Colmar and the Alsace Wine Route

Follow the Upper Rhine plain north from Basel: it’s a flat 70 km run on the A35, skirting the lower Vosges foothills at roughly 200–400 m and crossing the border near Saint-Louis. Colmar greets you with timber-framed facades and canals in Little Venice, while the Unterlinden Museum houses the Issenheim Altarpiece (1512–1516) by Grünewald and Nicolas de Haguenau—its shifting palette reads differently at noon than late in the day.

From there, the pace is unhurried and tailored: hotel pick-up in Basel, a Mercedes at your disposal, and a flexible route. Colmar in the morning, then Eguisheim 7 km away with its concentric lanes, and Riquewihr 15 km further along the Alsace Wine Route for crisp granite-driven Riesling and spicy Gewurztraminer on marl. Your dedicated driver handles the road and tasting bookings, so you sip, wander, and pause for vineyard photos, before a relaxed return late afternoon.