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Sentier Viticole des Grands Crus: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Sentier Viticole des Grands Crus (also known as the Perles du Vignoble)

Trail type: Mid-distance hiking circuit; mostly paved, some hard-packed gravel; very well-maintained and well-marked.

Length: Total – 17 km/10.5 miles

Convenient to: Colmar, Alsace, France

Marking: Mostly gold letters on brown wooden background

Grands Crus Trail Marking
Grands Crus Trail Marking

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Circuit Cremant and Auto Pedestre 1: A Nutshell on TWO Trails

Trail Names:

Circuit Cremant

Auto-Pedestre 1

Trail Types: 2 short distance circuits;

Cremant: Short hiking circuit; paved, well maintained and marked.

Auto-Pedestre 1: Short hiking circuit, some parts paved, some hard-packed, some soft dirt; some sections marked, but markings missing in a couple of crucial spots.

Lengths:

Cremant: 4.6 km/2.8 miles

Auto-Pedestre 1: 8 km/5 miles

Convenient to:

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, with local public transportation

Trier, Germany, with a car

Markings:

Cremant: Flute on a white pentagon, on red background with green edge

Auto-Pedestre 1: Black “1” on a blue triangle on white rectangular sign

(Note: The photo’s blue hexagon with a yellow rectangle is the sign for the Sentier de la Moselle, described below.)

 

Signage for Auto Pedstre 1 and Cremant Trails
Signage for Auto Pedstre 1 and Cremant Trails

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Trail of the Grands Crus: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Chemin des Grands Crus

Trail Type: Long distance hiking trail, wine-themed; with a widely varying trail surface from paved road to grass track, somewhat maintained, and signposted or marked at many intersections, but not all.

Length:

  • Total: 82 km/51 miles
  • Segment (Northern half): roughly 34 km/22 miles (Chenove to Villars la Faye)

Convenient to: Dijon, Burgundy, France

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Rhine Cycle Route – Upper Middle Rhine: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Rheinradweg (German)/Rhine Cycle Route, also known as Eurovelo 15

Trail Type: Long distance cycling trail; This segment is completely paved, well maintained, and much of it follows a dedicated trail for bicycles. The specific route marking is not always easy to see, but bike signs to the next town/destination are abundant. (Otherwise, just go with (or against) the flow, literally.)

Length:

Total: over 1200 km/circa 760 miles

Segment: circa 45 km/ 30 miles

Convenient to: Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Marking:

Rhine Cycle Trail and town distance markings
Rhine Cycle Trail and town distance markings

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German Wine Route Hiking Trail – Mittelhaardt District: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: German Wine Route Hiking Trail/Wanderweg Deutsche Weinstrasse

Trail Type: Long distance hiking trail; pavement or hard-packed trail surface throughout, well maintained, and fairly well-marked.

Length:

Total: 96 km/60 miles of the complete trail

First segment of the Mittelhaardt district: 18.5 km/11.5 miles

Second segment of the Mittelhaardt district: 24 km/15 miles

Convenient to: Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

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Deutsche Weinstrasse/Suedliche Weinstrasse: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Deutsche Weinstrasse Wanderweg (Schweigen – Leinsweiler-Edenkoben-Neustadt/Weinstrasse segments)

Trail type: Long distance hiking trail; mostly hard-packed gravel or paved, well maintained and fairly well marked.

Length: total (of the Suedlich Weinstrasse half): circa 54 km/33 miles

Schweigen – Leinsweiler segment: circa 25 km/15 miles

Leinsweiler – Edenkoben segment: circa 18 km/11 miles

Edenkoben – Neustadt segment: 11 km/7 miles

Convenient to: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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