To be honest we almost missed this out thinking it was only a few days ago that we did something similar in the champagne region. We are so glad that we didn’t! Apparently this is one of France’s most driven routes and we can now see why. It is pure fairy tale stuff. The route winds its way through some of the prettiest multi-coloured villages that we have ever seen, each littered with Caves where you can taste the local Grand Cru.
The hill sides are covered in vines as far as the eye can see and topped with castles waiting to be explored. The Vosages line the perimeter of the region and add granite to the ground which apparently is what makes the local Pinot Gris taste oh so good!!!!
The route that we took stretches about 60km and ends in the beautiful town of Colmar, with its higgledy-piggledy lanes, half timbered houses and peaceful canals of Petite Venise where you can even hop aboard a gondola for a tour from the water. The highlight of our time in Colmar had to be the evening’s display of traditional Alsation folk dancing in the main square. We were the first ones to be dragged up to join in - We were parading around the square doing something similar to an Alsation Gay Gordon with people dressed in 16th century costume - unfortunately, since we were both dragged up, there is no photographic evidence!
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