Riquewihr

Wine has long been the trade of Riquewihr, a walled village on the Alsace Wine Route ringed by vine-covered hills. It came through both world wars almost untouched, so its half-timbered houses, courtyards with wells and cobbled main street still look much as they did in the 16th century. Visitors walk up to the Dolder gate tower and taste Riesling in the winstubs tucked into old cellars.

Highlights

• The Dolder, the town's gate tower built in 1291
• Tour des Voleurs, the old prison with its torture chamber
• Musée Hansi, devoted to the illustrator Jean-Jacques Waltz
• Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris tasted in the town's winstubs
• Kougelhopf cake and bretzels, Alsatian specialities sold in town

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Riquewihr (FR), Riquewihr (EN)), Wikivoyage (Riquewihr (FR), Riquewihr (EN), Riquewihr (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.