> Alsace wine: Wine route, cellars and wine tastings, the seven Alsatian grapes are like divine nectar to your taste: the most famous carry the "Grand Cru" label

> Gastronomy : More than a tradition, gastronomy is a way of life here. You will find in Alsace 31 Michelin starred chefs who take inspiration from local recipes to create a refined and original cuisine for an exceptional moment. Among them, l'Auberge de l'Ill at Illhaüsern, le Cheval Blanc at Westhalten, la ville de Lyon at Rouffach... And a large choice of restaurants and farm-inn serving authentic Alsatian cuisine are pleased to welcome you.

> Local cuisine: flambéed tart (Flammeküeche), baekaoffa, sauerkraut, coq au Riesling, Sürlawerla, "marcaire" menu in the "fermes auberges" (farms offering local food), Munster cheese, hot meat pie, onion tart, fried carp, kouglof, soft white cheese tart, plum tart, blueberry tart and Chritmas cookies...

> Vosges mountains:
The Route des Crêtes unfolds the ballons, fields of grain, lakes and passes so characterist of the Vosges.
Places to discover : Grand Ballon: the summit of the Vosges at 1424m, Markstein: winter sports resort, the Hohneck range at 1362m, lakes,, Gérardmer, lac des Corbeaux, lac du Forley, lac du Ballon, Schissrothried, reservoir lake at Wildenstein, lac d'Alfeld...

> The wine route : cross this vineyard famous all over the word, each village is a source of enchantment: renaissance frontages and gables, sandstone basements supporting half-timbered houses, arched cellars, flower-bedecked foutains, the wellknown, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Turkheim and his night watchman, Ribeauvillé, Eguisheim, Colmar and the Petite Venise. Others less known invite you to discover them, amoung our favorites, Niedermorschwihr where one of the the most popular pastrycook of France has his shop, the secret Gueberschwihr , the historic center of Rouffach dominated by Isenbourg castel, with the old Renaissance town hall and many old streets..Guebwiller at the door of the Florival valley with 200.000 flowers and more than 2000 trees, thus joining the 86 towns awarded the "4 flowers" classification. http://www.alsace-passion.com

> The fried carp route : cross the Sungau undulating and green with its numerous ponds

> The dry hills : Bollenberg, Strangenberg...the summit of the limestone hills looks out over an unusual landscape of dry moorland somewhat reminiscent of the Mediterranean garrigue or scrubland. Ten thousand years of natural and human history have combined to produce environments with biological characteristics quite unlike anything else in Europe, a few kinds of orchids and many species of rare plants and wildlife, hoopoe, praying mantis, wryneck... http://pierre.naffzger.free.fr

> Winefootpath in the village (4.8 km starts at the foot of the Bollenberg and crosses the Grand Cru Pfingsberg) and botanic trail at Guebwiller and Westhalten

> Nature Trails : to discover on the Bollenberg hill. You constantly discover special stopping places with marvellous views over the vineyard, the plain and the Vosges mountain.

>Medieval castles, the castle of the Haut Koenigsbourg is the most visited castle in Alsace with the Hohlandsbourg, (route des 5 châteaux) these two castles organise guided tours, middle age events. You will also find a lot of castels more or less in ruins
http://www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr

> Religious edifices : Guebwiller, situated on the Alsace Romanesque Route, is famous for its many pink sandstone monuments, the late Romanesque church of Saint-Léger, the Gothic Dominican monastery, and in the surrounding aera, the collegiate church at Lautenbach, Murbach Abbey founded in the 8th century are amongst the most beautiful examples of Roman art in Alsace

> Famous persons : Frédéric Bartholdi, creator of the statue of Liberty in New York, the Doctor Albert Schweitzer, Gutenberg, inventor of the printing, Hansi for his paintings and his shop signs

> Military story : the Vieil Armand, one of the bloodiest battles on the Alsace front (1915), classified as a national monument in 1921 is teeming with trenches, underground passages and shelters reminding us of the fighting. On the summit, the luminous cross dominates the military cemetery, and the unforgetable view takes in the plain of Alsace, the Vosges mountains chain, the Black Forest and even the Alps in good weather. http://www.abri-memoire.org

> Architecture : timber-framed houses, emblem of the alsation tradition, sloping roofs, red tiles

> Museum :

>At Guebwiller: The Florival Museum
At Mulhouse : Motor car Museum, Fabric Print Museum, Railway Museum
At Colmar : the Unterlinden Museum (with the famous Issenheim altarpiece), Bartholdi Museum, the creator of the statue of Liberty in New York
At Ungersheim, the Ecomusée d’Alsace, an authentic reconstructed Alsatian village (the Alsatian timber-framed houses were taken apart and rebuilt, the beams are numbered), activities throughout the season, harvesting as was done long ago, Christmas, musée des Mines de Potasse d’Alsace. The Alsatian Ecomuseum is one the the most beautiful and best organised in Europe: http://www.ecomusee-alsace.fr
At Riquewihr, Hansi Museum, Post Museum

> The festivals round : village festivals, wine festivals throughout the summer season, Alsatian evenings with folklor dances

> Haxafir at Orschwihr every 14 August, torchlight procession at nightfall, firework display and burning of the woodshed

> Fairy-like spectacle of the Christmas markets in December in the towns such as Colmar, Ribeauvillé, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, but also in the villages such as Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, Eguisheim, more about the Christmas markets : http://www.marche-de-noel-alsace.com

> Leisure Park : Europa Park at Rust in Germany, 60km away
http://www.europapark.de

> Music Festivals at the International Polymusic Center at the old Dominican monastery at Guebwiller, Musicalta at Rouffach

> Hiking trails: Although summer sun offers the best atmosphere, every season invites you to go walking on the thousand and one trails marked by the Club Vosgien (hikers club), linking turf moors, glacial lakes and high altitude grasses, (we lend you the Club Vosgien map on request). We also recommend the trails in the vineyard around the village
http://www.alsace-vosges-rando.com

> Cycling: with very different routes from the plain to the Peaks Route, 20 mountain bike circuits around Guebwiller (we lend you the map on request), numerous trails in the vineyard, cycle routes in the village

>In the village, Tennis free entrance for our guests, play area for children

> Open air Water sports centre at Guebwiller, open from June to begining September, olympic pool, non swimmers pool, giant slide, 1 hectare greenery

> Covered pool at Guebwiller, open from September to end May, hot-tub, sauna, hammam, musculation, UV

> Golf course :at Rouffach and Ammerschwihr

> Parapente jumping in the Vosges montain at Le Markstein http://www.CentreEcoleMarkstein.com

> Horse riding : equestrian centre at Rouffach, Wattwiller and Cernay

> Thermal pool : in Germany, at Badenweiler, Fribourg, Bad Bellingen

> In winter: in the High Vosges, nordic skiing, downhill skiing, snow rackets trails in the winter resorts (Markstein, La Bresse, Grand Ballon...)
http://www.lemarkstein.net