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Tagging on to another Alsace thread--Wissembourg

Hi,

I've been reading another recent thread on places in Alsace. We'll be in that area at the end of April. This is our itinerary as it stands now:

THUR–BURGUNDY–BERGHEIM

Drive from Burgundy (near Semur-en-Auxois) to Bergheim
Tastings in the afternoon?
Dinner?

FRI–ALSACE

E-Bikes rental
Bergheim–start
Ribeauvillé (wine co-op)
Hunawihr– (butterfly sanctuary)
Wineries
Dinner?

SAT–ALSACE

Towns–driving to– Riquewihr - Kaysersberg- Turckheim- Eguisheim
See storks
Cave de Turckheim (wine co-op)
Lunch or Dinner–Bratschall Manala restaurant in Kaysersberg

SUN–ALSACE

Mass Bergheim
Walk ramparts of Bergheim
Lunch
Kintzheim–Monkey Mountain

Wineries?
Dinner?

MON–ALSACE–PARIS

Drop rental car Colmar train station
Train Colmar-Paris

My question is--I read in the above mentioned thread about a place called Wissembourg. It looks and sounds so pretty. Would it be worth it to put it into the itinerary in place of one of the other planned days? It looks to be a 1.5 hour drive one way from Bergheim.

Thanks :)

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The exceptional town of Barr, just 25 minutes from Bergheim, is not included in the itinerary. You could simply add Barr to the plan and save two hours of driving during your busy four days in Alsace.

Posted by
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Joby,
I know absolutely nothing about Wissembourg, but I would say, while it's probably lovely, it's not worth it for THIS trip.

What are you willing to give up from your current itinerary? You're spending a lot of time driving in France on this trip. Your current itinerary is already filled with pretty and adorable places that don't require sitting in a car for another 3+ hours.

You need to be careful of travel creep. It gets us all in trouble. What's another $25 a night for a room? What's another 100 miles driving? Next thing you know your $1000 over budget and you never made it to that place that started this travel dream. Enjoy the wonderful trip that you've created!