Montbeliard tourism and travel guide

Visit Montbeliard: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: It is the castle in Montbeliard, on a raised rocky platform, that dominates the town centre
Montbeliard is situated in the Doubs department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Montbeliard. For detailed visitor information see the Montbeliard travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Montbeliard include "ville fleurie 4*".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Montbeliard in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Hippolyte at 21 km and Ronchamp chapel at 25 km.
Montbeliard, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Belfort
at 15 km (direction north-north-east), in the Territoire-de-Belfort departmentThe town of Belfort and its citadel are pleasant to exlore when...
See Belfort guide

Saint-Hippolyte
at 21 km (direction south)Saint-Hippolyte is in a beautiful position on the confluence of the Doubs...
See Saint-Hippolyte guide

Ronchamp chapel
at 25 km (direction north-west), in the Haute-Saone departmentThe Ronchamp Chapel is the best known work by architect Le Corbusier...
See Ronchamp chapel guide

Altkirch
at 36 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentIn the oldest part of Altkirch you can still see part of...
See Altkirch guide

Luxeuil-les-Bains
at 46 km (direction north-west), in the Haute-Saone departmentIn Luxeuil-les-Bains, established as a spa town since Roman times, you can...
See Luxeuil-les-Bains guide

Mulhouse
at 49 km (direction east-north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentOften ignored as an 'industrial town' Mulhouse actually has an attractive centre...
See Mulhouse guide

Vesoul
at 50 km (direction west), in the Haute-Saone departmentAlthough lacking major monuments, Vesoul is a pleasant town to visit with...
See Vesoul guide

Soultz-Haut-Rhin
at 53 km (direction north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentIn Soultz-Haut-Rhin an unusual characteristic is that many of the old houses...
See Soultz-Haut-Rhin guide

Murbach abbey
Abbey at 53 km (direction north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentThe remains of the abbey at Murbach, the surrounding gardens and its...
See Murbach abbey guide

Guebwiller
at 54 km (direction north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentIn Guebwilller it is the part of the town along the canal...
See Guebwiller guide

Ungersheim
at 56 km (direction north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentThe Ecomuseum at Ungershim is a fascinating reconstruction of an entire medieval...
See Ungersheim guide

Rouffach
at 62 km (direction north-east), in the Haut-Rhin departmentPerhaps less exceptional than some Alsace towns we still enjoyed exploring the...
See Rouffach guide

Ornans
at 67 km (direction west-south-west)The highlight of your visit to Ornans is the section along the...
See Ornans guide
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Markets in and near Montbeliard
Market days in Montbeliard: weekly market: Tuesday & Saturday;
- Montbeliard: market Tuesday & Saturday (0km)
- Sochaux: market Thursday (2km)
- Bethoncourt: market Friday (2km)
- Audincourt: market Saturday (5km)
- Valentigney: market Tuesday (6km)
- Fesches-le-Chatel: market Friday (8km)
- Belfort: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Monday & Friday (15km)
- Lure: market Tuesday (30km)
- Melisey: market Wednesday (32km)
- Masevaux: market Wednesday (33km)
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Tourist attractions near Montbeliard, France
What to do at Montbeliard? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Montbeliard.
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Thann (40km)
Remarkable gardens
- Roseraie du Chatelet (24km)
- Parc de Wesserling (44km)
- Parc botanique de Mulhouse (48km)
- Parc Alfred-Wallach (49km)
- Parc de la Marseillaise (54km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Ballon d'Alsace (35km)
- Gouffre de Poudrey (56km)
Towns of Art and history
- Mulhouse (49km)
- Guebwiller (54km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Mandeure (7km)
- Belfort (15km)
- Moffans-et-Vacheresse (23km)
- Rougegoutte (25km)
- Masevaux (33km)
- Hirtzbach (33km)
- Sausheim (53km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse (48km)
Geography and distances
Montbeliard is in the eastern-center of France at 66 kilometres from Besancon, the department capital (general information: Montbeliard is 362 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Montbeliard
Canton: Montbéliard
Arrondissement: Montbéliard
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
New region: Burgundy-Franche-Comté
Postcode: 25200
Distance to Montbeliard
from Besancon (prefecture): 66 km
from Paris: 362 km
from Calais: 524 km
from Nice: 425 km
from Bordeaux: 640 km
from Strasbourg: 139 km
Getting here
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 Montbeliard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 29 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Allondans, Arbouans, Audincourt, Bart, Bavans, Berche, Bethoncourt, Brognard, Courcelles-les-Montbeliard, Dambenois, Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs, Dung, Etupes, Exincourt, Grand-Charmont, Issans, Laire, Nommay, Presentevillers, Raynans, Sainte-Suzanne, Seloncourt, Sochaux, Taillecourt, Tavey, Valentigney, Vieux-Charmont, Voujeaucourt and Vyans-le-Val.
This page in French: Visiter Montbeliard