Most Beautiful Places To Cycle In Strasbourg

In Strasbourg, the bicycle is the most popular form of transport. In fact, Strasbourg is France’s number one most bike-friendly city with a network of over 560km of cycling trails. Biking is not only an original way to discover the canals, parks and gardens, but also a great way to do your bit for the environment and work up an appetite for the many foodie delights ahead.

The bike is a daily form of transport for the residents of Strasbourg

What’s more, cycling is so popular here that there is even an annual festival, la Fête du Vélo, celebrating cycling every summer for the past 20 years. You can bring your own wheels and take advantage of the 19,000 bike racks offering parking space for 38,000 bikes, or rent one of the 4000 Vélhop bicycles available in several convenient locations around the city. Bikes can be rented for a few hours or up to a year and payment can be made with cash or credit card.

Petite France and Historical Center

Taking it slow around Petite France in Strasbourg

Parc de l’Orangerie

Not far from the European institutions, the Parc de l’Orangerie is the oldest park and still the most popular with locals. It is the ideal spot for a pleasant tour along its pathways, stopping for a picnic, and the obligatory spot of stork-watching, or to just sit and relax in the shade and let the world go by. The park is an oasis of nature right at the doorstep of the thriving city. Keep cycling a little further to ride by the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights to get a sense of the pivotal role of Strasbourg in the pulse of Europe – this is the city with the second largest diplomatic presence in France, after Paris.

Botanical Park and University

Located at the heart of the Imperial District, the University and Botanical Garden can trace their origin back to 1619. Home to nearly 6000 plant species, the garden is a living museum and includes an arboretum, with remarkable trees such as the pecan tree, the giant Sequoia and five bald cypresses and a two-storey tropical greenhouse. This university garden offers students and researchers a vast range of plants destined for research and observation.

The Parc of Two Shores

This highly symbolic garden was created in 2004 as a gesture of friendship between France and Germany with over 150 hectares along the Rhine on either side of the Bridge of Europe. Just a few minutes ride from Strasbourg and Kehl, it is a unique place for a truly international circuit covering two countries in one day. You may even catch one of the many cultural events held here throughout the year such as floral exhibitions, music, and street arts.

The Forts Circuit

For a more ambitious undertaking, La Piste des Forts starts just 25 minutes pedalling from downtown Strasbourg, and it goes around an 85km circuit – a circuit inaugurated in 2010. It marries heritage with nature, allowing the discovery of Strasbourg and its German neighbor, the Ortenau, as well as a belt of 19 military forts built between 1870 and the beginning of the 20th century.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.