is available at the Guebwiller tourist information office.

The Hardt Nord site: Natura 2000

The Natura 2000 trail

Follow the Natura 2000 adventure through the Hardt site;

• Start opposite the Poney Park, in the Hardt State forest
• Distance : 2 km

Le sentier d'interprétation d'Oberhergheim (Oberhergheim interpretation trail)

Helps you understand the natural or historical origins of the Hardt site

• Start :
  • from Rustenhart or Oberhergheim church (6.5 km from village to village);
  • from the carpark at the edge of the RD8 on leaving Oberhergheim for Hirtzfelden (5 km round trip).

Le sentier botanique du Hardtwald (Hardtwald botany trail)

It sheds light on the diversity of tree and shrub species typical of the Hardt

• Start :rue du château d'eau almost opposite Heiteren church, to the carpark on the edge of the forest (electricity pylon)
• Distance : 600 m

Le sentier de découverte de Dessenheim (Dessenheim discovery trail)

It presents the wealth of the Hardt and the achievements of the LIFE project (financial instrument for the environment)

• Start : Dessenheim village hall, at the end of the village in the direction of Hettenschlag (RD 13).
• Contacts :
  • ONF (national forestry commission), Colmar branch
    22, rue de Herrlisheim
    68000 COLMAR
    Tél. : 03 89 22 96 10
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  • DIREN (regional environment department) Alsace
    8, rue Adolphe Seyboth
    67080 STRASBOURG Cedex
    Tél. : 03 88 22 73 30
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Le sentier de découverte de la cascade du Heidenbad (Heidenbad falls discovery trail)

From 13 educational signs you can discover the amazing natural and human history of this site, exceptional for its industrial history as well as its biological and landscape qualities. Part of the trail, as far as the viewpoint over the falls, has been developed to allow access for people with reduced mobility. A booklet is also available to help you get the most out of your visit.

Information :

• Wildenstein Town Hall
  Tél. : 03 89 82 20 12
• OT (tourist information office) Saint-Amarin
  Tél. : 03 89 82 13 90
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  Website : www.ot-saint-amarin.com

Kembs : passage en devenir

Living Rhine, trail produced by the CSA
3 km stroll (about 1h15 min.) Steps going down the dyke.

• Contacts :
  • Petite Camargue Alsacienne: 03 89 83 34 20
  • Conservatoire des Sites Alsaciens: 03 89 83 34 20
    5 km north of Basle, 25 km south-east of Mulhouse, railway halt at Saint-Louis la Chaussée
• Renseignement : OT (tourist information office) Bords du Rhin - 03 89 72 56 66

Le sentier de découverte du Schlossberg, Kruth (Schlossberg, Kruth discovery trail)

17 explanatory panels to discover an exceptional historical and natural site.

• Durée : 1h30
• Information :
  • OT (tourist information office) Vallée de Saint-Amarin - 03 89 82 13 90
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  • Website : www.ot-saint-amarin.com

Sentier pédagogique du Lac de Lucelle Lac de Lucelle educational trail

• Information :
  • OT (tourist information office) du Jura alsacien (Alsatian Jura tourist information office)
  • Route de Lucelle
  • Tél : 03 89 40 33 84
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  • Website :www.jura-alsacien.net

La petite Camargue alsacienne

3 marked discovery trails with observatories and informative pools.

• Information :
  • Petite Camargue Alsacienne
    1, rue de la pisciculture
    68300 SAINT-LOUIS
  • Tél : 03 89 89 78 59
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  • Website : http://persowanadoo.fr/petite.camargue.alsacienne/

Raedersdorf: "le sentier de découverte" ("discovery trail")

Remarkable viewpoints, thematic stations, botanical panels. Visit to the stork enclosure possible.

• Distance : 2 000 ou 3 200 m.
• Information :
  • OT du Jura alsacien (Alsatian Jura tourist information office)
    Route de Lucelle
  • 03 89 40 33 84
  • www.jura-alsacien.net
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Communauté de communes du Ried Brun (Ried Brun town association)

The Foulque trail - BISCHWIHR

An adorable little coot guides your steps along the Bischwihr trail. At three halts, you learn the secrets of the fauna that live in the phreatic river Blind, the history of the construction of Colmar canal and the main characteristics of the Ried landscapes. Following the instructions, you learn how to identify the reed warbler, the little grebe or the common moorhen. But you can also simply stroll along the banks of the Blind and the Colmar canal.

