Arbois travel guide
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Visit Arbois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arbois is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 30 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Arbois is 335 km from Paris and 533 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Arbois
Popular places to visit near Arbois: these include Salins-les-Bains at 9 km and Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 15 km.
Salins-les-Bains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Arbois: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Part of the Pays d'art et d'histoire du Rivermont region;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arbois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arbois
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arbois.
Note that all distances from Arbois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arbois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arbois (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Jura gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arbois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (24km) : Jardin à la Faulx (30km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (20km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (23km) : Lods (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (9km) : Dole (30km) : Besancon (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Arbois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arbois
Canton: Arbois
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39600
Distance to Arbois
from Lons-le-Saunier: 30 km
from Paris: 335 km
from Calais: 533 km
from Nice: 374 km
from Bordeaux: 542 km
from Strasbourg: 238 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arbois): Abergement-le-Petit, Aiglepierre, Buvilly, Grozon, La Chatelaine, Les Arsures, Les Planches-Pres-Arbois, Marnoz, Mesnay, Montigny-les-Arsures, Pretin, Pupillin, Saint-Cyr-Montmalin, Vadans and Villette-les-Arbois.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arbois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arbois