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Park in the Tourist Office and carpool car park at 35 Rue du Rhin in Rhinau, heading towards the French-German border.
(S/E) Leave the car park and walk along Rue du Rhin in Rhinau towards the east, then turn immediately left at the Tourist Office. You will find yourself in a square, facing a gold-coloured statue.
Pass to the left of the statue onto the small path that crosses the educational farm (marked with a red ring).
Follow the path to the road at the entrance to the farm, located on Rue du Sergent Viala in Rhinau.
(1) At the intersection, cross the road and turn right heading east. After about 100 metres, turn left onto the path (Anneau Rouge). Then follow this path to the next crossroads.
(2) At the crossroads, you will see the Étang Saint-Julien on your left. Opposite is a path that climbs up onto a dyke and, on the right, the path that leads to the Rhinau fitness trail. You can walk to the pond and admire its magnificent colours, then retrace your steps back to the crossroads. Take the path opposite that climbs up onto the dyke heading north-east.
(3) You will come to an intersection. Go down the path on the left and take the path below towards the north-east. You will pass the "Syrop Quelle" spring. Continue along this path towards the north-east until you reach the next intersection. At the intersection, turn left into the fields towards the north-west until you reach a road.
(4) When you reach the crossroads, continue straight ahead through the fields, even though this path is not marked on IGN maps, heading north-west until you reach the next crossroads. Turn left, cross the bridge and then immediately take the path on the right heading north-east until you reach the hunters' hut and the forest.
(5) At the hunters' hut, turn left into the fields and walk along the forest for about a hundred metres (there is no path or markings at this point) until you reach the "Neufeld" spring (where the Anneau Rouge markings resume) and the path. Take the path on the left heading east, then turn right a few metres further on heading north until you reach the next crossroads. Turn left heading east. After a few metres, you will see a small path on the right leading into the forest.
(6) Take the small path that leads to a secluded wild pond. Walk around the pond (you can dip your feet in the water in summer, there is a small beach), then retrace your steps back to the path. Continue westwards until you reach the next intersection, then turn right and head north until you reach the entrance to the village of Daubensand.
(7) Follow the path and, after two houses, turn right (Anneau Rouge) towards the east and the Daubensand Forest. Continue through the forest (there is a blockhouse on your right) then cross the bridge over the Brunnwasser stream. Continue to the crossroads.
(8) At the crossroads, take the path that goes up onto the dyke and continue straight ahead without changing paths, heading south for 2.5 km until you reach the intersection. There are numerous blockhouses on the dyke.
(9) At the intersection, turn left towards the south-east until you reach the bridge over the Breitsand stream. Cross the bridge and take the Rhinau fitness trail (Anneau Rouge) to the intersection.
(2) Then take the path you took at the start, heading south-west until you reach the junction with the road
(10) Cross the road and follow it south-west on your right until you reach the Plobsheim basin supply canal. On your left, you will see a staircase leading up to the Rhine dyke.
(11) Climb the stairs and walk along the Rhine towards the south-west. (You should see the Rhinau ferry, which takes vehicles across to Germany). Walk to the ferry and then cross the road on your right at the junction. You are now just a few steps away from the Tourist Office car park on Rue du Rhin in Rhinau (S/E).
monotonous, uninteresting,
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