Freiburg and the Alsatian Wine Road
8 nights from €1098
4.14An awe-inspiring adventure along the Alsatian Wine Road awaits
On this Freiburg and Alsatian Wine Road tour, you'll travel through France and Germany, passing beautiful scenery and diverse regions every pedal of the way.
Enjoy the exquisite cultural highlights offered by beautiful Freiburg, Strasbourg (the most important city in the Alsace region) and Colmar (also known as 'Little Venice'), all featuring magnificent old buildings. Glide through the captivating 'Kaiserstuhl' area of Germany and ride through the resplendent Rhine Valley, dotted with vibrant vineyards and picturesque villages. After a loop tour, you'll return to fabulous Freiburg.
If you love delicate wines, sumptuous cuisines, and excellent culture, this is certainly a perfect tour!
Half and Half
“Maybe it was the extreme heat but we found the first 3 days to be less than exciting. We were just thankful we didn’t have a strong head wind as we rode along the very…” Full Review
“Maybe it was the extreme heat but we found the first 3 days to be less than exciting. We were just thankful we didn’t have a strong head wind as we rode along the very exposed Rhine River embankment. Strasbourg was gorgeous but it was 98 at 4 pm. The ride west out of Strasbourg was beautiful, shady as it followed an old canal. Alsace was fantastic even though a few hills were probably at least 12%. Most surfaces were very nice. Obernai and Colmar were highlights. We rode our own touring bikes.” Less
—BH
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—Dona2017
Allsace wine route
“This tour is fairly easy to do, great scenery particularly on the French side of the Rhine, some minor detours due to missing signage, all in all a great tour”
—fudledudle
Daily Program
Day 1: Individual arrival in Freiburg
Individual arrival in Freiburg, a lively city known for its green spaces, vibrant center, and charming old town alleys. On a guided walking tour, you’ll get a first taste of the city’s unique character and experience the true “Freiburg feeling.”
Overnight in Freiburg.
Day 2: Freiburg – Endingen/Malterdingen
22 miles/35 km
Today’s route takes you along the foothills of the idyllic Kaiserstuhl vineyards. Your destination is the medieval half-timbered town of Endingen, known for its historic charm, or alternatively the traditional wine-growing community of Malterdingen, where viticulture has shaped local life for centuries.
Overnight in Endingen or Malterdingen.
Day 3: Endingen/Malterdingen – Rust/Ringsheim
28-31 miles/45-50 km
Your route leads through the wine village of Sasbach before reaching the banks of the Rhine. From here, you cycle across lush riverside meadows, partly along the embankment, as you make your way toward Rust or nearby Ringsheim. Rust is best known as the home of Europa-Park, one of Europe’s largest amusement parks, offering countless attractions and entertainment.
Overnight in Rust/Ringsheim.
Day 4: Rust/Ringsheim – Strasburg
28-31 miles/45-50 km
Once again, today’s ride follows the scenic floodplains of the Rhine, with the northern Black Forest providing a picturesque backdrop to your right. Your stage ends in Strasbourg, the vibrant capital of Alsace. Its enchanting old town, with half-timbered houses, canals, and the impressive cathedral, makes for an unforgettable highlight of the journey.
Overnight in Strasbourg.
Day 5: Strasbourg – Obernai
37 miles/60 km
Spend the morning exploring the many sights of Strasbourg before setting out on your ride. Following the EuroVelo route, you cycle to Molsheim, birthplace of the famous Bugatti car dynasty. From here, your journey continues along the celebrated Alsace Wine Route, surrounded by vineyards and charming villages, until you reach Obernai.
Overnight in Obernai.
Day 6: Obernai – St. Hippolyte
25 miles/40 km
Your journey continues south along the scenic Route du Vin. Cycling through rolling vineyards, you pass through picturesque Alsatian villages adorned with colorful half-timbered houses. The stage ends in St. Hippolyte, nestled at the foot of the majestic Hohkönigsburg Castle, a landmark that dominates the surrounding landscape.
Overnight in St. Hippolyte.
Day 7: St. Hippolyte – Colmar
19 miles/30 km
Today’s ride takes you through romantic little towns, where medieval alleys invite you to pause and explore. Your final destination is Colmar, renowned for its beautifully preserved half-timbered houses, particularly along the Gerbergasse. Don’t miss the Unterlinden Museum, where art and history of the region are showcased in an impressive setting.
Overnight in Colmar.
