Things to see and do Bas-Rhin

Patrick Unterstock is the last active boatman in the Ried area. He will take you on a ride on the river in a wooden boat with a flat bottom, made in his own workshop. Patrick organizes half-day or full-day tours, with a tasting of a matelote. He also puts at your disposal his Hutte des Castors, a very ecological gîte (4 persons) : solar energy for water and wood for heating. Very nice too, his Tipi de la Presqu'Ill.

The tower of Greater Wintersberg, which rises to over 580 metres above sea level, was erected in 1890. It is the highest point in the Northern Vosges. At the top of this 25-metre high tower, a remarkable panoramic view of the whole area awaits you. On a clear day, you can see the Alsace plain and the blue line of the Black Forest. By road, access is via the Liese Pass. Close to this pass you can see the Liese Rock, a sandstone monolith with a bas-relief probably dating back to Gallo-Roman times. Vandalized in 1944, it was restored in 1970. This rock was probably intended for the cult of fertility.

When we know that Uberach means «beyond the river», how can we not imagine that the Bertand distillery, which is located on the edge of a river that takes its spring, in the natural park of the Vosges in the North, does not envisage one day producing its own whisky? This is now done because it proposes a Uberach Alsace whisky under the high protection of Saint Wendelin, patron of the village but also prince of Scotland. The Uberach 42,2 ° is the result of an assemblage of a high-malt single malt to 2/3 third in banyuls barrels.

At the beginning of Soda, a cycle path of 7.2 km along peaceful waters of the river Rhine until Munchhausen, where the river meets Sauer. The delta created by the combination of the two rivers is a great place to watch the migrating birds that come to establish home regularly there. The abundant vegetation also makes it an ideal setting for a family picnic. For the more adventurous, the track continues further north, around 90 km away.

Price: free.

Distance: 8.2 km away.

Problem: easy.