Alsace à vélo ?
With 2,500 km of cycling routes and 2 million cyclists, Alsace, the only department in France crossed by three routes of the European EuroVelo network, is the leading cycling destination in France. This success is largely due to all the attention given to it by the Alsace à Vélo collective.
© N. Bronner - ADT - ARTGEA collective dedicated to the destination
Alsace à Vélo is a collective established in 2010 with the aim of developing cycling tourism and turning Alsace into a paradise for cyclists!
Since 2012, the Alsace à Vélo collective has been working towards the development of the Alsace cycling tourism offering with the following objectives:
- Improving the quality of tourist offerings by creating diverse routes that traverse the most beautiful landscapes and sites in Alsace.
- Quality management, focusing on both hospitality and services provided to customers.
- Sharing a brand strategy and a common working dynamic on a regional scale.
© B. Salmanski - ADT - ARTGEA strategic dynamic.
The Alsace à Vélo collective is implementing a multi-year action plan, the result of collaboration between the European Collectivity of Alsace, the Grand Est region, and the Alsace urban communities. Four priority areas are being developed:
- Infrastructure (development, management, and signposting of cycling routes),
- Services (promotion of intermodality, qualification of accommodations, catering, bike rentals, etc.),
- Communication and promotion (to raise awareness of the destination in France and abroad),
- Evaluation (analysis and dissemination of results collected through various tools and studies).
Concrete Actions
Thanks to this comprehensive plan, the Alsace à Vélo collective has undertaken significant actions, whether it be in developing infrastructure, implementing services, evaluating, or structuring the offering.
As a result, Alsace à Vélo has conceived and created around fifty local loops starting from the EuroVelo routes, as well as about thirty regional loops and Tours of Alsace. More recently, Alsace à Vélo has supported a project aimed at enhancing the user experience on the Canal de la Bruche bike path by installing facilities and rest areas that highlight the heritage. This initiative has turned the bike path into a true laboratory for best practices!
© B. Salmanski - ADT - ARTGEThe members of the Alsace à Vélo collective.
The collective initiative 'Alsace à Vélo' currently brings together 9 institutional partners under a convention. It includes:
- Grand Est Region,
- European Collectivity of Alsace,
- Eurometropolis of Strasbourg,
- Colmar Agglomeration,
- Mulhouse Alsace Agglomeration,
- Saint-Louis Agglomeration,
- Community of Agglomeration of Haguenau,
- Regional Tourism Agency Grand Est,
- Alsace Destination Tourism
More of Alsace à Vélo?
Join the 2 million cyclists who visit Alsace every year for sports, leisure, touring, or mountain biking! Explore 3 EuroVelo routes, around twenty cycling paths, 55 themed local loops, and about thirty regional loops.
OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
The websites www.visit.alsace , www.christmas.alsace , www.wineroute.alsace and www.cyclinginalsace.com are managed and animated by Alsace Destination Tourisme (ADT), the tourism agency of the European Collectivity of Alsace.
The websites visit.alsace, noel.alsace, and routedesvins.alsace have been created in partnership and with the financial participation of the Regional Tourism Agency Grand Est, the Grand Est Region, the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace, and the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg.
The alsaceavelo.fr website has been created with the financial participation of the Regional Tourism Agency Grand Est, the Grand Est Region, and Europe.
