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pedroswift Says: Take the drive on the N83 from Bourg-en-Bresse to Salins les Bains to take in the classified vine areas (Cotes du Jura, Chateau Chalon, L'Etoile & Arbois). Do some homework before the trip to discover the wine types and the gastronomic specialities of the region. Try the...
Les Grottes des Planches. This...
Pavlik_NL Says: Les Grottes des Planches. This cave-complex is especially famous of it's colourful smooth stoneformations. The caves run deep and along a underground river that has formed the subterranean rooms. The local touristboard made inside the caves a pretty aluminated spectacle that...
Maison et chambres d'hôtes "Le Castel Blanc": High country - Winter or Summer
pedroswift Says: Although it is some time since we stayed at Le Castel Blanc, I have no reason to doubt that the hospitality would be any less today than it was 6 years ago. We stayed over night during a road trip of the Jura to seek the source of the R. Doubs among other highlights of the...
Pavlik_NL Says: Around the Lac de Joux (translated it could be 'lake of fun') are excellent campings, hotels and other ways of staying. It is also a great basecamp to explore the environment of the Jura, with the pleasure of watersports in the proxamity.
Train or car are the best ways...
Pavlik_NL Says: Train or car are the best ways to reach the Jura. The plateau is also a great domain for bikers, but better start here.Car is best transportation to see all the sights. With bike you can explore the Jura, yet reckon with the fact that on the plateau too, there are steep...
Pavlik_NL Says: As many already know, the French are true live-enjoyers. Their wine is one way to enjoy live and in the Jura are some, not so well-known, but delicious exquisit wines. The cheeses have already some influence from the Swiss, because they are close to some famous ones made...
Pavlik_NL Says: Chateau de Joux (castel of fun?) is near the samenamed lake (see accomodations) and lies magnificently on top of a rockformation, between two mountains. It held the surrounding valleys under control and still shows the power it once has had.
Go hiking through the area....
Pavlik_NL Says: Go hiking through the area. The Jura is a magnificent wandering area with a huge variety in landscapes. The mountains, many mountainlakes, waterfalls, wells, great castles, pictoresk villages, deep rivervalleys (the European Canyons), deep caves and green forests. The Jura...
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Go hiking through the area. The Jura is a magnificent wandering area with a huge variety in landscapes. The mountains, many mountainlakes, waterfalls, wells,...
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Jura, off the beaten track in France
Not many people go here for their vacation in France, but that makes it no less intresting. This highland at the North-westside of the Alps have a very specific character and the sources of many...
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Jura - Limestone steps to the Swiss Border
The map of Jura is a delight to the eye of the Geographer with more physical features named per square inch (or cm) than any other region of France. The limestone mountains have been eroded to produce...
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