Grandfontaine travel guide

Grandfontaine photo, taken in Besancon France

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Visit Grandfontaine: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Grandfontaine is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 10 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Grandfontaine is 322 km from Paris and 511 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 11 km from Grandfontaine

Popular places to visit near Grandfontaine: these include Besancon at 11 km and Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 20 km.

Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 11km. 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 Grandfontaine, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Grandfontaine

photo of Ornans
Ornans 21km
photo of Pesmes
Pesmes 27km
photo of Lods
Lods 31km
photo of Dole
Dole 33km
photo of Arbois
Arbois 34km

See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Grandfontaine.

Note that all distances from Grandfontaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Grandfontaine holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Grandfontaine (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 Grandfontaine and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'Etang (32km) : Jardin à la Faulx (33km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (39km) :
  2. National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (11km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Lods (31km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (20km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Besancon (11km) : Salins-les-Bains (28km) : Dole (33km) : Arbois (34km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Grandfontaine & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Grandfontaine

Canton: Boussières

Arrondissement: Besançon

Department: Doubs

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 25320

Distance to Grandfontaine

from Besancon: 10 km

from Paris: 322 km

from Calais: 511 km

from Nice: 403 km

from Bordeaux: 564 km

from Strasbourg: 207 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 21 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Grandfontaine): Avanne-Aveney, Boussieres, Busy, Chemaudin, Corcondray, Dannemarie-sur-Crete, Franois, Larnod, Mazerolles-le-Salin, Montferrand-le-Chateau, Pouilley-Francais, Rancenay, Roset-Fluans, Routelle, Serre-les-Sapins, Thoraise, Torpes, Vaux-les-Pres, Velesmes-Essarts, Villers-Buzon and Vorges-les-Pins.

Getting here

For driving distances to Grandfontaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Grandfontaine