The EuroVelo 5 route leaves behind the Véloroute du Vignoble d'Alsace and the vine-covered slopes to cross the Alsace Plain and its potassium basin for the town of Mulhouse. Close to the well-flowered town of Ensisheim, Ungersheim boasts two unmissable sites: the Ecomusée d'Alsace and the Parc du Petit Prince, a delight for young and old. As to Mulhouse, combining tradition and modernity, it has major museums linked to its industries, hence its nickname of ‘European capital of technological museums’! The town has also been designated a Territoire Vélo, given provisions for cyclists.

The southern half of the Véloroute du Vignoble d'Alsace is wilder, providing beautiful views of vine-covered slopes and up to the Ballons d'Alsace, the highest summits of the Haut-Vosges Mountains. There are several unmissable stops, such as Eguisheim, Alsace’s famed circular village and a member of the association of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, or Guebwiller, winning awards for its floral displays and declared a Territoire Vélo by the French Cycling Federation. Cernay and Thann are the final places to visit along the Route des Vins d'Alsace, below the protective gaze of Le Vieil Armand, with its national First World War monument atop a spectacular rocky outcrop.