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Alsace wine villages

2 days · ~1 h 55 ·Wine, Food

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~1 h 15 · 6 h

    Vineyard lanes and ramparts along the wine route

    1. Strasbourg
    2. ~30 min · 36 km
      MittelbergheimGrand Est

      Begin on the wine route in Mittelbergheim, among Renaissance façades and old wine presses. Follow the vineyard trail up through the Zotzenberg, and on a clear day look for the Alps in the distance. Then on to Bergheim.

    3. ~30 min · 33 km
      BergheimGrand Est

      Bergheim is best seen on foot: circle its double ring of medieval walls, past the towers still standing. Back inside, look into the late-medieval church, and if you are hungry, stop for the region's tarte flambée before carrying on to Hunawihr.

    4. ~15 min · 8 km
      HunawihrGrand Est

      Arrive in Hunawihr, a village wrapped in vineyards, and climb to its fortified church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur. Pay a visit to the storks and otters at the reintroduction centre, or taste wine in a village cellar. Stay the night here and let the evening settle over the vines.

    5. Overnight in Hunawihr

  2. Day 2

    ~40 min · 4 h

    Walled Riquewihr and Eguisheim's rings of houses

    1. ~5 min · 4 km
      RiquewihrGrand Est

      Start the morning in Riquewihr, where the half-timbered houses and the cobbled high street have barely changed in centuries. Pass beneath the Dolder gate, then settle into a winstub for a glass of Riesling. After that, on to Eguisheim.

    2. ~20 min · 18 km
      EguisheimGrand Est

      In Eguisheim, let the lanes lead you round the castle, past the half-timbered houses of the rue des Remparts, to the fountain and chapel of Saint Leo IX on Place du Château. If you come in October, the New Wine Festival is on. Then drive on to Colmar, where the journey ends.

    3. ~15 min · 8 km
      Colmar

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What you'll eat

What each stop is known for, and the dishes its region is famous for.

Mittelbergheim

Hunawihr

  • Alsace wineWineFrom the vineyards around the village, on the Alsace wine route

Riquewihr

  • RieslingWineWhite wine produced in the village, its best-known wine

Eguisheim

  • Eichberg grand cruWinePinot gris and gewurztraminer from hard Muschelkalk soil
  • Pfersigberg grand cruWineRiesling, pinot gris and gewurztraminer, wines for keeping
  • Côte d'EguisheimWineLocal high-end Edelzwicker blend of noble grapes

Also typical of Grand Est

Adapted from Wikipedia (Mittelbergheim, Hunawihr, Riquewihr, Eguisheim (FR), Eguisheim (EN), Cuisine alsacienne, Cuisine lorraine, Cuisine champenoise). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where you'll sleep

The village where each night falls, with the places to stay mapped within 3 km.

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Soundtrack for this trip

Alsace and Grand Est: the Vosges zither, medieval song, Romantic and concrete music, chanson and pop.

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