Ornans
Ornans
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Ornans, "Little Venice Comtoise, chief town of the Doubs in Franche-Comte, located on the road D67 at 25 km from Besançon and 35 km from Pontarlier. Built from the 6th century in one of the most beautiful sites in Franche-Comte, on the banks of the Loue.
The mirror of the Loue, which reflects in its clear waters the steeple of the church and nearby houses.
The rock of the castle, once a fortress of the Counts of Burgundy, with its village, its ancient chapel of St. George and a gazebo just renamed, where the view is magnificent and Ornans Valley.
The nice and green valley with its stream Mambouc.
The rock of the Mount, including the imposing mass dominates the regular city promenade called "Courbet" lookouts Castle, Pine, of the Virgin.
The rock Boots, strangely shaped, and the nearby forest.
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The many deep valleys and high, with streams, tributaries of the Loue.
The Peusse and two picturesque waterfalls and original.
Chauveroche (rocks and caves with difficult access). The Big Rocks and Valves (pleasant forest road and beautiful natural view).
The jump Knight, with a possible extension of the cascade Deffois (75 m).
The rocks Barmaud Route Chassagne, nice view.
The trails (old railway Ornans - Hôpital-du-Grosbois). Boulders of Saint-Roch glacial (70 000 years)
The Courbet Road: From the Source of the Loue in Cléron: road with 7 stages, where an exhibition of reproductions of works that Courbet painted on these sites (plan Ornans available at the Tourist Office).
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