Walking the Alsace Wine Route

The tour is suitable for most regular walkers.

Before your trip, we recommend walking regularly and incorporating some hilly terrain into your routine. Be sure check the daily distances and elevation changes outlined in your itinerary.

The trails are undulating with some steep sections. The terrain is a mixture of forest trails, grassy vineyard paths, and paved country lanes and quiet country roads.

This tour is graded Easy-to-Moderate. The overall grading of the tour is determined by the complete route. Individual days may vary in difficult – some might be a bit tougher or easier than the overall rating suggests.

Accommodation is in high-quality, hand-picked 3-star hotels and B&Bs.

At busy times of the year, your accommodation may change to a hotel not listed in your itinerary. We’ll always make sure it’s of an equal or higher standard.

Yes, solo travelers are very welcome. There will be a supplement because some costs, like transfers, aren't shared. Or if you'd like to book a single room, just ask. These are available for a supplement.

Breakfast is included each morning.

Lunch isn't included, though it's easy to buy a baguette, fruit, drinks and other supplies from a local bakery or sandwich shop along the way - on some days it's essential to bring a packed lunch, as there are no cafés or restaurants en route, and our app will flag these days.

Dinner is included once on the 8 day tour variant - this is usually a three-course meals of regional and French dishes using fresh local ingredients. There are plenty of local restaurants serving delicious traditional dishes to choose from on the other evenings.

You can start this walking tour any time between the beginning of April and the end of October.

The best months for hiking are the summer months between June and September when the weather is fair. Spring and fall are also good times to hike, as the air is cooler and the wildflowers are in bloom.

Your bags will be transferred from your accommodation each day and moved onto your overnight accommodation. We ask you to limit your luggage to one bag of up to 20kg/44lbs per person.

It’s vital that you adhere to these limits. Heavier bags, or additional items might not be transferred, and you may be charged locally. Airlines may have different allowances, but our luggage handlers do not have the same capacity or equipment, and their health and safety is our priority.

The routes are waymarked to varying degrees.

Navigation is straightforward using our app which has maps, tracks and daily route info. Simply download the information and tracks for offline use and follow the route on your phone. Once on the trail you do not need signal for the app to work and follow your progress.

Getting to the Start
There are a number of ways to reach Sélestat.

• Arrive into Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (BSL). Then take a bus and train connection taking around 1 hour 15 minutes
• Arrive into Strasbourg Airport (SXB), where several train options take 40 minutes to an hour
• Arrive into Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), where a high-speed TGV train reachs Sélestat in around 3 hours.

Check SNCF for timetables and ticket prices. From Sélestat, you'll be collected by taxi and taken to your first accommodation.

Getting from the End
You'll be collected from your last hotel in Eguisheim and taken by taxi to Colmar train station, around 10 minutes away. From Colmar, you can take the train back to any of the airports above, or on to a wide range of other French and European destinations.

You'll need good hiking shoes or boots, comfortable hiking clothes, waterproofs, a daypack, and we recommend hiking poles. A portable charger for your cell phone is essential. On booking, our Tour Info will give you a complete packing list.

On certain days you can shorten the route or skip it entirely by using a taxi or public transport.

We highly recommend that you have travel insurance when you book with Macs Adventure. Your policy should cover medical treatment (including repatriation and emergency evacuation by air ambulance or helicopter), injury, death, third-party liability, and trip cancellation