• Families : 1h30
• Start : derrière l'église catholique de Bischwihr, suivre la flèche
• Distance : 4 000 m

Le sentier du sanglier (Wild boar trail) Grussenheim

Nature follows its course, evolving with human history, right beside us. Along the way, nature, crops, streams… reveal their unsuspected wealth. Follow the wild boar and find information about the old Grussenheim synagogue, meadow evolution, the presence of hoards of wild boar and the violent confrontations of January 1945…

• Famille : 2 heures
• Start: in front of the primary school beside the town hall.
• Distance : 5 270 m

Le sentier de la martre (the marten trail): Holtzwihr

Lovers of nature and original landscapes will enjoy this stroll, which is essentially in the State forest of Orch. The Marten, mascot for this trail, reserves some surprises for you with the discovery of the last Ried Brun meadows full of orchids and insects. Under your feet you can feel the dull rushing of the underground water which suddenly emerges in clear springs… Halfway round the circuit, you can rest in a hunting lodge, which has been rebuilt after being destroyed in WWII bombing raids. It is now used to observe birds and introduce visitors to different tree species .

Sous vos pas, vous sentirez le bruissement sourd de la nappe souterraine qui affleure soudainement en sources claires… A mi-parcours, le promeneur peut se reposer au relais de chasse, qui, après avoir été détruit lors de bombardements de la seconde guerre mondiale, a été reconstruit. Il sert maintenant de lieu d'observation des oiseaux et d'initiation aux différentes essences d'arbres.

• Famille : 2 heures
• Start : football stadium at the northern exit of Holtzwihr
• Distance : 5 300m

Le sentier de la grenouille (the frog trail): Wickerschwihr

This peaceful trail along the Lissgraben trail, helps you understand the ecological importance of the many water courses which follow the Ried Brun. This stroll also includes an educational presentation of the work done towards renaturation of the Lissgraben.

• Families : 1 hour
• Start : at the entrance to Riedwihr, opposite the casemates.
• Distance : 2 330 m
• Information :
  • Communauté de commune du Pays du Ried BrunRied Brun town association
    24, rue Vauban
    68320 MUNTZENHEIM
  • Tél. : 03 89 78 63 80
  • Fax : 03 89 78 63 83
  • http://www.cc-riedbrun.fr/

Sentier de Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines (Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines trail)

The Val d'Argent town association is currently working on an interpretation trail based on trees (Forestum) which should be opened in June.

It will include 6 information panels on the theme of trees and the arboretum as well as a welcome panel.

Person in charge of the dossier: Marion SCHMITT – 03 89 58 34 60

Sée d’Urbès

Remains of an ancient glacier at the col du Bussang, the lake peat bed of Sée d'Urbès is a rare natural environment. Today it is a refuge for widely varying fauna and flora. You can appreciate its natural wealth and the Sée landscape by following a marked informative trail.

• Information :
  • Mairie d’Urbès (Urbès town hall)
    Tél. : 03 89 82 60 91
  • OT (tourist information office) Saint-Amarin
    Tél. : 03 89 82 13 90
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    Website : www.ot-saint-amarin.com

WINTZENHEIM: Le sentier de l’écureuil (the squirrel trail)

The squirrel trail links the Trois-Châteaux carpark with the carpark at Hohlandsbourg. This is an easy trail to follow and very peaceful.

Total length of the main trail: 3 200 m. A round trip is therefore 6 400 m or 2 to 3 hours of walking.

Designed to be easy, this circuit has no particular difficulties, no sudden slopes, steep climbs or descents and no obstacles to walking. There is no risk of getting lost so that every stroller can be confident in following it.

The duration is reasonable, the quality of the trail means that people with reduced mobility can follow it, if only for part of the way. Finally, the trail has stopping points where you can rest and read the presentation of themes concerning the environment you are crossing.

• Information :
  • SIVOM du canton de Wintzenheim - 03 89 27 33 63
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    Website : www.sivom-wintzenheim.fr
  • OT (tourist information office) Eguisheim - 03 89 23 40 33
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    Website : www.ot-eguisheim.fr
  • OT (tourist information office) Turckheim - 03 89 27 38 44
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    Website : www.turckheim.fr
  • Mairie de Wintzenheim - 03 89 27 94 94
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    Website : www.wintzenheim.info

By Bus…

La navette des crêtes (the peaks shuttle)

La navette des crêtes (the peaks shuttle) is a public transport service which gives you access and mobility along the peaks route on Sundays and bank holidays.

The High Vosges attract many people, which is reflected in heavy traffic which generates sound, visual and atmospheric pollution, spoiling the image and tranquility of these places.

This is why the peaks shuttle, the only alternative to private vehicles, aims to ensure the durability of the environmental and landscape quality of the main peak which is a major drive for economic and tourist development in the range.

