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Alsace Wine Route: Route Guide

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Colmar's Little Venice — half-timbered houses reflected in the Lauch
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Alsace Wine Route connects villages that look dipped in pastel paint. Vineyards climb from half-timbered lanes to castle ruins, and cosy winstubs serve choucroute with the local riesling. It's France and Germany's best habits sharing one pretty valley.

Alsace Wine Route is a 120 km one-way journey (self-drive). It works best as 3–5 days; the plan below is the 4-day version for September, built from 108 verified places, with real road-routed transit times, opening hours and daylight checked.

3–5
days
120km
distance
5
Stops
108
curated stops

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The route

Strasbourg→ 45 kmSélestat→ 25 kmRiquewihr→ 15 kmColmar→ 7 kmEguisheim

What you'll see

Cathédrale Notre Dame
Marvel at the towering Gothic architecture and intricate stonework.
Strasbourg
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
Explore a grand reconstructed medieval fortress.
Sélestat
Unterlinden Museum
Experience the revolutionary Isenheim altarpiece by Gruenewald.
Colmar
Place du Château
Admire the statue of Pope Léon IX beside a grand, historic fountain in the town square.
Eguisheim
Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre Dame - Medieval and Renaissance Art
Explore splendid medieval religious art connected to the cathedral.
Strasbourg
Château du Bernstein
Wander through ancient ruined castle grounds.
Sélestat
Bartholdi Museum
Discover the works of the Statue of Liberty's sculptor.
Colmar
Rues du Rempart
Stroll narrow lanes lined with 16th-century houses leaning against ancient ramparts.
Eguisheim

Choose your length

3-day plan19 stops · 5.3 h transit6.3 stops/day · 1.8 h transit/daySee the full plan →4-day plan23 stops · 4.8 h transit5.8 stops/day · 1.2 h transit/daySee the full plan →5-day plan30 stops · 4.9 h transit6 stops/day · 1 h transit/daySee the full plan →

When to go

Best months: July, August, September, October, November

Harvest: presses running, new-wine festivals village after village — the route at its ripest.

See the month-by-month breakdown →

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