Colroy-la-Roche: Paths, Fountains and Village History

Hiking Between Stream and Forest

Colroy-la-Roche can be explored through its trails and local sights, each offering a different focus. Routes, a fun and educational forest trail, and a promenade to eight fountains provide different scales for planning. In addition to distance, your choice may be shaped by a route’s easy rating, information boards in the forest, and a path that follows a stream. This lets you decide in advance whether to plan a longer hike or a short village walk.

The Circuit Saint Blaise is an easy, five-kilometre circular route along the Climontaine. The stream connects Colroy-la-Roche and Saint-Blaise-la-Roche. So when considering this route, it is not just the distance that matters, but also its easy rating, circular format, and waterside course.

The Circuit Costelle in Colroy-la-Roche is also five kilometres long. It is therefore the same distance as the Circuit Saint Blaise. The Club Vosgien list was updated on 1 March 2023; trail conditions and signposting may change. Check both before your hike.

The Sentier de découverte de la forêt is a fun and educational forest trail with information boards and educational and recreational facilities. Its family circular route is 1.8 kilometres long. This makes it longer than the 500-metre fountain promenade and shorter than the five-kilometre circuits. As trail conditions can change, check the latest situation before your visit.

The Acque vince walk to the eight fountains is a 500-metre promenade in the heart of Colroy-la-Roche. It is shorter than the family circular route and the two five-kilometre routes. This makes it easy to distinguish a short village walk from the longer hikes.

Church and Beekeeping

The Église Saint-Nicolas was built in 1779 in the neoclassical style. It has a Baroque marble high altar and two marble side altars. The style descriptions refer to different features: the church building is neoclassical, while the altars are Baroque.

Local tradition links the altars to Mont Sainte-Odile: they are said to have come from there and to have been brought to the church after the Revolution. The connection to Mont Sainte-Odile remains a tradition.

At the Espace apicole, an exhibit guides visitors through an extensive collection of objects on beekeeping, past and present. The Espace apicole is a visitor attraction run by the local beekeepers’ association. Alongside trails and architecture, it offers its own thematic focus on beekeeping.

Travel Planning Information

Saint-Blaise station is on the Saint-Dié–Strasbourg railway line and close to Colroy-la-Roche. If you are including rail travel in your plans, check the current timetable before your trip.

When looking for a hotel in Colroy-la-Roche, you can first decide whether hikes, a short village walk, or the cultural themes of the church and beekeeping should shape your stay. The different route lengths offer a concrete comparison between 500 metres, 1.8 kilometres, and five kilometres.

Discover more destinations: Kirchheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Batzendorf, Artolsheim, Lampertheim, Roppenheim, Barr, Mittelhausbergen

See the regional travel overview: Bas-Rhin.