Dole travel guide
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Visit Dole: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dole is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 47 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Dole is 305 km from Paris and 504 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Dole (page also includes a photo gallery for Dole)
Popular places to visit near Dole: these include Pesmes at 22 km and Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 23 km.
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 23km and Jardin du château du Talmay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dole: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Dole has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dole, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dole
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dole.
Note that all distances from Dole shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dole holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dole (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 Dole and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château du Talmay (29km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (37km) : Parc de l'Etang (39km) : Château d'Arcelot (40km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (39km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quetigny (37km) : Dijon (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (30km) : Salins-les-Bains (34km) : Besancon (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Dole & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dole
Canton: Dole
Arrondissement: Dole
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39100
Distance to Dole
from Lons-le-Saunier: 47 km
from Paris: 305 km
from Calais: 504 km
from Nice: 402 km
from Bordeaux: 532 km
from Strasbourg: 236 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dole): Archelange, Authume, Baverans, Biarne, Billey, Brevans, Champvans, Chatenois, Choisey, Crissey, Damparis, Falletans, Foucherans, Gevry, Jouhe, Monnieres, Rochefort-sur-Nenon, Sampans and Villette-les-Dole.
Getting here
For driving distances to Dole from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dole