Things to do in Besançon
Around Besançon, Notrebellefrance lists 14 tourist sites within 25 km, including 5 castles, 2 museums, 2 waterfalls and 2 caves. Not to be missed: Besançon, Musée du Temps de Besançon and Muséum de Besançon - Le Jardin zoologique.
Besançon
Former capital of French watchmaking, enclosed in an almost complete meander of the Doubs and dominated by the Vauban citadel listed by UNESCO.
Musée du Temps de Besançon
An emblematic Renaissance monument in Franche-Comté, the Palais Granvelle was restored between 1988 and 2002 to become the Museum of Time, the history, science and watchmaking museum of Besançon.
Muséum de Besançon - Le Jardin zoologique
Citadelle de Besançon
A Vauban masterpiece classified as UNESCO World Heritage, the Besançon Citadel is considered one of the most beautiful citadels in France.
Le Château de Montfaucon dans le Doubs
Château de Vaire-le-Grand
Maisons Comtoises de Nancray
Puits de la Brême
The Brême, a tributary of the Loue, has the particularity of partly disappearing into a chasm, called the Puits de la Brême or Black Well.
Grottes d'Osselle
Stalagmites, stalactites, columns, pools, rocks and bones of cave bears welcomed us.
Château de Cléron
Gouffre de Poudrey
It could contain Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris! Giving access to an immense hall that gives us from the entrance the feeling of entering a sacred place, the Poudrey chasm takes us 70 metres below ground.
Château de Gy
La Cascade de Valbois
The Valbois stream rises on the plateau, crosses its edge by a 40 m waterfall, then joins a tributary of the Loue.
