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TOURIST ROAD AND ITINERARIES
Alsace lends itself readily to the heedless dawdling and the
rustic vogabondage. Here 9 routes or roads which will enable
you to discover the most interesting aspects of the Alsatian
history, culture and gastronomy. .
The wine trail of Alsace
See Wine trail
the wine trail of Alsace, it is this capricious ribbon
which runs to the foot of the Vosges, is held in all quietude
with hillside or the hollow of deep valleys.
The Roman road of Alsace
Traversing the whole of the regional territory, between plain,
vineyard and mountain, the Roman Road invites you to discover
the most prestigious sites of Alsatian Romanesq art which
developed from the11th to the 13century. By integrating the
stylistic contributions of the close o areas such as Burgundy.
Lombardy, Lorraine, the Franche and the Valley of the Rhine.
The Romantic Rhine of Lauterbourg
in Saint-Louis
The Rhine, mythical river and a river border, reached Alsace
a little downstream from Basle (Swiss) and leaves it in Lauterbourg.
In the 8th and 9th century. already, the boatmen descended
the Rhine untill the North Sea to sell wine to the English,
Danish and Swedish. Formerly the Rhine dispersed its water
in the plain; at the end of 19th c. great works were undertaken
to regularize the course of River. Come to follow the impetuous
adventure of the Rhine in Alsace!
Village of potters, strong castles
and Maginot line
Beyond the forest of Haguenau, in the medium of laughing hills,
through the thick forests which extend from the Rhine to the
Vosges of North. Discover the vestiges of formerly to share
the alive memory of Alsace.
The road of the crests and the Joffre
road
the road of the crests and the Joffre road make it possible
to easily cross the balloons of the Massif of the Vosges and
to discover splendid panoramas. The tops are occupied since
the 9th century by the farmers of mountain, stockbreeders
and cheesemongers whom one calls the marcaires. By the development
of tourism, the marcairies were transformed into farm inn
combining the agricultural activity and the reception at the
farm.
Roman and Gothic architecture and
rebirth and High-Alsace
the itinerary of the architectural Road of High-Alsace follows
successively the alignments of Road of the Wines, of the itinerary.
The Romantic Rhine as well as Roads of Carp Frite. It also
penetrates in the whole of the high-rhinish Vosgean valleys
and makes it possible to discover the evolution of architecture
while visiting more than 200 buildings and monuments. the
monumental inheritance starts modestly in the 11th century.,
grows richer by the churches and castles at the Roman time
and prospers at the time of the Gothics and the rebirth. On
the territory of the current High-Rhin, one did not count
less than 30 recognizable cities by their doors and their
walls. Tens of strong castles, today in ruins or entirely
disappeared, crowned hills and mountains.
Road of Carp Frite, the softness of
Sundgau
the roads of Carp Frite constitute an original invitation
to discover Sundgau, its small valleys, its orchards, its
ponds and especially its flowered villages rich in half-timbered
houses.
Another Route
the green road: this Franco-German Route crosses Lorraine,
Alsace and the Country of Bade. Symbol of union, the green
Road is also a fascinating route of diversity. In Alsace,
it passes by Schlucht, Munster, Turckheim, Colmar, Horbourg-Wihr
and Neuf-Brisach.

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