Description of your day
Today you will be touring with a private guide and car. After breakfast the guide will meet you at your hotel.
Here is our most popular tour:
Alsace Highlights Tour
- Our guide will meet you at your hotel in Colmar.
- Depart to the first town to explore today: the village of Turckheim. The village is a perfect starting point for a private walking tour with our guide. It is a traditional Alsatian village with fewer tourists. Throughout the centre of Turckheim there are plenty of traditional Alsace style houses to admire, overflowing with flowers, and a few specific buildings of interest: mostly dating from the 16th and 17th century.
- Our driver will then take you to the next town. There are several towns to choose from, for example the villages of Eguisheim or Kaysersberg. Since this is a personalized private tour, we are flexible on the program and can add other towns as well.
- Mid-day we will head to famous Riquewihr. Surrounded by ramparts, the village has been very fortunate to survive war and destruction. Its tiny cobblestoned streets, fortified walls and old houses have preserved their 16C splendor and have remained virtually intact, making for remarkable architectural harmony.
- Free time to explore on your own and lunch (not included). Our guide will provide recommendations.
- In the afternoon reachyou will take a ride on the Alsatian ‘Wine Route’ . The 60 year old wine route winds across the slopes for more than 170 kms. You will drive through hills covered in vineyards and quaint villages.
- Up for a wine tasting? Our guide knows all the local wineries and is happy to take you there. (tasting fee not included).
- At the end of the day we will stop at the medieval castle of Haut Koenigsbourg. Here, follow your guide for a tour of this mighty fortress that overlooks the Alsace region. (Entrance fee to the castle not included in the price). Good to know: Chateau du Haut Koenigsbourg visit includes a large number of steps and uneven terrain, you must be in good physical condition to visit this monument.
We also have special interest tours. Please talk to us about your specific wants and needs. Since these are all private tours, we can also customize a tour for you.
Special Interest: Alsace Grand Cru Wine Tour
This private full day wine tour from Colmar has been crafted so that you may have the privilege of tasting some of the most outstanding Alsace wines.
- In the morning we will come and pick you up at your hotel. And go over the program and itinerary of the day with you. This full day Alsace wine tour is private so we can adapt it to your wishes. During the day, please note that it is also possible to stop and visit some of the most beautiful alsatian villages such as the village of Riquewihr.
- Your wine tour will first take you to the Ribeauvillé wine producing region. The hallmark of Ribeauvillé wines is their minerality.
- Then, move on to discover a most unique and confidential Grand Cru: Kaefferkopf . Divided into several sectors of the charming little town of Ammerschwihr, this Grand Cru is characterized by a complex geological substratum, combining granite on its upper parts with shelly limestone then sandstone lower down. Depending on availability, it will also be the moment to discover bio dynamic wine makingin wineries such as Domaine de la Sinn or Domaine Martin Sschaetzel.
- Finally reach the southern part of the Alsace wine route and discover emblematic Grands Crus such as Steinart, Goldert or Hatschbourg. It is in this part of the wine region that you will discover local Muscat. We will also have you taste some exceptional Gerwurtztraminers.
- Please note: wine tasting Feees, lunch and entrance fees are not included.
Special Interest: World War 1 Tour
- Visit the Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial. Immerse yourself in the remembrance of the Great War on the emblematic site of Hartmannswillerkopf. Known as the “man-eater”, this summit was the backdrop for dreadful battles. This promontory which stands at 1000m in altitude looking out over the plain of Alsace, is in memory of the Great War.
- Scenic drive on the Mountain Ridge Road with stunning views towards the Alsace valley and the Black Forest.
- Stop for a typical ‘macaire lunch’ in one of the numerous farmhouses.
- Reach the Linge Memorial Museum, a memorial museum keeping alive the memory of the fighting in the Vosges during the First World War. Located on the historical site itself, the museum describes the living and combat conditions of the troops and all of the associated logistics involved. Outdoors, on the battlefield, visitors can discover the positions of the German defences which are well preserved with their trenches, shelters and blockhaus, opposite the remains of the French positions, which were built from lighter materials.
Special Interest: World War 2 Tour
- Visit the Alsace-Moselle WWII Memorial museum which attempts to explain the complicated history of Alsace and Moselle, particularly during the time of the Second World War.
- Our private tour continues to the Natzwiller-Struthof concentration camp. On 21 April 1941, near the village of Struthof, the Nazis opened a concentration camp, KL-Natzweiler. The central camp, the only concentration camp in France, was located in the then annexed Alsace region. Its annexes, scattered over the 2 sides of the Rhine, made up a network of nearly 70 camps, more or less large. A labour camp supporting the Nazi war industry, it was also used for medical experiments by Nazi professors from the Reich University of Strasbourg. On 23 November 1944, the Allies discovered the site evacuated by the Nazis since September. . From 1941 to 1945, the KL-Natzweiler was one of the most murderous camps of the Nazi system. Nearly 22,000 deportees died there.
