Château de Saint-Ulrich — Attraction in Colmar-Ribeauvillé

Lovely hiking above the Ribeauville village! We started from a small road near the parking and playground and we followed the "+" mark on the path. The distance until the two main castles is 7km (we did it in around 1hour ) and I would recommend athletic shoes and a lot of water. Both of the lower castles were nice, the first one had amazing views of the village and of the second one, whereas the second one (Chateau de Saint Urlich) was bigger and more interesting to explore. On our way down we chose a different path, starting from the second castle and we basically followed the red signs until the point where we initially started at...

Old castle with beautiful view to Ribeauville. From the top of the castle, we can view the Ribeauville in a whole. This castle can be reached by hiking. The passsahe is quite challenging though. There is two alternative ways: from the park spot, you can either go left or right. Both need time around 1 hour to finish. The left way is quite rocky and steep but you can see the vineyard along your journey. The right way is more sloping and you can visit Castle Giersberg before you arrive at Saint-Ulrich (it's near though, around 200 metres apart). Prepare your body, we should have a better physique since we need to take a...

Here's the deal with Château de Saint Ulrich - it is about an hour hike from the center of the village. Best path is to walk up the Grand Rue until you get to the white horse place and then take next right on the vinyard path and start climbing. It's mostly quite straightforward but there are some steeper lose spots.

If you go later in the day / evening you can have the place to yourself. Take a moment to reflect on the river valley and the thousand year old chateau and the border and the history and then walk down and rinse your face in a fountain and get a cold beer....