Arc-et-Senans travel guide
Visit Arc-et-Senans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 0 km from Arc-et-Senans
Location: Arc-et-Senans is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 30 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Arc-et-Senans is 326 km from Paris and 521 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Arc-et-Senans: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 0 km and Salins-les-Bains at 13 km. Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed heritage site at 0 km and Salins-les-Bains is a listed town of art and history at 13 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Arc-et-Senans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arc-et-Senans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arc-et-Senans.
Note that all distances from Arc-et-Senans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arc-et-Senans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Doubs gites and villas
Markets near Arc-et-Senans
- Arbois: market every Friday (15km)
- Dole: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (23km)
- Levier: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Besancon: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (29km)
- Champagnole: market every Saturday (34km)
- Auxonne: market every Friday (34km)
- Bletterans: market every Tuesday (41km)
- Pontailler-sur-Saone: market every Saturday (41km)
- Pierre-de-Bresse: market every Monday (43km)
- Lons-le-Saunier: market every Thursday all day (44km)
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 Arc-et-Senans and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Arc-et-Senans map below.
Heritage Site Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (0km); Besancon citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (29km)
Most Beautiful Village Chateau-Chalon (33km); Lods (35km); Baume-les-Messieurs (37km)
National Monument Astronomical clock of Besancon (30km)
Recommended Detour Salins-les-Bains (13km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin à la Faulx (23km); Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (36km); Jardin du château du Talmay (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Dole (23km); Besancon (29km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre de Poudrey (39km)
Town Of Art And History Salins-les-Bains (13km); Arbois (14km); Dole (23km); Besancon (30km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Citadelle de Besançon (29km)
Map of places to visit near Arc-et-Senans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arc-et-Senans
Canton: Quingey
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25610
Distance to Arc-et-Senans
from Besancon (local prefecture): 30 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 521 km
from Nice: 388 km
from Bordeaux: 549 km
from Strasbourg: 227 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arc-et-Senans): Breres, Buffard, Champagne-sur-Loue, Chatelay, Chay, Chissey-sur-Loue, Cramans, Ecleux, Grange-de-Vaivre, La Chapelle-sur-Furieuse, Liesle, Lombard, Mesmay, Port-Lesney, Rennes-sur-Loue, Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans and Villers-Farlay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arc-et-Senans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arc-et-Senans