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Colourful half-timbered houses beside a canal in a European old town.

By e-bike along the Alsace Wine Route

Trip highlights:

  • Old town of Colmar
  • Wine villages along the Alsace Wine Route
  • Winemaker's buffet and flammekueche evening

Half-timbered villages, winegrower's buffet and tarte flambée

Cycle from Strasbourg to Colmar between vineyards, wine taverns and colourful half-timbered houses. Your hotel in Obernai is the base for stages with a stop at a winegrower's and at a gingerbread house. The e-bike takes the effort out of the climbs, so that you can enjoy the scenery.

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Trip details

Day 1: Switzerland – Strasbourg – Obernai

Journey to Strasbourg. From the cathedral you will go through the picturesque tanners' quarter "Petite France" with its half-timbered houses and canals, then cycle out to the Wine Route and on to your hotel in Obernai. (40 km)

Day 2: Molsheim

A first climb leads to Ottrott, then you roll along a former railway line via Boersch to Rosheim. Via Rosenwiller and Mutzig you reach Molsheim, where a winemaker welcomes you to a wine tasting with a cold winemaker's buffet. Well fortified, you return to Obernai via Griesheim. (45 km)

Day 3: Barr – Riquewihr

If you wish, take on the climb up Mont Sainte-Odile in the morning (approx. 600 m of ascent) with magnificent views over the Rhine plain. The other guests visit the gingerbread house in Gertwiller with a tasting. The two groups meet in Barr and cycle together along the Wine Route to Riquewihr, from where the coach takes you back to Obernai. (55 km, with Mont Sainte-Odile 71 km)

Day 4: Kaysersberg – Colmar

The coach takes you back to Riquewihr. You cycle along the Wine Route through the famous wine villages of Kaysersberg and Eguisheim, across fields and through woods to the magnificent old town of Colmar. Time for a stroll through Little Venice or a visit to the Unterlinden Museum (optional), before the coach takes you back to Obernai. To round off the trip, a flammekueche dinner awaits you. (43 km)

Day 5: Obernai – Switzerland

Return journey to Switzerland.

You will stay at the 3* Hotel Les Jardins d'Adalric (official national category) at the foot of Mont Sainte-Odile in Obernai. The modern, air-conditioned rooms have bath or shower/WC, TV and Wi-Fi. Garden with pool (unheated). Dinners take place in restaurants in the old town, about a 10-minute walk away. Equivalent hotel if unavailable.

Good to know

Boarding with your own e-bike is possible in Windisch and Basel.

Wearing a helmet is compulsory. Short-notice changes to the daily stages and the programme are possible.

Max. 20 guests per tour leader.

Level of difficulty

This trip is all about enjoyment and relaxation. Thanks to the e-bike, the daily stages of 40 to 55 km with 100 to 500 metres of ascent are easy to manage. You ride mainly on small side roads and paved farm tracks through flat and hilly terrain with a few longer climbs; short sections on dirt tracks are easily rideable. The climb up Mont Sainte-Odile is optional.

  • Hotel Les Jardins d'Adalric, Obernai

Included services

  • Journey by Comfort coach with bicycle trailer
  • Accommodation in a good 3* hotel, basic double room
  • 3x half board (breakfast buffet at the hotel, dinners in local restaurants, including 1x flammekueche evening)
  • 1x B&B (room/breakfast buffet)
  • Wine tasting with cold winemaker's buffet in Molsheim
  • Visit to the Gertwiller gingerbread house with tasting
  • 4 guided e-bike tours

Comfort coach

The Comfort coach offers you everything that matters to you as a traveller. The generous legroom in particular will surprise you. Our Comfort coaches have 26 – 50 seats.

  • Rows of seats with grey headrests and red curtains in the Comfort coach
  • EUROBUS Comfort coach seen from the front outside the depot
  • EUROBUS Comfort coach parked in front of trees
  • 26–50 adjustable comfort seats
  • Seat belts at every seat
  • Individual fold-down table for each seat, movable footrests
  • 220-volt socket at every seat *
  • Radio / DVD / navigation system
  • Air conditioning, toilet and washroom, fridge, coffee machine
  • Lane assist and adaptive cruise control *
  • Free Wi-Fi/internet in Europe

* Most vehicles in the EUROBUS fleet are equipped with this.

View down the centre aisle of the Comfort coach with four-abreast seating

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