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2 Reviews and 30 Opinions We were in a room set around a courtyard (with ample parking - the car entrance being on Rue de la...
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Gîte "Chez Léontine": Huge & nice holiday home
himalia11 Says: We spent one week in the holiday home "Chez Léontine" in Liesle, a small village near Arc-et-Senans. It's for up to 6 people, much bigger than we had needed!...
himalia11 Says: Gray is an interesting town at the Saône river and had been the nothermost stop on our houseboat trip. We found a nice place to moor, and enjoyed walking...
himalia11 Says: With the "Passport inter-musée" you can visit 35 sites with reduced permissions. At your first vist of one of these sites, you can get this passport. It's then...
Montfaucon - ruined castle & great viewpoint
himalia11 Says: Montfaucon is a little town near Besançon with a fort and a ruined mediveal castle. Also there's a nice viewpoint from which you have a wonderful view on the...
Besançon, capital of Franche Comté
himalia11 Says: Besançon is the capital of both the Franche Comté and the Doubs department. It's a town with lots of historic buildings, and its interesting to walk through the...
Dole, the former capital of Franche Comté
himalia11 Says: Dole is a lovely town at the Doubs river and the Rhine-Rhône-Canal. It was the capital of Franche Comté until the late 17th century when Louis XIV conquered...
Ornans, the "Venice of Franche-Comté"
himalia11 Says: Ornans is a lovely town and is called the "Venice of Franche-Comté" because of its nice houses at the Loue river. In the tourist information, you can get a free...
himalia11 Says: The "Fête de Biou" is celebrated the first Sunday of September in Arbois. We read about this festival in the wine museum in Arbois and saw some photos there,...
himalia11 Says: The Source du Lison at Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne is a great natural site, with a nice waterfall and cave behind, a pool with huge rocks around, and another cave...
Special wine: Vin Jaune & Vin de Paille
himalia11 Says: The Vin Jaune is a unique wines of the Jura region, that is produced in Château-Chalon (its place of origin), Arbois, l'Étoile and Côtes du Jura. It stays in...
himalia11 Says: The "Cascades du Hérisson" are seven waterfalls of the Hérisson river, the hightest of them being 65 m high. It took us about 2,5 hours to see all waterfalls...
himalia11 Says: The Langouette gorge can easily be visited as you don't have to walk much. Directly from the bridge on the car park you can view down the 47 m deep small gorge...
Franche Comté, which means "free county" and is called "Free county of Burgundy" in English, is a region in the east of France. It is bordered by Alsace to the North, Switzerland to the East &...
la route des lacs>>>"the lakes road"
Franche-comte cover more than one "departement" as we call it in french but on this page i'll cover the Jura departement. This is a good places for cycling, hiking, swimming, paragliding and much more...
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