Palise travel guide

Palise photo, taken in Besancon France

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Visit Palise: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Palise is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Palise is 323 km from Paris and 503 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 15 km from Palise

Popular places to visit near Palise: these include Besancon at 15 km and Vesoul at 28 km.

Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 15km and Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km. 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 Palise, France

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

photo of Vesoul
Vesoul 28km
photo of Ornans
Ornans 30km
photo of Lods
Lods 38km
photo of Pesmes
Pesmes 41km

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

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

Palise holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'Etang (35km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (49km) :
  2. National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (15km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Lods (38km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Moffans-et-Vacheresse (44km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (44km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Besancon (15km) :

Map of places to visit near Palise & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Palise

Canton: Marchaux

Arrondissement: Besançon

Department: Doubs

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 25870

Distance to Palise

from Besancon: 16 km

from Paris: 323 km

from Calais: 503 km

from Nice: 418 km

from Bordeaux: 586 km

from Strasbourg: 183 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Palise): Aulx-les-Cromary, Bonnay, Buthiers, Chambornay-les-Bellevaux, Champoux, Chatillon-Guyotte, Chaudefontaine, Cirey, Cromary, Devecey, Marchaux, Merey-Vieilley, Moncey, Neuvelle-les-Cromary, Perrouse, Rioz, Sorans-les-Breurey, Thurey-le-Mont, Traitiefontaine, Valleroy, Vandelans, Venise, Vieilley and Voray-sur-l'Ognon.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Palise