Besancon travel guide
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Visit Besancon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Besancon is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Doubs department. (General information: Besancon is 327 km from Paris and 512 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Besancon
Popular places to visit near Besancon: these include Besancon at 1 km and Ornans at 17 km.
Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Besancon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Besancon has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Besancon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Besancon
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Besancon.
Note that all distances from Besancon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Besancon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Besancon (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 Besancon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'Etang (36km) : Jardin à la Faulx (43km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (46km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (1km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (27km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Besancon (1km) : Salins-les-Bains (35km) : Arbois (42km) : Dole (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Besancon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Besançon
Canton: Besançon
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25000
Distance to Besancon
from Besancon: 0 km
from Paris: 327 km
from Calais: 512 km
from Nice: 405 km
from Bordeaux: 575 km
from Strasbourg: 197 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Besancon): Arguel, Avanne-Aveney, Beure, Chaleze, Chalezeule, Ecole-Valentin, Fontain, La Veze, Larnod, Miserey-Salines, Montfaucon, Morre, Pirey, Pugey, Rancenay and Thise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Besancon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Besancon