Ponthoux travel guide
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Visit Ponthoux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ponthoux is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 37 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Ponthoux is 377 km from Paris and 584 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 26 km from Ponthoux
Popular places to visit near Ponthoux: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 26 km and Lons-le-Saunier at 37 km.
Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 10km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 13km. 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 Ponthoux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ponthoux
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ponthoux.
Note that all distances from Ponthoux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ponthoux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ponthoux (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 Jura 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 Ponthoux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (40km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (46km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (28km) : Brou Royal Monastery (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (37km) : Chateau-Chalon (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Ponthoux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ponthoux
Canton: Saint-Claude
Arrondissement: Saint-Claude
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39170
Distance to Ponthoux
from Lons-le-Saunier: 37 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 584 km
from Nice: 320 km
from Bordeaux: 526 km
from Strasbourg: 284 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ponthoux): Avignon-les-Saint-Claude, Chassal, Coiserette, Coyriere, Cuttura, Larrivoire, Lavans-les-Saint-Claude, Molinges, Pratz, Ravilloles, Saint-Claude, Saint-Lupicin, Vaux-les-Saint-Claude, Villard-Saint-Sauveur and Villards-d'Heria.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ponthoux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ponthoux