Surroundings

« Sport » activities :

Sporting and ludic activities that you will practice safely.

• Swimming: Lac de Chalain (beaches and swimminig pools)

• Canoeing and kayaking www.cap-loisir.fr.

• ULM and Delta wing.

• Climbing and canyoning www.escalade-canyoning-jura.com

• “Tree climbing” www.parcours-aventure.com

Hiking activities :

Come discover a wild and generous nature; we will be able to give you some advice.

1: The lakes region.

This region will offer you a multitude of possibilities in colorful environment.

2: The good old country.

This is the vineyards region and the kingdom of Comté (regional cheese). You will see its fabulous landscapes and its “out-of-the-way” places in a relief tormented by antique folding.

3: The Haut-Jura region.

In this region, the fauna and flora compete with beauty, in an alternation of ridges and large combs.

Lovers of wild spaces will find there a unique playground for their thirst of liberty.

Come try it;

Come enjoy our landscapes ;

You’ll love it…

« Discovery »

A few examples of the Jura heritage:

1: City of Arbois: its vineyards and a great man.

• Visite du Château Pécauld : Musée de la vigne et du vin.

• Visite de la Maison de Louis Pasteur

• Sampling la Fruitière Vinicole d'Arbois

2: A thousand years of salt history:

• Thermal baths: swimming baths with hot salted water (30°), jacuzzi, sauna, hammam.

• Visit of the Salines: visitors will discover the history of salt and its techniques of working and making.

3: Haut Jura, wood and cheese craftsmen:

• Visit of the museum of the Boissellerie in Bois d’Amont: the ability and skillfulness of the wood craftsmen who knew how to exploit all the qualities of the piceas in the valley.

• Visit of the Fort des Rousses in the middle of the Natural Park in Haut Jura: You will discover how time, hard work, and the cellar atmosphere make up the best flavors in all cheese, from the Jura Mountain.

4: Lakes and rivers: take a deep breath of fresh air in a colorful landscape :

• Pic de l’Aigle: magnificent sight on the 4 lakes region and the Hérisson valley. Make a stop on the shore of the Bonlieu Lake.

• 3.7 km hiking track, along the 31 river falls: two and a half hour long.

• Visit of the Maison des Cascades: discover the history of the Hérisson waterfalls.

5: Caves, pits, underground rivers, geological phenomenon:

• Visit of the Grottes des Moidons: true natural masterpiece lost in the middle of the domanial Forêt des Moidons.

• Walk along the Cuisance river.

• Visit of the Grottes des Planches.

6: Vineyard and Revermont : « le bon pays ».

• Visit of the medieval village Château-Chalon: the capital of vin jaune (yellow wine). Visit of cellars and sampling.

• Walk in Beaume-les-Messieurs: the famous steephead valleys in Jura, which hides its vineyard the Abbey of Beaume-les-Messieurs, the epitome of medieval monarchism.