Around Bernardswiller

Stop off on the Alsace Wine Route, at the foot of Mont Sainte-Odile, and discover Bernardswiller and its surroundings on this easy walk.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.30 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 41 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 41 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 229 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 193 m

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Description of the walk

From Ottrott, before reaching Heiligenstein via the D35, after the roundabout where the D109 meets the D35, in the first bend, to the left of it, a car park is available. This is where the route begins.

(S/E) Take the path “Dorenbergerstraessel”, also marked by a Blue Cross sign.

(1) At the first junction, take the path on your right and continue straight on until you reach a small tarmac road near a bridge.

(2) Turn left onto Route du Stade and you will come to a junction.

(3) Leave the road and follow a path on your left heading north. At the second junction, turn right. You will have a view of Bernardswiller.

(4) Take the tarmac road on your left, which will take you past the village hall and sports grounds at the entrance to Bernardswiller. Cross the small river, the Dachsbach, and continue along Rue de Goxwiller. Turn left into Rue de la Tuilerie and follow it to Rue de la Schwemm, continuing straight on until you reach Rue du Préfet Lezay Marnesia.

(5) Turn left downhill towards Mont Sainte-Odile.

(6) At the wayside shrine, turn left and follow the “Dorenbergerstraessel” path.

(1) Continue straight on until you reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 228 m - Car park alongside the D35
  2. 1 : km 0.55 - alt. 216 m - Junction of the circular loop
  3. 2 : km 2.05 - alt. 209 m - Route du Stade
  4. 3 : km 2.23 - alt. 214 m - Junction on the path
  5. 4 : km 2.8 - alt. 202 m - Road junction
  6. 5 : km 3.92 - alt. 221 m - Rue du Préfet Lezay Marnesia
  7. 6 : km 4.18 - alt. 214 m - Calvary
  8. S/E : km 5.3 - alt. 229 m - Car park alongside the D35

Worth a visit

In the car park, the "Empress's Bench".
The town centre of Bernardswiller with its half-timbered winegrowers’ houses.
The grounds of the Windeck estate in Ottrott.
Obernai.
Mont Sainte-Odile.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
LEBIER
LEBIER

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 23, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely route in spring; most of the route is in the sunshine ☀️ with some beautiful views.
We decided to set off from Bernardswiller Stadium and so stopped for a break at the Empress’s Bench halfway through the walk!

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Nisse Corinne
Nisse Corinne

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

An easy walk, taking in both fields and the village of Bernardswiller

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Anne-Laure 67
Anne-Laure 67

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

This route is easily accessible; I completed it whilst pushing a manual wheelchair fitted with a third wheel. The route follows quiet paths through the vineyards, with part of it passing through a residential estate.
A lovely little stroll amidst the vineyards in their autumn colours.

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Nitram67
Nitram67

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and easy route.
Ideal for a short family walk. No difficulty.
The appeal lies in the fact that:
- it’s a circular pattern
- you pass through fields, vineyards and the outskirts of the village
so you get varied scenery in a relatively short time, without any difficulty.
Very pleasant.

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Remysapin@club-internet.fr
Remysapin@club-internet.fr

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

To minimise walking on tarmac in the streets of the Bernardswiller housing estates, I suggest that, after point 4, just after the bridge crossing the Dachsbach, you turn left onto a path that runs behind the houses and eventually joins Rue de la Schwemm. This path is shown as a dotted line on the IGN map in the Visorando app, and only part of it is shown on the OpenStreetMap hiking map.

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