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Wii Wegli: Trail in a Nutshell I

 

Trail Name:  Wii Wegli

Trail Type: Long distance hiking trail; very well-maintained and almost exclusively paved or hard-pack, marking on the trail is consistent, and pretty good throughout (although maps are necessary).

Length: 81.6 kilometers/50.5 miles (See comment below)

Convenient to: Freiburg, or Weil am Rhein, Germany, Basel, Switzerland

Marking: Yellow grape cluster on a red diamond on a white background (Note: many times, the red has faded to white. Another note: In the final segment, the trail often follows the Jacobusweg: yellow cockleshell on blue background)

Wii Wegli Trail Marking
Wii Wegli Trail Marking

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Tour dei Vigneti: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Tour dei Vigneti

Trail Type: Short to medium distance bicycling trail; almost exclusively paved, well maintained, but the route itself is infrequently marked.

Length:

Segments – 1.5, 3.5, 5, 5.5, 8 and 10 kilometers

Total –  10 kilometers/ 6 miles

Convenient to: Aosta, Italy

Marking: Green rectangular Sign with white lettering “Tour dei Vigneti” and a number

Signage for Tour dei Vigneti
Signage for Tour dei Vigneti

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Weinpanorama Weg: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Durbacher Weinpanorama Weg

Trail Type: Medium distance circuit; tarmac or hard-packed (albeit some loose gravel here and there), well maintained, fairly well-marked, albeit not always easy to see. (Also see comments below.)

Length: total: 16 kilometers / 10 miles

Convenient to: Offenburg, Germany; Strasbourg, France

Marking: Signs with white letters spelling “Durbacher Weinpanorama”

Durbacher Weinpanorama Signs
Durbacher Weinpanorama Signs

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Vignoble de Bergholtz: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Vignoble de Bergholtz

Trail Type: Medium distance circuit; trail surface mostly paved, with some hard-packed earthen sections, sometimes covered by loose gravel; well maintained, but the trail itself has no designated marking.

Length: 10 kilometers/ 6 miles (2.5 hours)

Convenient to: Colmar, or Guebwiller, France

Marking: None specific to the trail

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Fassboden 6: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Fassboden 6

Trail Type: Short distance circuit; almost exclusively paved, the remainder hard-packed earth; well maintained, and fairly well marked.

Length: total: 18 kilometers/ @ 12 miles (1.5 hours)

Convenient to: Landau, Germany

Marking: Green and white square sign, with white bicycle, wine barrel and number “6” in white.

Sign: Fassboden 6
Sign: Fassboden 6

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Wein Wanderweg: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Wein Wanderweg

Trail Type: Mid-distance; almost exclusively paved or hard-packed surface, well maintained, well-marked route.

Length: total – 11 kilometers/ 6.8 miles

Convenient to: Waldshut, Germany

Marking: White rectangle with red letters: “Wein Wanderweg”

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Franciacorta Pas Dose: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name(s): Franciacorta Pas Dose/Itinerario 2/Percorso Blu (Blue)

Trail Type: Mid-distance circuit; surfaces mostly hard-packed gravel, or paved in built up areas; well maintained and fairly well-marked.

Length: Total – 30 kilometers/18.6 miles

Marking: Brown rectangular signage with white and blue writing (“Itinerario 2 Percorso Blu”)

Itinerario 2 Percorso Blu Pas Dose
Itinerario 2 Percorso Blu Pas Dose

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Circuit Viticulturel: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Circuit Viticulturel or Wain a Kulturpad

Trail Type: A short distance; almost exclusively paved, (except about a kilometer, if using a grassy shoulder along a road), well maintained, but not a lot of trail signage.

Length: Total: 10 kilometers/ 6 miles

Convenient to: Remich or Schengen, Luxembourg

Trail Marking: See photo below

Circuit Viticulturel Signage
Circuit Viticulturel Signage

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Wald, Wein und Horizonte: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Vital Tour – Wald, Wein und Horizonte (Woods, Wine and Horizons)

Trail Type: Mid-distance circuit; almost exclusively paved or hard-packed surfaces (only a couple of grassy slopes otherwise), well maintained, and extremely well-marked!

Length: Total: 17.5 kilometers/ 10.9 miles

Convenient to: Bingen or Bad Kreuzmnach

Marking: A pair of rectangles in red, with black and red lettering for the trail name, on a white background.

Wald, Wein & Horizonte Sign
Wald, Wein & Horizonte Sign

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Korkenzieher: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Korkenzieher Themenweg

Trail Type: Short distance; variable surfaces, i.e.: leaf and grass, hard-packed earth, and paved; mostly well maintained, but the route itself is not marked.

Length: total:  7 kilometers/ 4.4 miles

Convenient to: Traismauer, Sankt Polten, Austria

Marking: None

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