Activities in Alsace & Lorraine
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Club Vosgien
The Strasbourg section of the Club Vosgien , a regional walking organisation founded in 1872, runs walks, cycling excursions and snow-shoe trips for its members (guests welcome) in the Vosges and other parts of Alsace; there are departures at around 08:00 each Sunday and sometimes on other days too. No reservations are needed for trips by private car (passengers pay around €0.06 per kilometre) or train; reserve a few days ahead for bus trips (around €12). Insurance costs €4.
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Bioscope
Bioscope makes learning about the environment fun. Tots are kept on their toes at this eco-conscious theme park with hands-on activities, including a virtual journey to the depths of the South Pacific, a recycling-focused labyrinth and the Macroscope garden where everything (roots, apple trees etc) seems larger than life. It’s situated 5km by road northeast from the Écomusée.
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Cave des Hospices de Strasbourg
This brick-vaulted wine cellar nestles deep in the bowels of Strasbourg's hospital. A hospice back in the days when wine was considered a cure for all ills, today the cellar bottles first-rate Alsatian wines from rieslings to sweet muscats. One of its historic barrels is filled with a 1472 vintage.
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Brasseries Heineken
In the greatest of keg-rolling traditions, the Heineken brewery promises to refresh the parts that other lagers cannot reach on two-hour tours (some in English; reserve ahead). The brewery is 2.5km north of Grande Île; take bus 4 to the Schiltigheim Mairie stop in Schiltigheim.
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Brasseries Kronenbourg
Selling 700 million litres of beer in France every year – enough to fill about 250 Olympic swimming pools! – this brewery is in Cronenbourg, 2.5km northwest of Grande Île. Call ahead to join a thirst-quenching 1½-hour tour (some in English), which includes a tasting.
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Le Vaisseau
Science is never boring at this interactive science and technology museum, 2.5km southeast of the cathedral. There are plenty of hands-on activities to amuse little minds, from crawling through an ant colony to creating cartoons and broadcasting the news.
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Strasbourg Fluvial
Boat excursions (70 minutes) with English commentary that take in Petite France and the European institutions are run by Strasbourg Fluvial .
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Riverside Park
- Metz, France
- Activities › Park
In summer, pedal boats and rowboats can be rented on quai des Régates. The promenade leads through a leafy riverside park, with statues, ponds, swans and a fountain. It's the ideal picnic spot.
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River Ill
The leafy paths that shadow the River Ill and its canalised branch, the Fossé du Faux Rempart, are great for an impromptu picnic or a romantic stroll.
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Regioscope
For minibus tours of the Route des Vins (reservations can be made via Colmar’s tourist office) try these agency.
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Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges
Head away from the crowds into the serene Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges, 3000 sq km of pristine greenery in the southern Vosges.
In summer, hang-gliders take to the skies, cyclists roll through pristine countryside and walkers can pick from 10,000km of marked paths, including GRs (grandes randonnées; long-distance hiking trails). When the snow settles, three dozen inexpensive skiing areas offer modest downhill and superb cross-country skiing.
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LCA Top Tour
For minibus tours of the Route des Vins (reservations can be made via Colmar’s tourist office) try this agency.
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Bicyclette Go
Bicyclette Go, 12km south of Colmar, arranges all-inclusive half-day to two-week cycling tours.
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Batorama
This outfit runs scenic 70-minute boat trips, which glide along the storybook canals of Petite France, taking in the Vauban Dam and the glinting EU institutions. Tours depart in front of Palais Rohan.
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