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The starting point for the cycle route is in front of the Sélestat Tourist Office on Place du Docteur Maurice Kubler.
(S/E) With your back to the tourist information office, turn right onto Rue du Sel, heading towards Place Gambetta.
(1) Turn right at the end of the square. Ignore the junction with Rue des Franciscains and carry on until you reach the junction with Boulevard du Général de Castelnau and Place du Marché aux Vins.
(2) Carry on straight ahead along Boulevard Charlemagne until it ends.
(3) Turn left (Boulevard de Nancy), then at the traffic lights, carry on straight ahead along Rue du Sand. Cross a bridge over the railway lines and you’ll reach a roundabout.
(4) Turn right onto Vieux Chemin de Scherwiller, towards Lotissement des Châteaux. Please note that the rest of the route to Scherwiller is a shared path on a cycle lane.
(5) At the Saint-Wolfgang Chapel, turn left and then immediately right onto the street of the same name, heading towards the cemetery. Ignore the next junction and carry on until the first street on the right (Rue des Chevaliers), just past number 3.
(6) Take this street and, at the end, continue along Rue de la Mairie, passing the Town Hall. Follow the Aubach stream to the bridge spanning the stream and its junction.
(7) Turn left onto Rue du Maréchal Joffre and follow the road all the way to the edge of the village by the vineyards.
(8) At the four-way junction, turn right to re-enter Scherwiller at a cross.
(9) At the junction, turn left onto Rue de l’Ortenbourg. Please note that there is a short stretch of shared-use road on the way out of Scherwiller. Continue until you reach the first sharp left-hand bend.
(10) Go straight on towards the Huhnelmuhle, the starting point of the Route du Sel. Keep going straight ahead, following the Giessen valley, until you reach Thanvillé.
Route du Sel cycle path to Thanvillé
(11) At the junction between Rue des Romains and Rue de l’Église in Thanvillé, go straight on along the main road until you reach the roundabout. Stay on the cycle path until the end of the street. Cross the D424 with great care and follow the cycle path to a side road (D997) in Saint-Maurice.
(12) Turn left, then right onto the D97 and cycle on to Neuve-Église.
Route shared with motor vehicles
(13) At the junction with the D697, follow this road to the right, towards Villé, until you reach the church.
(14) Visit the building whilst it is open and stop for a picnic in the church garden.
Return to the previous junction.
(13) Carry on to the right onto the D97, towards Fouchy. Leave the village and drive a few kilometres until you reach the roundabout.
(15) Take the second exit towards Fouchy, still on a shared-use path. Continue to the D39 and the end of the road (Stop sign).
(16) Turn left onto the D39 and enter Fouchy until you reach a Fork in the road with a wayside cross on your left.
(17) Turn sharply left onto Rue des Noyers and follow the road up to Rue des Champs sur Champs. Turn right onto Rue de la Goutte and continue to the church and its fountain.
(18) Turn left (Rue de l’École), pass the Town Hall and continue straight on until you reach Rue du Col de Fouchy (Stop sign).
(19) Turn left, continue along the D155 and arrive at the hamlet of Noirceux.
Climb the Col de Fouchy via a route shared with cars (D155)
(20) Continue the climb, pass the hamlet of Froide Fontaine and reach the Col de Fouchy.
(21) Begin the descent on the D481 and join a side street (Rue du Général de Gaulle) in Rombach-le-Franc.
(22) Turn left onto this road and head down towards Lièpvre. Pass through the village, staying on the same road, until you reach the junction with Rue de l’Église in Lièpvre. This is just after the first bridge over the Rombach. Turn right to see the church. Take the opportunity to explore the old ossuary in the cemetery near the church.
(23) Return to the crossroads and turn right onto the cycle path.
(24) Turn left onto this cycle route.
Cycle along the greenway to the Bois-L’Abbesse industrial estate
Cross Rue du Chalmont and carry on straight ahead. Leave Lièpvre and continue along the greenway to the Bois-l’Abbesse industrial estate.
(25) Turn left, pass a turn-off on the left and reach a fork a few metres further on. Turn left and continue along the cycle path on the greenway, which runs alongside the Liepvrette for several kilometres until you reach the road.
(26) At the junction with the forest track, turn right and carry on to the crossroads at the entrance to Hurst.
(27) Turn right and cycle through the hamlet, taking care to watch out for traffic. Cross the bridge over the Lièpvrette.
(28) At the other end, turn left onto the cycle path and follow it for a few kilometres. At the junction of the two paths, turn right, cross the small bridge and continue to the level crossing.
(29) Ignore the level crossing and continue along the railway line on your right. Pass under a bridge on the Châtenois bypass and arrive at the D424.
(30) Turn right and take care. Continue to the Val de Villé roundabout.
This route is shared with motor vehicles, so take care!
(31) Turn left onto the D1059, towards Châtenois (Route de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines), and you’ll reach a roundabout.
(32) Turn right onto the D35, towards Kintzheim (Rue du Maréchal Foch), and continue towards the village centre until you reach the junction with Rue de l’Église, located after the fountain on the right, at the corner of No. 92.
(33) Turn right towards the vicarage and head towards the castle district (Tour des Sorcières, church). Pass through the archway of the Tour des Sorcières building and turn left to reach the church (which you can visit).
(34) To leave the castle district, turn left and, at the junction opposite the school, turn right (Route de Kintzhei). Continue to the first junction at the corner of No. 3.
(35) Turn left, following the cycle route, and continue to the roundabout at the end of Rue du Bailliage.
(36) Take thefirst exit, then, at the three-way junction that follows, keep right (Rue d’Alsace). Ride straight on until you leave Châtenois, then, at the right-hand bend, take the cycle path on the left towards Kintzheim. Ignore one street at the entrance to the village and carry on to the next one.
Véloroute du Vignoble cycle path
(37) At the junction with Rue des Romains, turn left (Allée du Stadtpfad) and carry on straight ahead at the Carrefour des Justes (War Memorial). Continue along the cycle path until you reach thesecond roundabout after the bridge over the motorway. Please note: you are leaving the cycle path!
(38) Cross carefully at the pedestrian crossing by the roundabout. Enter Sélestat, heading towards the hospital (Route de Kintzheim) via the cycle lane (2ndexit). Continue to No. 33 and turn left onto Route de Kintzheim. Follow this road to the roundabout.
(39) Take the2nd exit, heading towards the Hospital (Rue de Saint-Dié), and join the cycle path on the right just before a car park with household waste bins.
(40) Turn right and cross the Droits de l’Homme footbridge over the railway lines near Sélestat station, then head down to the side street (Rue Saint-Léonard).
(41) Turn left and, at the next junction – by the striking Dromson Factory building – turn left again (Route de Colmar) to reach the traffic lights at Place du Général de Gaulle, at the foot of the magnificent water tower.
(42) Cross the junction and take the lane immediately on the right (Rue de la Première Armée), which runs past a statue depicting three women. At the multi-way junction with Rue Renouvier, continue straight on along the one-way street (bicycles only) until you reach Boulevard Foch.
(43) Turn left, then immediately right onto Rue Paul Déroulède, heading towards the Town Hall. Cycle straight on until you reach the Protestant church. Turn left onto Rue des Serrurier, then return to the junction you passed on the way out, at Place Léon Gambetta.
(1) Turn right onto Rue du Sel and you’ll find the Sélestat Tourist Office reception at Place du Docteur Maurice Kubler (S/E).
