Écomusée and Black Forest

The gates of the Écomusée d’Alsace swing open and clogs strike the cobbles, a wisp of bakery smoke curls up, and a 1950s Deutz tractor hums beside a Sundgau farmhouse. You step from the tile-maker’s shed to a half-timbered home relocated from Seebach, nibble a slice of kougelhopf while the wheelwright’s bench tells a prewar story. More than 70 rescued buildings, assembled since 1984, sketch rural Alsace, and a quiet punt across the pond shows how the Upper Rhine was once drained.

From there, logistics fade into the background: pick-up at your Mulhouse hotel, a Mercedes at your disposal, and your dedicated driver handling every transfer. Tour the Écomusée, then cross into Germany in about 55 minutes via the A35 and B500 through Neuenburg am Rhein. Your driver waits while you lunch in Staufen im Breisgau or ride up to the Schauinsland lookout at 1,284 m for sweeping Rhine Plain views. You taste and explore; they drive, fine-tune stops, and watch over your bags.