Medieval Trail
in Alsace
Hiking : Individual tour
8 days - 7 nights
From 494 €
Starting possibility : from 01/03 to 31/10
North Alsace and Vosges
Key points :
--- Easy and well-marked hiking
--- Beautiful and varied forests
--- Castles and spectacular ruins
--- A rich and underestimated history
--- Cosy hotels and very good food
Characteristic and level :
--- +/- 5 hours per day
--- Maximal difference of level: +770 m ~ 118 km
Facilities :
--- 5 x overnight in 2* Hotel category
--- 2 x overnight in 3* Hotel category
--- It is not possible to have 3 bed rooms in 2008 (only for children)
--- 7 x breakfast
--- Transfer with taxi from Saverne to Wissembourg
--- Transfer of luggage during the tour
--- Road book
--- Map and Travel documentation
Hiking : Individual tour
8 days - 7 nights
From 494 €
Starting possibility : from 01/03 to 31/10
North Alsace and Vosges
A jaunt of several days in the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Reserve, classed as a world nature site by the UNESCO Biosphere, will make you feel myriad new sensations or sensations you’d simply forgotten.
to know
route
overview
As you
travel along shaded trails you will discover the
numerous ancient churches,
the fortified
castles, the military remains of the Maginot
Line, the sandstone summits covered with
magnificent forests of fir, beech or pine and the
lively little hamlets with their master crystal
makers and stone carvers.
Against this harmonious landscape stands the distant spire of Strasbourg Cathedral.
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Against this harmonious landscape stands the distant spire of Strasbourg Cathedral.
Day 1 :
Wissembourg (Station
at Wissembourg. The hotel is at a 5 min
walk from the station.)
Arrival in Wissembourg, settling into the hotel and tour of the old town and museum. 1st night. Arrival at Strasbourg station and transfer to Wissembourg = Extra +. Free car park at Hotel.
Day 2 : Wissembourg - Lembach 20 km
Departure via the Col du Pigeonnier towards the Pfaffenschlick and the Soultzerkopf. Arrival in Lembach where the Four à Chaux, a former fortress of the Maginot Line, is situated. 2nd night.
Day 3 : Lembach - Niedersteinbach 17 km or Lembach - Obersteinbach ~ 20 km
Castles of Loewenstein and Hohenbourg. Castle of Fleckenstein which was formerly one of the most imposing in the Vosges, castle of Froensbourg. 3rd night.
Day 4 : Niedersteinbach - Niederbronn 21 km or Obersteinbach - Niederbronn 17 km
Castle of Schoeneck followed by climb of the Grand Wintersberg, highest point in the Northern Vosges at an altitude of 581 m.
Arrival at the spa town of Niederbronn-les-Bains via the Dittenthal and the Celtic Encampment. 4th night.
Day 5 : Niederbronn - Reipertswiller 20 km or Niederbronn - Ingwiller 25 km
Castle of Wasenbourg which overlooks the Niederbronn valley followed by the romantic remains of the Grand Arnsbourg.
Arrival in Wissembourg, settling into the hotel and tour of the old town and museum. 1st night. Arrival at Strasbourg station and transfer to Wissembourg = Extra +. Free car park at Hotel.
Day 2 : Wissembourg - Lembach 20 km
Departure via the Col du Pigeonnier towards the Pfaffenschlick and the Soultzerkopf. Arrival in Lembach where the Four à Chaux, a former fortress of the Maginot Line, is situated. 2nd night.
Day 3 : Lembach - Niedersteinbach 17 km or Lembach - Obersteinbach ~ 20 km
Castles of Loewenstein and Hohenbourg. Castle of Fleckenstein which was formerly one of the most imposing in the Vosges, castle of Froensbourg. 3rd night.
Day 4 : Niedersteinbach - Niederbronn 21 km or Obersteinbach - Niederbronn 17 km
Castle of Schoeneck followed by climb of the Grand Wintersberg, highest point in the Northern Vosges at an altitude of 581 m.
Arrival at the spa town of Niederbronn-les-Bains via the Dittenthal and the Celtic Encampment. 4th night.
Day 5 : Niederbronn - Reipertswiller 20 km or Niederbronn - Ingwiller 25 km
Castle of Wasenbourg which overlooks the Niederbronn valley followed by the romantic remains of the Grand Arnsbourg.
Descent
via Untermuehlthal into the village of
Reipertswiller.
5th night.
Day 6 : Reipertswiller - La Petite Pierre 22 km or Ingwiller - La Petite Pierre 20 km
Castle of Lichtenberg restored by Vauban in 1680 and transformed again in the 19th century. Via the villages of Wimmenau and Erckartswiller we come to La Petite Pierre, a village of forests centred on its castle which is also the headquarters of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Reserve. 6th night.
Day 7 : La Petite Pierre - Saverne 20 km
Castle of Hunebourg in neo-Romanesque style, remains of the Daubenschlagfels followed by descent towards Saint-Jean-lès-Saverne and its 12th Century abbey church. Arrival in Saverne.
7th night.
Day 8 : Saverne
Exploration of Saverne: old town with the Maison Katz and the imposing neo-classical Rohan castle.
Final transfer to Wissembourg by taxi. Include (car in Wissembourg)
Or direct departure to Strasbourg or Paris by train from Saverne.
5th night.
Day 6 : Reipertswiller - La Petite Pierre 22 km or Ingwiller - La Petite Pierre 20 km
Castle of Lichtenberg restored by Vauban in 1680 and transformed again in the 19th century. Via the villages of Wimmenau and Erckartswiller we come to La Petite Pierre, a village of forests centred on its castle which is also the headquarters of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Reserve. 6th night.
Day 7 : La Petite Pierre - Saverne 20 km
Castle of Hunebourg in neo-Romanesque style, remains of the Daubenschlagfels followed by descent towards Saint-Jean-lès-Saverne and its 12th Century abbey church. Arrival in Saverne.
7th night.
Day 8 : Saverne
Exploration of Saverne: old town with the Maison Katz and the imposing neo-classical Rohan castle.
Final transfer to Wissembourg by taxi. Include (car in Wissembourg)
Or direct departure to Strasbourg or Paris by train from Saverne.
Key points :--- Easy and well-marked hiking
--- Beautiful and varied forests
--- Castles and spectacular ruins
--- A rich and underestimated history
--- Cosy hotels and very good food
Characteristic and level :--- +/- 5 hours per day
--- Maximal difference of level: +770 m ~ 118 km
Facilities :--- 5 x overnight in 2* Hotel category
--- 2 x overnight in 3* Hotel category
--- It is not possible to have 3 bed rooms in 2008 (only for children)
--- 7 x breakfast
--- Transfer with taxi from Saverne to Wissembourg
--- Transfer of luggage during the tour
--- Road book
--- Map and Travel documentation
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