• Prices :
  • Free for minors and holders of SNCF railway tickets (valid Pass Evasion or
  • 1€ if you buy your ticket in the valleys
  • 2€ if you buy your ticket on the main peak
  Every ticket is valid for the whole day on the entire circuit followed by the shuttle.
• Information :
  • Maison du Parc at Munster
  • Tél : 03 89 77 90 34
  • Website : www.navettedescretes.com

Leisure outings in the Eurodistrict

Cross-border excursions (by bus or train) are proposed in a new free brochure.

Markers:
Eight buses per day from Colmar to Vieux Brisach, Monday to Friday between 4:38 and 20:25, and 4 to 5 connections per day at weekends.

This free brochure is available in Colmar-Vieux Brisach buses; from Kunegel (24, rue des jardins at Colmar, 03 89 24 65 65, Website: www.l-k.fr) and maybe soon at the Colmar tourist information office.

By train…

THE PASS ÉVASION: A Weekend flat-rate which lets you travel in total freedom in Alsace

The Pass Evasion is a daily pass, valid every Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday. Two choices are available: Pass Evasion for one person::

Free travel within each department (Bas Rhin or Haut Rhin) for 7.5€ per person, or throughout Alsace for 12€ per person. Pass Evasion for 2 to 5 people: Free travel within each department (Bas Rhin or Haut Rhin) for 15€ per group, or throughout Alsace for 24€ per group (prices on 1 January to February 2003). Useful to know: with an individual Pass Evasion, one child aged under 12 can travel with you free of charge. Pass Evasion rates are also valid from (and to) Sarrebourg, Belfort and Basle.

DISCOVERY RATES

You can have a 25% reduction in price every day and in every train in Alsace, in first and second class: if you travel in pairs and are aged under 26 or over 60, or are travelling with a child aged under 12.

GROUP TRIPS

For groups of 3 to 9 people: with the Escapade offer on TER trains in Alsace, you can have a 40% reduction in price every day and in every train in Alsace and the territory of Belfort. For groups of more than 10 people: several choices are available, giving you 50% to 75% reductions.

For further information, contact the group travel advisers :

• at Strasbourg station : 03 88 75 41 82
• at Colmar station : 03 89 20 85 16
• at Mulhouse station : 03 89 36 12 67

"Walk with the TER", Club Vosgien

This guide describes 51 one-day and half-day walks as well as nine walks lasting two to five days. All these routes are in Alsace, Lorraine and northern Franche Comté.

It is the first time in France that a hiking guidebook has been entirely designed to encourage the use of public transport, in this case SNCF trains and buses, to and from hiking sites. With this guide, the Club Vosgien Federation has taken an innovative step. On the one hand it acknowledges what has already been achieved in Alsace, as a pilot region, to encourage the use of the train and on the other hand, the management of passenger transport in its TER network by Lorraine regional authorities.

It is strongly recommended to use public transport to reach hiking sites. Indeed, unlike cars, trains and buses give you the time to recover in peace from the effort expended, without worrying about any kind of responsibility for people who might be transported

Le train de la Doller (the Doller train)

Chemin de fer touristique de la vallée de la Doller (tourist train in the Doller valley)
1 Rue Latouche
68703 CERNAY
Tel : (0033) 03 89 82 88 48
http://www.train-doller.org/

At the end of every week, an authentic steam train takes you from Cernay to Sentheim "the old-fashioned way".

Extract from the website of the Association du train de la Doller :

"The locomotive's exhaust is quite noisy on climbs, then the train stops at a little flower-decked station, an employee gets down to turn the handle on the barrier, another stops the cars in their wild race, with a red flag. The passengers at the windows, actors as well as spectators, observe all these activities, in a life-size reconstruction, bathed in the odours of smoke and hot oil. The tourist experience is enhanced by the bucolic pleasure of the legendary milk trains talked about by our parents."

Departure : Cernay St André
Arrival : Sentheim

Chemin de fer touristique du Rhin (the Rhine tourist train)

A circuit combining steam train and boat on the Rhine

Characteristics :

12 km of line close to the Rhine, between Volgelsheim station, port Rhénan at Neuf-Brisach and the Sans-Souci embarkation point.

Steam train:

Start : Volgelsheim gare
Arrivale : Port Rhénan depot

Boat :

Start : Sans-Souci embarkation point
Arrivée : Volgelsheim station

Durée :

about 3h for the combined train-boat circuit and 2h for the train alone.

Information and ticket sales :

Office de tourisme (tourist information office) - Colmar
4, rue des Unterlinden
68000 COLMAR
Tél. : 03 89 20 68 92

Office de Tourisme (tourist information office) des bords du Rhin
6, places d'armes
68600 NEUF-BRISACH
Tél. : 03 89 72 56 98

Volgelshime station
(2 km from Neuf-Brisach) 
From 14:00 to 15:00 on opening days

By bike…

La Route Verte (The Green Route): cycle-tourist guide

The "Route Verte" (Green Route) is an association reflecting a friendly link between Lorraine, Alsace and Baden. Created under the inititative of Joseph Rey, then mayor of Colmar, who was one of the precursors of Franco-German reconciliation, it was and remains a milestone in the march towards a united Europe.
Throughout this Franco-German cycle route, you can admire a fascinating diversity of landscapes as well as many cultural and historic sites.
The Green Route will guide you from Contrexéville to Titisee-Neustadt, via Gérardmer and Turckheim, some 250 km!

