A beautiful region where countryside meets with picturesque towns and medival villages . It is also home to many crystal lakes and rivers too.
Beautiful natural landscapes and a nature preserved.
Many parcs and lakes, more than 1.000 km canals, the plateau of 1.000 ponds in the Haute-Saône, the seven waterfalls of the hedgehog, the Lison waterfall, the big Vouglans lake on which you can sail. The Saône docks where the writter Lamartine wrote "Oh temps suspend ton vol - Oh time suspend your flight" and many other exceptional sites.
The architectural heritage is full of history - A journey through time
The Beaune hospices, the Cluny Medieval city, the Guédelon Castle, the Cormantin Castle, the States and Dukes palace in Dijon, the roman sites like the remainings of Alesia, the Vauban citadel, the Ronchamp Chapel of the famous Architect le Corbusier and many more.
What to eat
I'm afraid, you are going to eat a lot if you come to our region.
Meat with the Montbéliard sausage or the Morteau sausage, or Cheese with the Comté, the Morbier or the Espoisses. It is also the region, where they produce mustard (la moutarde de Dijon), some sweets called Anis de Flavigny.
You may also be offered to eat some snails! Try them, some of us love them.
If you like wine, you have good wine, like Chablis or Brouilly. You may also have heard about the Vin de paille and Vin jaune from the Jura.
Activities
Guédelon Castle : a classical castle you think ? Not at all, come and live the 21st century medieval adventure, where a team of 50 master-builders have taken on an extraordinary challenge : build a castle using medieval techniques and materials.
Dinosaur footprints dated back 155 million years.
Taizé : a village where young people from many parts of the world, meet and pray together.
Discover how the cheese Comté is produced by visiting les caves d'affinage : Petite du Fort de St-Antoine, or Arnaud du Fort des Rousses, or Rivoire-Jacquemin de Montmorot.
Whether you wish to discover this region on foot, riding, in a trailer, in a boat or on a motobike, name it and just do it!
How about taking a bicycle ride along the Doubs ? or sailing on license-free boats on the canals ?
In winter, how about riding with sled dogs, worth the Canadian ones ?
You may also choose to relax at thermal spas in towns like Luxeuil le Bains, Salins les Bains.
Hope you Enjoy !
Bernard
More to discover with the following websites
Direct link to the Touring Holidays :
Cycling Itineraries Walking Itineraries Canals and rivers Itineraries on horsebackMore to discover with the 2 following videos
