Alsace is a picturesque region in eastern France, nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River. The area has ...

Tucked between the magnificent Vosges mountains and the Black Forest lies a region brimming with beauty, incredible gastronomy, a unique Franco-Germanic culture and old-world villages, each endearing ...

Protected by the Vosges Mountains, Alsace is one of the driest regions in France, with only 20 inches of rain per year, which works to better concentrate the flavors in the grapes. Need a break?

“For geologists, Alsace is an entire textbook sandwiched into a single region,” writes John Szabo in Volcanic Wines: Salt, Grit and Power. Itself sandwiched between the Vosges mountains and th ...

The Ballons des Vosges is probably the most spectacular ... too active there's an extensive rail network in both regions. In Alsace, the SNCF's "Evasion Pass" offers special rates for individual ...

France's easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting ... (The Germans considered the Vosges Mountains, east of the Rhine, to be the natural border, while the French thought ...

the Alsace region of northeast France. Almost cut off from the rest of France by the Vosges mountains to the west and bounded by the Rhine to the east, throughout history the region was fought ...

I’d driven into Alsace from the north of France, marvelling at how calm this easterly region is ... tearing apart the Vosges and Black Forest mountains and driving the Rhine between.

Located in northeastern France between the Rhine River and the Vosges mountains ... Today, many would say Alsace is one of the highest quality and most beautiful wine regions of France.