France

The Alsace wine route

Between the Vosges and the Rhine, quiet lanes thread a hundred kilometres of Riesling and Gewürztraminer vines, linking villages — Riquewihr, Eguisheim, Kaysersberg — so aggressively picturesque they appear to be competing.

Best forAdventure · Romantic
Approx. flying time~11h 50m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportBâle / Mulhouse (BSL)

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Why go

A hundred and seventy kilometres of half-timbered villages, storks' nests and Grand Cru slopes along the Vosges foothills. The route between Riquewihr, Ribeauvillé and Eguisheim is the prettiest stretch, best explored by e-bike with a tasting-room pause every few miles. Rieslings and Gewurztraminers here are world class and oddly underpriced. Come in October when the vines turn gold, or December for the region's famous Christmas markets.

Featured in Ten cycling holidays for completely normal legs and Ten vineyard escapes for lovers of a long lunch

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 6°C in January to 26°C in August. Wettest in June, with rain on about 16 days.

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August26° · rain 14 daysWarm and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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