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charming old town, lovely located, wonderful citadel
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Lots of fatting German food!
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Charming town
visit the amazing zoo in the citadel!
angiebabe Says: the rare Bald Ibis, Australian rock wallabies, Moroccan goats, lions and tigers!, lemur of all sorts of types, baboons and monkeys....Good info boards including info on where the creature has originated from
thinking Says: Museum of the Resistance and Deportation A poignant witness to this period of history20 rooms spread over two floors examine, with the help of photographs,writings, documents and original objects, themes linked to thesecond world war; Nazism and its origins, the war and the...
trevordo Says: Besançon is a great destination for hikers. The old city is actually on the edge of the town, and there is an easy circular hiking trail round the loop of the river Doubs, taking you through a 19th century canal tunnel beneath the Citadelle. From there, you can get out...
himalia11 Says: There are several nice fountains in Besançon, one on the Jean Cornet Square. The fountain was build in 1900 and replaced another fountain that was destroyed. The text "Utinam" which you find under the fronton is the motto of the town, also found as "Plût à Dieu" on other...
Musée du Temps - Museum of Time
himalia11 Says: The Museum of Time is located in the Granvelle palace, which was build in the 16th century.It's showing some nice clocks from different times and there are exhibitions about other things that have something to do with time (for example heart pacemaker), but unfortunately all...
himalia11 Says: The citadel was designed by Vauban for Louis XIV and was build between 1674 and 1711. I have to admit that I hadn't heard the name Vauban before, but suddenly I came across it pretty often. The citadel together with some other Vauban fortifications were recently added to the...
himalia11 Says: On the Square Castan you'll find archeological remains from the Roman times. It is named after the archeologist who started excations there in1870. Earlier, there had been the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church. Today you will here see some Roman-Corinth columns and a semi-circular...
2 Reviews and 46 Opinions We were in a room set around a courtyard (with ample parking - the car entrance being on Rue de la...
2 Reviews and 12 Opinions I stayed here for one night whilst travelling on my motorcycle with four friends. It was comfortable...
Les Zinzins du vin: Only for wines amateur
Berurier Says: Les Zinzins du Vin is a small and discret adress inn Besançon. You can walk near it without seeing it.But if you enter, it's very pretty and very friendly. Walls are covered with wine bins, with wines from all region of France, and often wines which are unknown, because the...
zoup Says: It's a local restaurant in rue de bersot, off the rue des granges.from outside, it doesn't look great, but inside they ahve a jazzy atmosphere, with soft colors and 40's like painting... and of course very good oldies of jazz playing.it was sunday, so almost empty, so the...
Plenty of Nightlife Around Besak!
cheareo Says: Besancon has plenty to do at night. The cafes around centre ville stay open late enough to let your cafe creme turn into beer, wine or a cocktail. Pub De L'Etoile, on Grande Rue and just across Pont Battant, is one of the most confortable bars downtown. The owner is a great,...
Everywhere: Fête de la Musique
Loeffle Says: Fête de la Musique is celebrated all over France, but this year (2003) my university decided to plan a trip to our jumelage town Besançon.I have never experienced such a Fête before, but I was quite curious. Anyway after a long and hot day, and the impressive Citadel most of...
himalia11 Says: In the town you'll find several "cycling stations" where you can rent bycicles. You can take a bicycle from one station and return it in another station. For this you need a ticket number and personal code, or on some stations you also can pay with credit card. You can check...
himalia11 Says: The town center of Besançon is located in the loop of the Doubs river, with a 375 m long ship tunnel under the fortress hill. That makes it possible to drive a circuit around the town center by boat - only that the lock at Moulin Saint-Paul was out of order already since...
himalia11 Says: There are many car parks which are signposted very well, even showing the number of free spaces.The two little car parks at the eastern end of the tunnel are free, but half of them are private, so it’s not easy to get a parking space there. We therefore drove in direction...
Loeffle Says: I'm sorry to say but Besançon (as well as most other bigger towns in Central Europe) is not 100 % safe when it comes to pickpocket.One member of our group became unlucky when his purse (including everything) got stolen only 10 minutes before we left town. Another member of...
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Loeffle Says: Leave your luggage and bags in a safe place! Otherwise you risk that you return home with less than you brought. It's best to use a small rucksack with something to drink and eat. Avoid having valuable stuff there (see warnings and dangers!). No matter which seasons, I...
barryg23 Says: It would be a great disappointment to forget your camera after walking to the top of the hill. There are great views from here in both directions - to the west you get an excellent panorama of the town, while to the east you can see the mountains and valley.
barryg23 Says: Have a picnic beneath the bridge. On a sunny day, there is nothing better than a picnic lunch outdoors - baguettes, red wine, cheese, fruit, etc - all bought from the local Monoprix. I was all set for a long afternoon siesta after that but Susan insisted we do some touristy...
Loeffle Says: Many fountains can be found in Besançon. Small ones, big ones, historical and modern ones. Most of them are from the 16th and 18th century though. Especially Grande Rue (if you walk from Place de Huit Semtembre to Cathedral Saint-Jean) has many fountains to offer.Discover...
barryg23 Says: After a nice lunch by the river we climbed to the top of the hill overlooking the town. There was a great view of Besancon and the surrounding regions. I also remember there was a Castle at the top of this hill but as the entrance fee was 30F and we were still poor students,...
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The origins of Besançon go back to Roman Age. It's strategic location on the loops of the Doubs River was already discovered by Romans. But the region was only in Roman hands for a couple of centuries...
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Besancon is very nice, you can spend a couple of days to visit the city. You should circle the countryside to visit the Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saône region. As mentioned in my France homepage, I chose...
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Yellow Wine, Comte Cheese, Spas & Sports
Three principal communes Besançon (134,376) With large parks and clean streets, this grey stoned town enclosed in a loop of the River Doubs and surrounded by the hills of the north Jura range is...
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exotique18's new Besancon page
Besancon is located in Franche-Compte region of France which is close to Switzerland region.Besancon is chosen as miss green of France.Besancon is a really beautiful town.I think everybody has to...
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Unfortunately, we only got to visit Besancon for one day. Having said that, we were lucky to get here at all as we had initially planned to visit Beaune. The Beaune train was delayed by an hour, so,...
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