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Itinerari Tra I Vigneti 3 – Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Itinerari Tra I Vigneti 3

Trail Type: medium distance circuit; mostly paved, some path, mostly well maintained, and marked in some places.

Length: total – 16.8 kilometers/10.45 miles

Convenient to: Chiasso or Lugano, Switzerland; or Varese or Como, Italy

Marking: Purple stylized grapes on a light background. (May be seen in conjunction with white stylized grapes on a purple background – the marking for mountain bikes.)

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Sentiero del Malvasia: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Sentiero del Malvasia

Trail Type:

Mid-distance; paved in the urban area, dirt, loam or grass in other parts; somewhat maintained, but the route itself is not well marked.

Length: Total – 10 kilometers/ 6 miles

Convenient to: Asti, or Casale Monferrato, Italy

Marking:

Rectangular sign with red and white stripes overwritten “2” (or not)

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Rieslingtour: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Rieslingtour (AKA: Weinwanderrundweg 10)

Trail Type: Short distance circuit; much is paved, some hard-packed earth, some stairs: well maintained, but the route itself is only fairly marked.

Length: Total: @8 kilometers/ 5 miles

Convenient to: Bad Duerkheim, Neustadt or Mannheim, Germany

Marking: A “10” in black, on a round white background

Rieslingtour's Sign
Rieslingtour’s Sign

 

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Alsatian Way of St. James: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: The Way of Saint James (Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle)

Trail Type: Long distance; much of it paved (in this section), well maintained, and fairly well marked.

Length:

Total –  Approximately 2000 kilometers (to reach Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from northern Alsace)

Segment – 7.5 kilometers/ @4.5 miles

Convenient to: Colmar, Alsace, France

Marking:

“Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle” (Stylized cockleshell of yellow rays on a blue background)

Signage for the Way of Saint James
Signage for the Way of Saint James

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Urban Wine Route: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Urban Wine Route (Rota Urbana do Vinho)

Trail Type: Short distance, meandering walk, set in an urban environment. The route itself is not marked directionally, but does include distinctive explanation markers at many of the relevant monuments.

Length: Total: Circa 5 kilometers/ circa 3 miles

Convenient to: Porto, Portugal

Marking: Square metal plaques embedded in the sidewalk by sites on the itinerary

Marker Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto
Marker Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto

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The Loejele: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Le Loejele (part of the trail series “Circuits de Bacchus”)

Trail Type: Medium distance circuit; partly paved, partly packed earthen trail surface; mostly well maintained; the route itself is marked very well.

Length: total: 14.6 kilometers/9 miles

Marking: Trace of a ring in yellow, with a white interior

Signage on the Loejele Trail
Signage on the Loejele Trail

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Nellele Rundweg: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Nellele Rundweg

Trail Type: Short distance circuit; often paved, the remainder is hard-packed earth, well maintained, the route is very well marked.

Length: total: 7.2 kilometers/4.5 miles

Convenient to: Baden-Baden, and Karlsruhe, Germany

Marking: A purple-pink circle on a white background.

Signage for the Nellele Rundweg
Signage for the Nellele Rundweg

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Stadtwanderweg 5: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name:  Stadtwanderweg 5

Trail Type: Mid-distance; almost exclusively paved with paving stone or tarmac, well maintained, and very well-marked.

Length: Total: 10.3 kilometers/ 6.3 miles

Convenient to: Vienna, Austria

Marking: (Mostly) Wooden signs with the words: Stadtwanderweg 5

Signage Stadtwanderweg 5
Signage Stadtwanderweg 5

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Gigondas: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Not named officially

Trail Type: Short distance circuit; paved in the village, loose stone, and uneven, rocky and earthen surfaces otherwise. (These are mostly dry, and can be slippery in places). The trail is somewhat maintained, but the route itself is neither named nor consistently marked.

Length: Total: (Approximately) 6.5 kilometers/ 4 miles

Convenient to: Orange, or Avignon, France

Marking: Initially red and yellow rectangular lines, then blue dots and/or yellow rectangular lines.

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Ortenauer Weinpfad II: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Ortenauer Weinpfad (OWP)

Trail Type: Long distance; almost exclusively paved or hard-packed earth, well maintained, very well-marked.

Length: Total: 101 kilometers/ 62.75 miles

Convenient to: Baden-Baden (north) and Offenburg (south), Germany

Marking: Blue grapes on a red diamond on a white background

OWP Signage
OWP Signage

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