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Alsace Wine Route
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Alsace Wine Route

Eight slow days on the Route des Vins d Alsace from Strasbourg to Colmar and Thann: half-timbered villages, Vosges light, and Electra or Tesla stops so you never rush a cellar. Distances are short on purpose.

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Season: Open year-round. Best May-June and September. December is Christmas markets and tight parking. Vosges Route des Cretes can hold snow.

Eight slow days on the Route des Vins d Alsace from Strasbourg to Colmar and Thann: half-timbered villages, Vosges light, and Electra or Tesla stops so you never rush a cellar. Distances are short on purpose.

Day by day

Day 1

Strasbourg

The cathedral holds the evening. Overnight Tesla; tomorrow the vines begin at Marlenheim.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Strasbourg) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Strasbourg. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Strasbourg
StrasbourgPhoto: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 3

Ribeauville

Riquewihr and Hunawihr in a light that makes timber look drunk. Electra in town after 28 percent — the villages are close.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Electra (Electra Ribeauville) — typical arrival 28%, about 22 min to 80%. Why stop here: Ribeauville. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Ribeauville
RibeauvillePhoto: Original: Gzen92 Derivative work: Aristeas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 5

Colmar

Little Venice and a rest day. Tesla Supercharger on the ring; the old town is for walking.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Colmar) — typical arrival 32%, about 18 min to 80%. Why stop here: Colmar. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Colmar
ColmarPhoto: Krzysztof Golik / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 6

Eguisheim

Concentric lanes and a stork on a chimney. Destination charger at the guesthouse.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Eguisheim. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Eguisheim
EguisheimPhoto: Gzen92 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 8

Strasbourg

Back along the Rhine plain. Last Tesla; the cathedral is still catching the last light.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Strasbourg) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Strasbourg. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Alsace vines
Alsace vinesPhoto: pictures Jettcom / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Quiet charging pauses

  • Tesla Supercharger in Strasbourg — a calm stop on this leg, about 20 min.
  • Electra in Ribeauville — a calm stop on this leg, about 22 min.
  • Tesla Supercharger in Colmar — a calm stop on this leg, about 18 min.

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