Ciclovacanza 2011 3° giorno Colmar-Strasburgo

Highlight day of the cycling holiday. With a wide tour in the wine-growing area north of Colmar, you reach the village of Kaiserberg, the first of a long series of fortified agricultural villages from the 14th and 15th centuries. Next come Kitzenhein, Riquewir, Ribeauville, Bergheim, and many others. All are arranged along hilly roads that climb even steeply up those hills. The effort to reach them is worth the destination. Each one is more beautiful and romantic than the last; equally fascinating, they make a special destination for those who love human landscapes. Drowned in the green of the vineyards, they are the main attraction of this corner of France.

The last in the series and the end of the wine hills is Obernai, from which our itinerary enters the agricultural plain that takes us to the city of Strasbourg.

You reach the center through a beautiful network of cycle paths that disappear into the green of the woods and along many waterways flowing towards the Rhine, characterizing the entire area. The city appears after a long but beautiful suburb. Here too, the quality of life is decidedly superior to that of our often ugly suburbs. We reach the pedestrianized center directly by bike.