Day 8: Colmar– Freiburg
37 miles/60 km
Today you'll cycle through the Rhine Plain, past the mighty Minster in Breisach and the Tuniberg, before heading back to Freiburg. After returning your bike and collecting your luggage, you'll depart individually, or you can choose to spend an extra night in Freiburg.
Day 9: Departure from Freiburg
Hotels
These are sample hotels and may vary based on availability.
3- and 4-star hotels
Freiburg: Hotel Central
Malterdingen: Hotel Keller
Ringsheim: Hotel Sleep & Dream
Strasbourg: Hotel Le Grand
Obernai: Hotel Le Colombier
St. Hippolyte: Hotel Munsch Alsace
Colmar: Hotel Mercure
Interested in visiting other areas before or after your tour? Visit our hotels page to learn more about lodging options.
Bikes
Standard touring bike
Standard touring bike, 21- or 24-speed
For maximum comfort, each bike is equipped with a waterproof, spacious saddle bag. You will also receive one handlebar bag per room (second saddle bag on request)
Unisex bikes have a special frame suitable for both women and men. This means that the men's bike does not have the usual crossbar and thus looks similar to a women's bike.
Bikes are provided at the starting point of your bicycle tour, freshly serviced and adapted to your height.
E-bike
With built-in tailwind, you hardly notice smaller climbs and larger ones are easily mastered. Feel the ease of travelling and have open eyes for the world around you when cycling with an E-bike (unisex bike with free-wheel). With different levels of physical fitness, the E-bike displays its great advantage and ensures that everybody can ride at the same pace. The well-sprung bike allows you to cycle comfortably, even if the terrain is a bit bumpy. With an E-bike you will experience assisted cycling on a completely new level.
Bikes are provided at the starting point of your bicycle tour, freshly serviced and adapted to your height.
*More about e-bikes >
Accessories
All above bike rentals will be equipped with the following at no additional charge:
- Saddlebag and handlebar bag
- Cycle computer
- Repair kit (one per group)
- Lock (one per 2 bikes)
Additional equipment available upon request:
- Handlebar bag
- Second saddlebag
Helmets:
Please plan to bring your own helmet for safety and hygiene purposes. Helmet rental is not available on this tour.
Surface and terrain
The quality of the roads varies widely in the Alsace and Kaiserstuhl regions. In Alsace, only the larger cities have developed cycle paths. Usually, you will cycle on roads with minimal traffic. At some village entrances and exits, there might be slightly heavier traffic. In Germany, you'll cycle on side roads or streets with a separate cycle path.
The terrain on the tour is mostly flat with occasional hills. Approximately 50% of the tour follows roads shared with traffic, 30% follows quiet roads, and 20% follows dedicated bicycle paths.
How to get there
Tour start and end
Nearest airport: Basel, Swizerland; Stuttgart, Frankfurt, or (further away) Munich, Germany
Nearest train station: Freiburg, Germany
Tips on getting to and from your tour.
Reviews
- ★★★★★ BH
Half and Half
Maybe it was the extreme heat but we found the first 3 days to be less than exciting. We were just thankful we didn’t have a strong head wind as we rode along the very exposed Rhine River embankment. Strasbourg was gorgeous but it was 98 at 4 pm. The ride west out of Strasbourg was beautiful, shady as it followed an old canal. Alsace was fantastic even though a few hills were probably at least 12%. Most surfaces were very nice. Obernai and Colmar were highlights. We rode our own touring bikes.
- What was the date of your tour?
- July 2025
- How many tours have you completed?
- 10
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Families with teens
- ★★★★★ Stephen Graham
Great area, careful with cars in France
Fascinating area, half German half French. French side has the cutest towns, German side the safest biking. Beware biking on the French side on weekends, as locals drive to the vineyard towns for lunch or overnights, and they drive fast. Often no shoulder or bike path, drivers not always courteous, a lot of energy on avoiding catastrophe for less-experienced riders instead of enjoying the scenery. Support was good, replacing a bike with brake problems mid-trip. Navigation had one major error, sending us to a small bridge across islands in the Rhine near Strasbourg that had in fact been closed for months. A bit stressful at the end of a long day riding, but we found another way across. Minimal guidance as to where to stop for cafes, lunch, etc.; could use a more detailed list of suggestions. Some of the budget hotels are not in charming locations or walking distance from restaurants. The Grand Hotel in Strasbourg has seen better days.
