Route guide
A wine trip from Basel airport
Why Basel airport works
Land at EuroAirport and you are standing between two wine regions. The Alsace wine route begins 45 minutes away; the Jura vineyards sit an hour to the west.
The airport serves Basel, Mulhouse and Freiburg, which is why so many long-haul flights land here. What few of those travellers know: an hour from the runway, Belfort makes a quiet base for three regions. Alsace, the Jura, Burgundy.
From the runway to the road
The simplest start is a hire car from the terminal: the big rental desks sit between the French and Swiss exits. Belfort is about an hour away by motorway.
You can come by train, but there is no station at the terminal. A bus takes you to Basel’s main station in about twenty minutes. Trains reach Belfort in about an hour and a half, usually with one change in Mulhouse.
For this trip, the car earns its keep. Tastings and trains do mix, but they mix better with a designated driver.
The shape of the trip
Day one, land in the morning and drive straight for the Alsace hills — Eguisheim before the groups arrive, Kaysersberg at golden hour.
Day two, cross the Doubs into the Jura: Arbois, Château-Chalon, a vin jaune at lunch. Day three, push west to Beaune if the road allows, or stay in the Jura and drive home slowly.
Our three-region carnet follows exactly this arc, starting and ending in Belfort, with every drive time and table already chosen.
What it costs
The carnets start at €19 for the Jura day and reach €39 for the three-region route. One payment, then the route is yours — on your phone and as a PDF.
If you want one bed for the whole trip, take the sejour: nights at Les Capucins, our hotel and restaurant in Belfort. Breakfast and a carnet included; it costs about €150 a night for two.
What you give up, honestly
If Burgundy is the only thing you came for, Geneva is the nearer airport, and Belfort then sits in the wrong direction. Landing in Basel pays off once you want more than one region.
Zurich and Strasbourg serve some of the same flights. Strasbourg puts you at the north end of the Alsace route, a gentle start if Alsace is all you want; Basel wins once the Jura or Burgundy joins the plan.
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