6 Days Burgundy, Alsace and Black Forest End Paris
Burgundy, Alsace and Black Forest End Paris
6 Days / 5 Nights
Tour Includes:
- Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance, hotel and breakfast buffet.
- On some tours, according to the number of passengers, the service may be provided in bilingual (usually in English and Spanish).
- Boat: Petite France in Strasbourg
- Ticket admission: Triberg Falls, Heidelberg castle including pharmacy and wine cellar
- Funicular: Heidelberg
Burgundy, Alsace and Black Forest End Paris
6 Days / 5 Nights
DAY 1 – PARIS – NOYER-SUR-SEREIN – BEAUNE – DIJON
DAY 2 – DIJON – BESANCON – COLMAR – RIQUEWIHR – RIBEAUVILLE – STRASBOURG
We leave towards the east of France, pleasant landscapes traveling to Burgundy. We make a brief stop in NOYERS SUR SEREIN, considered one of the most beautiful towns in France, with narrow streets, stone and half-timbered houses, a charming central square and wall. We continue our route towards BEAUNE, capital of Burgundy wines. Time for lunch and a walk, we suggest visiting its Historic Hospice, a 15th century medieval hospital for people without resources. After that we continue to DIJON, capital of the region, lively streets, magnificent urban complex with its numerous medieval and Renaissance buildings, highlighting the Palace of the Dukes. Accommodation.
DAY 3 – STRASBOURG – FRIBOURG – TRIBERG – GENGENBACH – BADEN BADEN
Yet in the Burgundy region we make a stop in BESANÇON, a city of Roman origin with a beautiful historic center and citadel of the 17th century that dominates the city. We continue our route towards Alsace, a French region disputed over the centuries between France and Germany, which maintains its own German dialect, “the Alsatian” and the architecture and traditions with deep Germanic roots. We make a stop in COLMAR, a city with unique architecture, with colorful wooden houses and canals that cross it. It is known for its white wine and its gastronomy. We will have time to have lunch and a walk. In the afternoon we visit two of the most beautiful towns in Alsace RIQUEWIHR, a medieval town with cobblestone streets and colorful houses that seem to come out of a fairy tale and that inspired scenes of the Beauty and the Beast movie. RIBEAUVILLE, with its historic center and ruined castles that dominate the town. STRASBOURG, arrival in the evening. We suggest walking through the cathedral area and Petite France, full of charming places and small restaurants.
DAY 4 – BADEN BADEN – SPEYER – HEIDELBERG – FRANKFURT
Time in STRASBOURG, the capital of Alsace. The city is the seat of the European Parliament. Its historic center is beautiful, with its picturesque medieval streets, its impressive Gothic cathedral and its canals and flowers. We include a boat trip through the canals of Petite France. After that we go to Germany, admiring beautiful mountain landscapes and towns of the Black Forest. In FREIBURG, we have time to have lunch and walk through this university city with its medieval center and its cathedral. Among wonderful landscapes we will continue to TRIBERG, one of the most picturesque towns in the Black Forest known for its cuckoo clocks. We include the admission to the Triberg Falls, the highest in Germany, which we access through a beautiful path. We continue towards GENGENBACH, a small town with its beautiful central square. Accommodation in BADEN-BADEN, a spa city that attracted nobles and upper bourgeoisie from all over Europe, its casinos, its architecture and its parks remind us of this.
DAY 5 – FRANKFURT – LUXEMBOURG – REIMS – PARIS
Some time in Baden-Baden to stroll through its parks before leaving for Rhineland-Palatinate. SPEYER, on the banks of the Rhine River, its great Romanesque cathedral is a World Heritage Site, you can visit it and have a walk through the old quarter, where the Alte Munze tower stands out. We continue our route to HEIDELBERG. We include a cable car to its impressive castle (admission to the castle´s exterior park, wineries and pharmacy museum included), with its great views over the city. After that we will have time for lunch and a walk through the old town and its Markt Platz. In the afternoon we will arrive in FRANKFURT, a large financial city, with its modern skyscrapers, its old town, the views over the Rhine River and its well-known nightlife.
DAY 6 – PARIS
Today we travel to France passing through the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a small country that speaks German (Luxembourg dialect) and French. LUXEMBOURG, arrival in this cosmopolitan city that combines a rich history with the modernity of being a financial center and headquarters of European institutions. In addition to its old town, a World Heritage Site, its fortifications, the Grand Ducal Palace and the Notre-Dame Cathedral stand out. After lunch time we head on to France. In the center of the Champagne-producing region we will make a stop in REIMS, time to see its impressive Gothic cathedral, where the coronations of many of the kings of France took place. Arrival in PARIS at the end of the day.