Gellin travel guide
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Visit Gellin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gellin is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 58 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Gellin is 374 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pontarlier at 21 km from Gellin
Popular places to visit near Gellin: these include Pontarlier at 21 km and Loue River Valley at 30 km.
Pontarlier is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km and Lods is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 35km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gellin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gellin
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gellin.
Note that all distances from Gellin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gellin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gellin (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 Gellin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (41km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (35km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (45km) : Chateau-Chalon (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (41km) : Evian-les-Bains (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (36km) : Arbois (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Gellin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gellin
Canton: Mouthe
Arrondissement: Pontarlier
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25240
Distance to Gellin
from Besancon: 58 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 569 km
from Strasbourg: 235 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gellin): Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois, Labergement-Sainte-Marie, Les Pontets, Les Villedieu, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or, Mouthe, Petite-Chaux, Remoray-Boujeons, Rochejean, Rondefontaine and Sarrageois.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gellin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gellin