Bay travel guide
Visit Bay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Pesmes at 12 km from Bay
Location: Bay is situated in the Haute-Saone department (Franche-Comte region) in the north-east of France at 50 km from Vesoul, the department capital. (General information: Bay is 305 km from Paris and 495 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Bay: these include Pesmes at 12 km and Besancon at 23 km. Parc de l'Etang is a listed remarkable garden at 17 km and Jardin du château du Talmay is a listed remarkable garden at 22 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 Bay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bay
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bay.
Note that all distances from Bay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bay 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 Haute-Saone gites and villas
Markets near Bay
- Gray: market every Tuesday & Friday (20km)
- Pontailler-sur-Saone: market every Saturday (23km)
- Besancon: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (24km)
- Auxonne: market every Friday (27km)
- Dole: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (28km)
- Levier: market every Wednesday (48km)
- Vesoul: market every Thursday & Saturday (50km)
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 Bay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Bay map below.
Heritage Site Besancon citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (25km); Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (29km)
Most Beautiful Village Lods (48km)
National Monument Astronomical clock of Besancon (23km)
Recommended Detour Salins-les-Bains (41km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de l'Etang (17km); Jardin du château du Talmay (22km); Jardin à la Faulx (28km); Château d'Arcelot (41km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Besancon (24km); Dole (28km)
Town Of Art And History Besancon (23km); Dole (28km); Salins-les-Bains (41km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Citadelle de Besançon (25km)
Map of places to visit near Bay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bay
Canton: Marnay
Arrondissement: Vesoul
Department: Haute-Saone
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 70150
Distance to Bay
from Vesoul (local prefecture): 50 km
from Paris: 305 km
from Calais: 495 km
from Nice: 417 km
from Bordeaux: 557 km
from Strasbourg: 209 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bay): Avrigney-Virey, Bonboillon, Bresilley, Burgille, Chancey, Chenevrey-et-Morogne, Courchapon, Cult, Hugier, Jallerange, Le Moutherot, Marnay, Montagney, Motey-Besuche, Ougney, Pagney, Sornay, Tromarey and Vitreux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bay