Metabief travel guide

Metabief photo, taken in Pontarlier France

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Visit Metabief: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Metabief is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 57 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Metabief is 378 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pontarlier at 15 km from Metabief

Popular places to visit near Metabief: these include Pontarlier at 15 km and Loue River Valley at 25 km.

Pontarlier is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Lods is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 31km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Metabief: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Metabief, France

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

photo of Lods
Lods 31km
photo of Ornans
Ornans 40km
photo of Yvoire
Yvoire 45km
photo of Arbois
Arbois 46km
photo of Evian
Evian 47km

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

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

Metabief holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (45km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (47km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Lods (31km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (45km) : Evian-les-Bains (46km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (40km) : Arbois (46km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (15km) :

Map of places to visit near Metabief & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Métabief

Canton: Mouthe

Arrondissement: Pontarlier

Department: Doubs

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 25370

Distance to Metabief

from Besancon: 57 km

from Paris: 378 km

from Calais: 569 km

from Nice: 349 km

from Bordeaux: 578 km

from Strasbourg: 227 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Metabief): Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve, Jougne, Labergement-Sainte-Marie, Les Grangettes, Les Hopitaux-Neufs, Les Hopitaux-Vieux, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or, Malbuisson, Malpas, Montperreux, Rochejean, Saint-Antoine, Saint-Point-Lac and Touillon-et-Loutelet.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Metabief