Gellin tourism and travel guide
Visit Gellin: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsGellin is situated in the Doubs department and Franche-Comte region (now part of the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region), in the eastern-center of France at 59 kilometres from Besancon, the department capital (general information: Gellin is 374 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Joux at 19 km and Pontarlier at 21 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Gellin, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Gellin in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Doubs
Map of places to visit near Gellin
Markets in and near Gellin
- Pontarlier: market Thursday (21km)
- Champagnole: market Saturday (25km)
- Levier: market Wednesday (26km)
- Morez: market Saturday all day (29km)
- Arbois: market Friday (40km)
- Clairvaux-les-Lacs: market Wednesday (41km)
- Divonne-les-Bains: market Sunday & Friday (43km)
- Thonon-les-Bains: market Thursday & Monday (45km)
- Gex: market Saturday (46km)
- Evian-les-Bains: market Friday (46km)
More information about Gellin, Franche-Comte
Tourist attractions near Gellin, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Gellin.
Heritage sites
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Lods (35km)
- Yvoire (41km)
- Baume-les-Messieurs (45km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Pontarlier (21km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haut-Jura (42km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (41km)
- Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (47km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Forêt de la Joux (22km)
- Cascade de la Billaude (24km)
- Gorges de la Lemme (24km)
- Lac du Fioget (26km)
- Lac de Narlay (27km)
- Lacs de Maclu (27km)
- Lac des Rousses (28km)
- Lac du Vernois (28km)
- Lac d'Ilay (29km)
- Source - Le Hérisson (32km)
- Lac de Bonlieu (32km)
- Défilé d'Entre-Roches (34km)
- Lac de l'Abbaye (34km)
- Lac du Val (34km)
- Lac de Chambly (35km)
- Lac de Chalain (35km)
- Confluence - Le Hérisson (40km)
- Lacs d'Étival (42km)
- Source - la Seille (42km)
- Lac de Lamoura (42km)
- Gorges de Remonot (43km)
- Col de la Faucille (44km)
- Cascade de la queue de cheval (46km)
- Gorges du Doubs (53km)
- Saut du Doubs (53km)
Towns of Art and history
- Salins-les-Bains (36km)
- Arbois (40km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Evian-les-Bains (46km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Gellin
Canton: Mouthe
Arrondissement: Pontarlier
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25240
Distance to Gellin
from Besancon (prefecture): 59 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 568 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 569 km
from Strasbourg: 235 km
Getting here
Gellin is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive via Paris (from the north and west) or via Lyon (from the south), or fly into Geneva to the south For driving distances to Gellin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois, Labergement-Sainte-Marie, Les Pontets, Les Villedieu, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or, Mouthe, Petite-Chaux, Remoray-Boujeons, Rochejean, Rondefontaine and Sarrageois.
This page in French: Visiter Gellin
