Arc-et-Senans travel guide

Arc-et-Senans photo, taken in Salins-les-Bains France

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Visit Arc-et-Senans: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Arc-et-Senans is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Arc-et-Senans is 326 km from Paris and 521 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Salins-les-Bains at 13 km from Arc-et-Senans

Popular places to visit near Arc-et-Senans: these include Salins-les-Bains at 13 km and Arbois at 14 km.

Salins-les-Bains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km and Arbois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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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

photo of Arbois
Arbois 14km
photo of Dole
Dole 23km
photo of Ornans
Ornans 29km
photo of Pesmes
Pesmes 32km
photo of Lods
Lods 35km

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 hotels in and near to Arc-et-Senans (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 Doubs 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 Arc-et-Senans and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (23km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (36km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (44km) : Parc de l'Etang (45km) :
  2. National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (30km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (33km) : Lods (35km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (37km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (13km) : Arbois (14km) : Dole (23km) : Besancon (30km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (46km) :

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: 29 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!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

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