- ★★★★★ Leonard72
Beautiful French Wine Countryside
The bikes, the hotels, the French Wine Country Scenery were beautiful, the German side was very uninspiring. We cycled through Agriculture farm country on the German side. Freiburg a wonderful, beautiful shopping town is geared to hiking in the Black Forest.
- What was the date of your tour?
- MAY 13, 2019
- How many tours have you completed?
- Completed four, this was #5.
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- ★★★★★ Dona2017
- What was the date of your tour?
- 9/24/17 to 10/1/17
- How many tours have you completed?
- First one
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- Somewhat easier
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists, Families with young kids, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
BikeTours.com staff reply from Brittany
We're glad you enjoyed your cycling vacation. Thank you for the review and the great pictures!
- ★★★★★ Biabattistella
A great trip
The trip was great, the landscapes are fantastic, the little villages are very charming, well preserved! What could be better is having gps files for the path. The orientation, sometimes, are not clear and cost some kilometres more!
- What was the date of your tour?
- sept 3 to 10/2017
- How many tours have you completed?
- This is the second
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- ★★★★★ MaryB
Biking Adventure of a Lifetime!
This was the perfect bike tour for us to combine with a visit with our son and his family who were living in Freiburg for the year. The bike company was very accommodating and let us rent the bikes a few days early so that we could ride around Freiburg with our kids. Getting the bikes early was a good chance to get
familiar with the bikes so that we could exchange one of them when we found out
that it was too big. Although we gave our height so that the tour company could estimate the right size bikes for us, it might have been more helpful to give our inseam length to determine if our legs could swing over the bar or touch the ground from the seat. Estimate your height a little lower than you actually are to get the right fit bike. The bikes were a great weight, had nice sized tires for the type of terrain we rode over, and they shifted very well. The saddlebag was roomy and held all my day gear, but the weight of it tended to tip the bike over on slanted hills. You might want to get a saddlebag on each size to balance out the weight more evenly. There is no mirror or water bottle holder on the bikes. I carried my water bottle in my back pack and trusted the cars and bikes behind me to pass carefully! I loved the countryside and trails through the woods. Riding on the Rhine was awesome. The quaint villages we rode through and stayed in were beautiful. Our hotels were all lovely and had delicious breakfasts. Our luggage arrived every day on time or early and we had secure locations to park and lock up our bikes every night. We did have trouble following the maps and directions given. It was almost like going on a scavenger hunt when you aren't sure that you are interpreting the clues correctly. The map was way too small to read and the written directions were on a separate page from the map so you had to keep flipping back and forth to get the full picture of where you were going. It seems that the directions and/or maps were old and had not been updated recently. We ran into construction along the Rhine River path and had to take a long detour----following the German signs was hard and it added many miles to that day's ride. We also had construction in two other cities and had to find our way on our own as the detour was not obvious. Sometimes there are bike signs at an intersection that say you can go in directly opposite ways to the same place. Quite confusing. One time we were told to turn right in our written directions but according to the map we should have gone left....what to do? We were directed to ride on one way streets going the wrong way. There were no directions to get to the hotel in Strasbourg if you took the new bike path over the river. That was very difficult. We were quite frustrated with having to figure out if we were on the right path or not. My suggestion is to have the tour company check the current directions before each trip and indicate detours and update street names. Definitely provide new directions for getting into Strasbourg over the bike bridge. The German tour company should try following their directions with someone who is not familiar with the route and who does not speak German - then correct each turn where it is confusing. That would saved a lot of frustration and make the trip more enjoyable. Or, provide GPS devices for everyone. If we had had one, it would have been easier. It costs $10 per day to use our smartphone as a GPS device so we opted not to. It might have been worth it. I think adding an option of staying an extra day in Strasbourg and Colmar would be nice...a break from biking every day and a chance to see more of the cities. Other than the directions, we loved the trip and felt a real sense of accomplishment when we were done. Our kids and grandkids were very proud of us for going on such an adventurous bike tour! SHOW MORE- What was the date of your tour?
- April 24 - 30, 2017
- How many tours have you completed?
- This was the first.
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- Somewhat harder
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
- ★★★★★ fudledudle
Allsace wine route
This tour is fairly easy to do, great scenery particularly on the French side of the Rhine, some minor detours due to missing signage, all in all a great tour
- What was the date of your tour?
- Sept 10/16
- How many tours have you completed?
- 10
- Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?
- As expected
- Who is this tour suitable for?
- Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists, Families with teens
- Do you recommend this tour?
- Yes
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