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Saint-Ulrich Castle – Giants' Rock loop from Ribeauvillé

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Saint-Ulrich Castle – Giants' Rock loop from Ribeauvillé

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405

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Saint-Ulrich Castle – Giants' Rock loop from Ribeauvillé

06:35

20.3km

860m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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540 m

Viewpoint

884 m

Aussicht auf Ulrichsburg und Burg Girsberg

Highlight • Other

From various viewpoints in Ribeauvillé you can sometimes see all three castles together.

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1.14 km

Rocky trail to Ulrichsburg

Highlight • Trail

Steep, rocky path that leads through small rock formations and up to the Château Saint-Ulrich.

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1.76 km

The castle of Saint-Ulrich (530 meters) is the largest and best preserved of the three castles of Ribeauvillé. Built around the middle of the 13th century on a rocky outcrop, the castle underwent successive enlargements. The most remarkable is the addition of a wing composed of two large rooms superimposed and lit on the side by a double row of seven semi-circular windows.

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5.97 km

Rocher de la Paix d'Udine

Highlight • Natural Monument

After climbing a beautiful path, you reach the height here, a place for a break with a view over the Rhine Valley to the Black Forest.
Information from the French Wikipedia: The rock is located slightly off the ridge path that runs along the pagan wall and has the shape of a natural altar measuring 4.70 meters and a height of 1.70 meters. This rock has the peculiarity that on its right flank, on the side of the hiking trail, it has an inscription engraved in the rock that commemorates a historical fact of the revolutionary period. This inscription thus formulated A LA PAIX D'UDINE MG. DK. L.S. JB. THIS. 22 Br.VI recalls that the treaty between France and Austria was signed in Udine in 1797, recording the conquests of the revolution. fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taennchel#Le_rocher_de_la_Paix_d'Udine

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7.27 km

Titans' Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Rocks on the ridge of the Taennchel near Thannenkirch.

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7.60 km

Mur Païen of Taennchel

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

On the 6 km long Taennchel summit ridge there are several interesting rock formations with suspected prehistoric cult sites, especially the remains of the "Heathen Wall" (Mur païen), a 2.3 km long fortification of unknown age.
In some places the path goes directly along it.

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9.52 km

Reptile Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

Excellent vantage point over the Vosges.
In the middle of the Rocher des Reptiles there are two large, individual rocks that, depending on the direction you look at them, look like a reptile, or at least the head of one.

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10.1 km

Giants' Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Rocher des Géants is an exposed rock slab with countless bowls that were filled with rainwater when we visited. Long ago, the bowls could have been used for various medicinal purposes, for preparing herbal extracts, intoxicating and healing potions.

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20.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

5.45 km

1.58 km

517 m

497 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

4.94 km

1.45 km

1.21 km

1.15 km

161 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (950 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

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Thursday 2 July

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Saint-Ulrich Castle – Giants' Rock loop from Ribeauvillé

Aussicht auf Ulrichsburg und Burg Girsberg

Rocky trail to Ulrichsburg