Reculées with limestone cliffs, winemakers' villages and stepped waterfalls: the Jura is visited at a gentle pace.
The map shows the numbered stops in visiting order, with one colour per day. The line follows the roads where available; otherwise it joins the stops as the crow flies. Distances and times are approximate (by car, without traffic).
Château-Chalon, a village perched above the vineyard, then Baume-les-Messieurs and its waterfall, at the bottom of a reculée.
Driving for the day: about 16.8 km, or 27 min behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
Famous for its former abbey and its wines, this small village perched on top of a rocky spur has kept the ruins of a fortress built in the Middle Ages to protect a Benedictine nuns' abbey founded on the spot as early as the sixth century.
View full page →↓ 11.9 km · about 16 min by car to the next stop
One of the French people's favourite villages lies in the typical reculées of the Jura foothills and in the heart of an exceptional site classified Natura 2000 and 3 stars.
View full page →↓ 4.9 km · about 11 min by car to the next stop
The Cascade des Tufs: this waterfall has a particularity; it is petrifying: the water, travelling long distances across the plateau, becomes loaded with limestone by dissolution of the rock.
View full page →The Cascade des Tufs, in the Planches reculée near Arbois, then the Hérisson waterfalls, a developed trail along a series of falls.
Driving for the day: about 36.4 km, or 37 min behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
The Tufs waterfall is in the heart of the Baume cirque, near the village of Baume-les-Messieurs, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France.
View full page →↓ 36.4 km · about 37 min by car to the next stop
The Hérisson Waterfalls, the Éventail and the Grand Saut: they are located near Doucier, in the heart of the lakes region.
View full page →Sites are numbered in the recommended order. Waterfall trails can be slippery and closed in case of flood or frost: find out before you go.