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THE BEAUTFUL ROUTE DU VIN, ALSACE

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The Alsace Route du Vin (Wine Route) is one of the best, most scenic road trips in France.  It’s the perfect itinerary for those who love sightseeing through outstanding landscapes, a string of picturesque villages, ruined castles from the Middl…

BEAUTIFUL COLMAR – GATEWAY TO THE ALSACE

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The charming town of Colmar is the ideal place to start exploring the so-called Route du Vin, and all the picturesque towns and villages of the Alsatian wine-growing region.  It doesn’t get any prettier than Colmar, with its picturesque half-tim…

MULHOUSE – AT THE CROSSROADS OF THREE COUNTRIES

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The city of Mulhouse is located in the far south of the Alsace region, on the Ill river and a canal of the river Rhine, between the Vosges and Jura mountains, at the crossroads of three countries: France, Switzerland and Germany.  Its location i…

DISCOVER BEAUTIFUL BESANCON – 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY

On a recent visit to France, we planned on visiting the beautiful Alsace Lorraine region on the country’s eastern border with Switzerland, where we had not been for a number of years. For a stopover, we decided to stay in Besançon, capital of th…