Vanclans travel guide

Vanclans photo, taken in Lods France

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Visit Vanclans: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vanclans is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 30 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Vanclans is 357 km from Paris and 539 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Lods at 10 km from Vanclans

Popular places to visit near Vanclans: these include Lods at 10 km and Loue River Valley at 12 km.

Gouffre de Poudrey is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km and Lods is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km. 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 Vanclans, France

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

photo of Lods
Lods 10km
photo of Ornans
Ornans 16km
photo of Arbois
Arbois 49km

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

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

Vanclans holidays and travel

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

  1. National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (31km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Lods (10km) :
  3. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (45km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Besancon (31km) : Salins-les-Bains (40km) : Arbois (49km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (21km) :

Map of places to visit near Vanclans & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Vanclans

Canton: Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp

Arrondissement: Besançon

Department: Doubs

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 25580

Distance to Vanclans

from Besancon: 30 km

from Paris: 357 km

from Calais: 539 km

from Nice: 384 km

from Bordeaux: 592 km

from Strasbourg: 195 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vanclans): Arc-sous-Cicon, Athose, Avoudrey, Chasnans, Epenoy, Etray, Fallerans, Hautepierre-le-Chatelet, Nods, Passonfontaine, Rantechaux, Valdahon and Vernierfontaine.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Vanclans