Echay travel guide
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Visit Echay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echay is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Echay is 335 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 12 km from Echay
Popular places to visit near Echay: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 12 km and Salins-les-Bains at 13 km.
Salins-les-Bains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 13km. 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 Echay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Echay
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Echay.
Note that all distances from Echay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Echay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Echay (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 Echay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (35km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (44km) : Parc de l'Etang (49km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (23km) : Chateau-Chalon (40km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (13km) : Arbois (20km) : Besancon (23km) : Dole (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Echay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échay
Canton: Quingey
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25440
Distance to Echay
from Besancon: 22 km
from Paris: 335 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 386 km
from Bordeaux: 561 km
from Strasbourg: 218 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 Echay): Bartherans, By, Chatillon-sur-Lison, Courcelles, Cussey-sur-Lison, Goux-sous-Landet, Lavans-Quingey, Lizine, Montfort, Myon, Palantine, Paroy, Pessans, Pointvillers, Ronchaux, Rouhe, Rurey, Samson and Saraz.
Getting here
For driving distances to Echay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Echay