We walk along part of the famous�Alsace Wine Trail, visit a medieval�fortress with spectacular views

Today, the�unique historic blend provides the�walking hotels cheap visitor with unsurpassed richness�and diversity from fairy-tale�landscapes including pastel-painted�villages, Europe's highest concentration�of feudal castles to the distinctive�Franco-Germanic cuisine and wines.
We walk along part of the famous�Alsace Wine Trail, visit a medieval�fortress with spectacular hotels cheap views to the�Black Forest in Germany, and trek�along forest tracks hotels cheap near Obernai and�the Vosges Mountains, wining and�dining along the way with the finest�produce this fascinating area has to�offer.
We rendezvous in Strasbourg for the short journey hotels cheap to our hotel in the heart of Obernai , one of the loveliest villages in Alsace. Time to stroll hotels cheap around the village before an Introductory Talk and Welcome Dinner our first taste of the renowned Alsatian cuisine.
Following a charming valley we leave Obernai to go to Boersch , a typical Alsacian fortress community. hotels cheap On the way we visit an handicraft marquetry hotels cheap studio. Heading through vineyards hotels cheap and pastures we arrive in Rosheim for lunch. In the afternoon, we visit the 12th century church before walking back through forests and vineyards to admire hotels cheap the view of the Alsace plain above the city of Obernai hotels cheap before returning to our hotel for dinner.
This morning we visit the mountain-top sanctuary of Mont Ste-Odile , a spiritual shrine much loved by the Alsatian hotels cheap people. The access to the monastery is through the only gateway, above which is written: Here, in the days of yore, Holy Prioress Odile was living and forever she reigns over Alsace like a mother . We can admire the panoramic views of the Rhine Valley beneath us. Crossing the majestic Vosgienne forest we descend to Barr, another Alsatian kitch village for our lunch. Our afternoon trail varies between woody hills and vineyards, and takes us to Bernardville for a wine tasting. We transfer by bus to our next hotel in Ribeauvill and have dinner in a traditional winstub in town.
We start the day with a visit to the great castle of Haut Koenigsberg , one of Europe s most important medieval hotels cheap fortresses, restored in the 19th century by Kaiser Wilhelm hotels cheap II. We enjoy the far-reaching views to Germany s Back Forest and then walk down through the forest to our lunch in a chalet in a mountain resort village. Continuing hotels cheap along the same path in the afternoon, we discover the ruins of three castles of the Ribeaupierre family. Leaving forest and castles, the undulating vineyard slopes lead us back to our hotel.
We walk down from the hotel into Ribeauville, one of the most beautiful villages in France, along the celebrated Alsace Route de Vins, through vineyards of Reisling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and Gew rztraminer grapes. In Riquewihr , a village acclaimed for its beauty, we have lunch before walking on to another fortified village, Kientzheim hotels cheap , still nestled within its powerful ramparts. On the way we pass the WWII memorial remembering the soldiers from many different nations hotels cheap who gave their lives in the bloody battle of La Poche de Colmar. Before dinner there is time to enjoy the hotel spa or stoll along the delightful hotels cheap village streets. After a short transfer, we stroll through Colmar to our 17th century hotel.
We take to the Vosges Mountains on shaded forest paths and walk beside the region hotels cheap s two most prominent lakes the White and the Black. hotels cheap We will visit the Museum and Memorial at Le Linge , scene one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. The battlefield is situated at the top of a rocky hillock, dotted with a few trees and lined with trenches dug out of the sandstone. The bunkers and barbed wire which crisscrossed the area have been retained. A very moving memorial site, the battlefield contains numerous black-and-white crosses marking the final resting place of French and German hotels cheap troops. After lunch in a typical local auberge and an opportunity to taste the tasty Munster cheese, we wind our way down past cooling mountain streams and across meadows. We may have time to briefly step inside the Unterlinden Museum and view the famous hotels cheap masterpeice, the Isenheim Alterpiece, before returning to our hotel and our Farewell Dinner.
This itinerary represents a typical Walk. We prepare itineraries well in advance of the trip and therefore we reserve the right to make changes due to weather, local events or other circumstances - but always to improve the experience of our guests.
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