Pontarlier travel guide
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Visit Pontarlier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontarlier is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Pontarlier is 369 km from Paris and 557 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Pontarlier
Popular places to visit near Pontarlier: these include Pontarlier at 1 km and Loue River Valley at 12 km.
Pontarlier is a listed 'recommended detour' at 1km and Lods is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Pontarlier: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pontarlier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontarlier
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontarlier.
Note that all distances from Pontarlier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontarlier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontarlier (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 Pontarlier and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (18km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (36km) : Arbois (44km) : Besancon (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (1km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontarlier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontarlier
Canton: Pontarlier
Arrondissement: Pontarlier
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25300
Distance to Pontarlier
from Besancon: 45 km
from Paris: 369 km
from Calais: 557 km
from Nice: 363 km
from Bordeaux: 583 km
from Strasbourg: 214 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontarlier): Arcon, Chaffois, Dommartin, Doubs, Granges-Narboz, Houtaud, La Cluse-et-Mijoux, Oye-et-Pallet and Vuillecin.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontarlier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontarlier