Escape to the verdant Kaysersberg Valley between the vineyards and the mountains and discover its natural and cultural riches.
You will walk in the Vosges Mountains Park on well marked and maintained tracks at mid-mountain level. This best seller for Horizons d'Alsace has been delighting our clients for 15 years.
Level : The chosen walks are suitable for anyone in reasonable physical condition. Possible all the year round.
Length of walks : 12 to 20 km per stage or 4 to 6½ hours walking per day - from 500-800 metres change in level.
Equipment needed : Good walking shoes (avoid new shoes), rain protection, small back pack for your daily needs.
Included :
- 6 nights in
or star hotels, breakfast included - 5 half-board dinners (drinks not included) - 1 dinner not included in the price
- 5 picnic meals
- 1 itinerary (see example) available at your first hotel with technical information and a detailed 1:25000 map
- transfer to your first hotel from the nearest station OR car park
- baggage transfers between hotels
- taxes
- booking service
Sample itinerary : Planned around dates convenient to you (at any time of the year) subject to availability at the hotels. In all cases the organisers will contact you before your arrival to confirm your choices.
Day 1 : Welcome in Kaysersberg, mediaeval city dominated by the imposing imperial castle, or at Kientzheim, ancient fortified town surrounded by ramparts in the middle of the vineyards.
Day 2 : Saint Alexis, the green village, and Lapoutroie, renowned for its 'eaux de vie' and Munster cheese.
Day 3 : The Brézouard massif, northern limit of the High Vosges (1229m), Bagnenelles and the mountain village of the Bonhomme.
Day 4 : To Orbey by way of the Tête des Faux and the impressive Lac Blanc, surrounded by glacial cliffs
Day 5 : Labaroche, the most extensive mountain village in France
Day 6 : Turckheim, Niedermorschwihr villages nestling in the heart of the vineyards.
Day 7: End of the trip after breakfast
2008 tariffs : €530 per person for double room with bath/shower and wc (€650 single occupancy, €495 triple occupancy)
Additional nights : contact us
Other possibilities (contact us) :
- group walking holidays
- walking for those with reduced mobility
- guided walking tours (all or part)
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