Informations :

Association Route Verte
1, rue Schlumberger
68000 COLMAR
Tél. : 03 89 40 20 10 68

Project: Two banks, three bridges and a thousand things to discover

The Porte de France Rhin Sud town association is working in partnership with the Haut-Rhin General Council, the ADT and German towns, to create a dense network of cross-border cycle tracks in the Rhine valley, between South Baden and the Haut-Rhin. This project will come to fruition in 2006/2007 and is the subject of a community project for enhancing the assets of this cross-border sector to attract walkers and tourists (INTERREG III).

Informations :

Communauté de communes porte de France Rhin Sud (Porte de France Rhin Sud town association)
1, rue des alpes
68490 OT (tourist information office) TMARSHEIM
Tél. 03 89 83 21 50
Fax. 03 89 26 20 66
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Website : www.ccpfrs.fr

The Haut-Rhin by bike

The Haut-Rhin ADT publishes a free map of cycle routes in Upper Alsace. It provides you with a great deal of practical information so that your trip will take place under optimal conditions. It will help you discover the many assets of the Haut-Rhin natural heritage: plains, valleys, summits, vineyards, pools, forests, rivers and canals…s

5 tourist circuits are proposed :

1. From Colmar
2. To Munster
3. Lake and mountain
4. Mulhouse Rhine
5. The Sundgau

Mountain biking in the Ballons Des Vosges Regional Nature Park

For sports lovers, a mountain bike can be an excellent means of transport, as long as certain simple rules are obeyed, to prevent damage to the natural environment.

The PNRBV (Ballons des Vosges regional nature park) has produced a little brochure called "le VTTiste ballons des Vosges" (mountain biking in the Ballons des Vosges) which explains how to behave on a mountain bike. The basic rule seems to be not to leave the mountain bike trails.
The Park offers nearly 100 marked trails, not forgetting that nature is fragile.
Furthermore, there are many places to rent a mountain bike in the PNRBV area. Information is available at the nearest tourist information office.

Information and reception :

Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges (The Ballons Des Vosges Regional Nature Park)
Maison du parc
1, cour de l'Abbaye
68140 MUNSTER
Tél. : 03 89 77 90 34
Fax : 03 89 77 90 30
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Website : www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr

Crossing the Vosge by mountain bike

A trail from Wissembourg to Thann.

• guidebook
• 420 km - 20 sections
• Sale price : 10€

Bike trips

This project, supported by the European Union, present 15 bike trips in the Breisach / Neuf Brisach cross-border region.
It is a Franco-German map of cycle tourist and rollerblade routes with practical information.

Informations :

Office de Tourisme (tourist information office) des bords du Rhin
16, route de Neuf Brisach
68600 VOGELSHEIM
Tél. : 03 89 72 56 98
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Website : www.tourisme-rhin.com

Exploring nature by bike!

On the water

Boat trip on the Giessen

In a flat-bottomed boat, you float along the banks of the Giessen, edged with reeds. You will be charmed by this original little trip which lets you explore the local fauna and flora.

POINT I BIESHEIM
Place de la Mairie
68600 BISHEIM
Tél. : 03 89 72 01 69

Available in July and August
Opening period: Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays from 14:30.

Alsace canoës

7, Grand'Rue
68320 GRUSSENHEIM
Tél. : 06 07 59 31 72
Fax : 03 89 49 19 12
Website : www.alsace-canoes.com

Trips, strolls, exploration of sites and original water courses in Alsace

Transport and handicap

Transport for the handicapped in the Vosges

"LIBRE" Association
106, GEISSBACH
68140 Eschbach au Val
Tél. : 06 82 28 52 79
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Website : http://www.libre.asso.fr/

How can you explore nature, via country lanes and mid-mountain trails, when you do not have the use of your legs or tire very quickly when walking? In 1987, Joël Claudel, parent of a handicapped child, found a solution which gained admiration: he fixed a wheel under a seat resting on stretcher poles, thus creating an accessible means of transport for walking, which he baptised the Joëlette. Over the years, it has been perfected, gaining in comfort for the rider and in lightness for the carriers.

On foot, on snow-shoes, by mountain or trail bike or by Joëlette, explore the sumptuous landscapes in the heart of an intensely natural environment, discover the heritage and regions of Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comté.