Bike Route: EuroVelo15 Rhine Cycle Route: Basel – Strasbourg - Lauterbourg

Coming from Switzerland, the EuroVelo 15 runs alongside the Huningue canal, the Petite Camargue Alsacienne Reserve, crosses the Hardt forest, passes near Ottmarsheim and its famous Romanesque church, then at Fessenheim, homeland of Victor Schoelcher, to reach Neuf-Brisach, the Vauban citadel classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and continues to Artzenheim.

This is a “nature” route that combines discovering pleasant sites sometimes along the Rhine or the canal, sometimes at the edge of the woods, while offering cyclists the opportunity to visit major Haut-Rhin towns such as Mulhouse or Colmar located near the Cycle Route and accessible by cycle facilities.

From Artzenheim, the EuroVelo 15 follows the towpath of the Rhine-Rhône canal. Up to Strasbourg, the European capital, the ride is punctuated by about twenty locks and a succession of notable churches such as in Neunkirch, Plobsheim or Eschau. Beyond Strasbourg, it goes along the high water dike to La Wantzenau, then later reaches the riverbank at the site of the large locks and the fish pass at Gambsheim.

After Sessenheim where Goethe stayed, the canalized Rhine ends at Beinheim. On the high water dike, crossing Rhenish forests and natural reserves such as at Munchhausen, the route reaches Lauterbourg, a former fortified town built by Vauban, the last Alsace stop.