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France
Alsace
Schlettstadt-Erstein
Benfeld

Canal du Rhône au Rhin – The Landscapes of the Grand Ried loop from Benfeld

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Alsace
Schlettstadt-Erstein
Benfeld

Canal du Rhône au Rhin – The Landscapes of the Grand Ried loop from Benfeld

Moderate

4.2

(9)

35

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Canal du Rhône au Rhin – The Landscapes of the Grand Ried loop from Benfeld

02:05

36.4km

40m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 26, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.27 km

The Laube of Benfeld and its Animated Clock

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This half-timbered building (1531) owes its usual name, the “laube”, to the hall on its ground floor. The octagonal turret (1619) on its main facade houses a spiral staircase …

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8.26 km

The Canal du Rhône au Rhin connects more exactly the Saône, a tributary of the Rhône, to the Rhine.

In Alsace, its banks have been paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to allow easy cycling between the European capital and Colmar.

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10.7 km

Witternheim lock

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One of the many locks on the Rhône-Rhine canal, in this case number 75. It marks a change of bank on the cycle path. The small bridge that allows cyclists …

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12.4 km

Old lock near Zelsheim

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Former, no longer functional lock near Zelsheim on the old Rhine-Rhone Canal.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Rh%C3%B4ne-Kanal#History

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12.5 km

Canal du Rhône au Rhin

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History of the Rhône-Rhine Canal (French version):

of the Rhône-Rhein-Kanal von „Notre Dame de Neunkirch“ (Deutsche version):

The Rhône-Rhine canal is a French canal which connects the Saône, …

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15.4 km

Bunker

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The bunkers along the canal are a memorial to times gone by.

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24.5 km

The abbey church of Ebersmunster is considered the best example of Baroque art in Alsace, resulting from the spirit of the Counter-Reformation.

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8

32.2 km


We call the Grand Ried (from the Alemannic "Rieth", reed) the central part of the Alsace plain which extends between Sélestat and Strasbourg, on the flood-prone lands of the …

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36.4 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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19.4 km

12.2 km

3.75 km

901 m

153 m

Surfaces

32.8 km

3.17 km

320 m

146 m

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