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Maps and trails
The 10 most beautiful pilgrim walks in Alsace
Pilgrim Trail
· Switzerland
Three Lakes Route: Basel - Mariastein
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
Stage 1
21 km
5:36 h
399 m
83 m
The Three Lakes Route connects the "Regio Basiliensis" with the Romandie, where it flows into the "Romandie Route" near Payerne, which continues via Geneva to France.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Alsace Pilgrimage Route: Châtenois - Kaysersberg
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
25.2 km
7:14 h
694 m
632 m
The Alsace Pilgrimage Route should actually have been called "Jakobsweg Grand Est" since 2016, but traditions live long. The route leads from Strasbourg to Thann, where it joins paths coming from Freiburg i.B. and Basel westwards.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Burgunderweg: Ensisheim - Thann
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 4
24 km
5:59 h
130 m
7 m
From the tri-border area D/CH/F, the Burgunderweg northwest of the Jura arc is the classic route to Le-Puy-En-Velay. Compared to the more direct paths through Switzerland, it is flatter but also longer.
Pilgrim Trail
· France
Allschwil-Wahlbach (... Odilienberg)
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
21.5 km
5:39 h
224 m
175 m
Feeder to the Alsace Jacob's Way that comes from Odilienberg.
21km (7.4 km hard surface of which 2.7 km road)
+224 - 175 meters of elevation
= 23.7 performance kilometers
The path largely follows the GR531; at Attenschwiller a shortcut (local path) and between Niederranspach and Helfranzkirch more energy-saving right around the clearing instead of left.
Overnight stays: Allschwil (e.g. Rössli), Wahlbach (e.g. Soleil or Gloriette), I saw nothing similar in between.
Public transport options are extremely rare in Alsace: from Basel direction - if at all - usually only 1 connection early in the evening. Taxi from Sierentz to Wahlbach about 20 €.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Way of Saint James of Compostela in Alsace
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Open
274.9 km
80:00 h
4,300 m
4,000 m
The Way of Saint James of Compostela in Alsace connects Wissembourg to Belfort. Inaugurated on Saint James' Day, July 25, 2003, marked by the Club Vosgien associations throughout the route, it forms the link ensuring continuity between Northern and Eastern Europe at the gates of Franche-Comté where the trail continues to Belfort via Bellemagny for a total of 275 km of long-distance hiking.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Alsace Pilgrimage Way: Molsheim - Mont-Ste-Odile
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 2
16.7 km
4:52 h
683 m
103 m
The Alsace Pilgrimage Way should actually have been called "Pilgrimage Way Grand Est" since 2016, but traditions live long. The route leads from Strasbourg to Thann, where it connects with routes from Freiburg i.B. and Basel heading west.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Burgundian Way: Ferrette - Delle
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 2
31.6 km
8:37 h
534 m
669 m
From the tri-border area D/CH/F, the Burgundian Way northwest of the Jura arc is the classic route to Le-Puy-En-Velay. Compared to the more direct routes through Switzerland, it is flatter but also longer.
Pilgrim Trail
· Swabian Alb
Rottenburg-Thann Way of St. James
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Difficulty
moderate
223.2 km
78:00 h
3,775 m
3,790 m
The Rottenburg-Thann Way of St. James takes us from the Neckar over the Black Forest into the Rhine plain of southern Baden and Alsace up to the foot of the Vosges.
Pilgrim Trail
· Alsace
Alsatian Pilgrims' Way: Couvent St-Marc - Guebwiller
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 5
17.9 km
5:34 h
496 m
724 m
The Alsatian Pilgrims' Way should actually have been called "Jakobsweg Grand Est" since 2016, but traditions last long. The path leads from Strasbourg to Thann, where it connects westwards with routes from Freiburg i.B. and Basel.
Pilgrim Trail
· Switzerland
Burgunderweg: Basel - Ferrette
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
Stage 1
29.3 km
7:55 h
643 m
397 m
From the tri-border area D/CH/F, the Burgunderweg northwest of the Jura curve is the classic route to Le-Puy-En-Velay. Compared to the more direct paths through Switzerland, it is flatter but also longer.

