Wissembourg – Saverne
Medieval Alsace 1: Northern Vosges

Arrival in Wissembourg
Wissembourg has a medieval fortification wall, beautiful patrician houses and the Ancien Hôpital.
Wissembourg – Lembach
Cross the summit of Taubenberg to Pfaffenschlick and Soultzerkopf. Arrive in Lembach, where you can see part of the Maginot-Line „Kalkofen". Named after the French defence secretary André Maginot the defence system consisted of a line of bunkers along the French border to Germany.
Lembach – Obersteinbach
The fortresses of the Vosges are part of today’s program. In the morning you walk to Löwenstein, Hohenburg and Fleckenstein, belonging to the most typical fortresses of the Vosges. In the afternoon you will reach Fronensburg.
Walk through Lautertal valley up to fortress Schöenck. Then you climb up the Wintersberg, a summit reaching about 581 m above the Vosges. Via Dittenthal and the Celtic camp you reach bath town Niederbronn-les-Bains.
High above Niederbronn-les-Bains there is castle Wasenburg, which was built by a bishop of Straßburg in the 13th century. You walk past the beautiful villages Oberbronn, Offwiller, Rothbach and finally to Ingwiller.
Starting from the valley ‚Moder Tal’ you proceed to Sparsbach and the little hamlet of Englischberg, where an amazing view awaits. You walk high up to the little village La Petite Pierre with its unique location on top of a sandstone boulder.
Walk to neo-romantic Huneburg; continue to the ruins of Daubenschlagfels and then walk down to Saverne.
Departure or extension
Characteristics of the route
Easy to medium walking tour on well marked nature paths, sometimes asphalted, through undulating countryside. Daily stages between 16 and 23 km and walking times between 4.5 to 6 hrs. Max. daily difference in altitude is 770 m.

Season 1 01.04.2023 - 02.06.2023 30.09.2023 - 07.10.2023 Arrival daily | Season 2 03.06.2023 - 29.09.2023 Arrival daily | |
---|---|---|
Medieval Alsace 1, Wissembourg - Saverne, 8 days, FR-ELWWS-08X | ||
Base price | 939.00 | 999.00 |
Surcharge single room | 299.00 | 299.00 |
Category: 2**- and 3***-hotels (French classifying)
Extra nights in each day upon request.
Season 1 Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 2, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023 Arrival daily | Season 2 Jun 3, 2023 - Sep 29, 2023 Arrival daily | |
---|---|---|
Wissembourg | ||
Double room p.P. | 79.00 | 79.00 |
Surcharge single room | 30.00 | 30.00 |
Saverne | ||
Double room p.P. | 79.00 | 79.00 |
Surcharge single room | 20.00 | 20.00 |
Included:
- Accommodation as already mentioned
- Breakfast
- Luggage transfer
- Carefully elaborated route description
- Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
- GPS-data available
- Service hotline
Arrival / Parking / Departure:
- Arrival by train to Wissembourg and in a few walking minutes to the hotel.
- Strasbourg or Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg airport.
- Parking: Free parking hotel spaces, no reservation possible.
- Return journey by train from Saverne via Strasbourg to Wissembourg, approx. 2.5 hours.
Things to note:
- Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
- Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!
