Five great ideas for holiday outings in Alsace

Declining purchasing power does not necessarily mean holiday deprivation.

With a little imagination, it is possible to make marvelous journeys in the Bas-Rhin, around Strasbourg, and without breaking the bank too much.

Something to have fun while avoiding long hours in traffic jams to cross France or the inconvenience of a jet lag.

offers you five great ideas for outings for lovers or family.

Be careful though, we couldn't avoid sand in your shoes or mosquito bites, but there's something for everyone.

Like in a seaside resort

Do you want water, action, waterskiing?

To be seated on a shaded terrace on stilts by the beach?

To stroll through the tops of the trees or simply to bask on a beach (supervised) of fine sand?

After years of reflections, transformations, improvements, the Hardt lake in Brumath, which belongs to the city, has completely changed its face.

In particular with its private part, the Fun park, which however shares, for nautical activities, the whole body of water.

On the program a five-pulley ski lift which allows the practice of wakeboarding.

Pedal boats, giant inflatable water play structures, tree climbing... Shaded and relaxation areas with umbrellas have also been set up.

What a way to spend beautiful refreshing days.

In search of lost waterfalls

Of course it won't be the Victoria Falls, but there's no need to go to the forests at the end of the world either to see beautiful waterfalls, at the bend of a hiking trail in beautiful forests.

Several hiking trails allow explorers to find the waterfalls.

Alsace has a good ten of them.

In the Bas-Rhin, one of our favorites and less popular is the Soultzbach waterfall.

The Cascade but also its water hole called "Salzloch", at the origin of many legends.

It seems that the latter is connected to the sea. A very pleasant little hike in the forest, which begins in the village of Urmatt.

Another waterfall, that of Hohwald, a few minutes by car from Mont Sainte Odile.

Exotic, it will delight the whole family, even if it's a bit steep to get there.

Finally, the best known but also essential,

green, about 25 meters high, the Nideck waterfall in Oberhaslach, just 40 km from Strasbourg.

The icing on the cake, it is located next to the ruins of the castle of the same name.

Its water flows against a wall of volcanic rock.

Alsatian architecture as seen on TV

Take your car, your motorcycle or your bicycle if you have good calves to explore the most beautiful villages in France.

In Alsace, many villages seem frozen in time.

No less than four of them were elected Favorite Villages of the French in the eponymous program presented by Stéphane Bern.

Three are located in the Bas-Rhin, one in the Haut-Rhin.

Eguisheim elected in 2013, Kaysersberg in 2017 and Hunspach in 2020. Knowing that other villages, Andlau in 2014 and Mittelbergheim in 2018 were ranked second, there is plenty to do for long walks without forgetting Bergheim in the Haut-Rhin , recently voted "The favorite village of the French" 2022.

A giant maze in a cornfield to solve puzzles

Get lost in a giant maze in a cornfield, participate in fun family activities, solve puzzles to advance on the five kilometers of paths, spend an evening there with friends and zombies... The Pop Corn Labyrinth of Strasbourg, comes to open its doors in Oberhausbergen, route de Saverne (facing rue des tourterelles).

Ephemeral, the field will be made it will be open all summer.

The concept of this ephemeral labyrinth on four hectares arrives in the Bas-Rhin.

The opportunity to also link with the rural world.

With all along the route, information on fauna, flora, agriculture and the cultivation of corn thanks to informative panels.

And don't panic, if you get lost, at the end of the season, the field will resume its initial function, the corn will be harvested by the farmer who lent his field.

Discovering biodiversity for long walks

Finally unknown, the Grand Ried d'Alsace located in the plain between Strasbourg and Colmar, is full of activities, far from the beaten track.

With its floodplains, its lush forests, At the gates of Sélestat, the Ried de l'Ill Wald is a nature reserve of 1,855 hectares in the heart of the flood zone of the Ill.

A great opportunity to contemplate remarkable flora and fauna.

Dense and protected vegetation, flooded meadows, take your binoculars to try to see a kingfisher, a beaver but also fallow deer, one of the largest wild populations in France.

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