Top Things to do in Besancon
10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Besancon That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Besancon, France including La Citadelle de Besancon, Horloge Astronomique De la Cathedrale, Chapelle Notre-Dame du Refuge, Synagogue de Besancon, Hotel de Champagney, Basilique Saint-Ferjeux, Temple et galerie du Saint-Esprit, Quai Vauban, Quartier Battant, Centre historique de Besancon.
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1. La Citadelle de Besancon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,165 reviews
Reviewed By Hatton20 - London, United Kingdom
This is one of several citadelles designed by the mighty Vauban, military architect extraordinaire to Louis XIV and considered his masterpiece and the most beautiful. It is illuminated at night but check times as the lights are turned off quite early. There are 3 museums in the Citadelle which can be reached by a bus at Chamars or small train from the centre of Besancon. You can easily spend a whole day there. Take a picnic if weather is lovely. The Resistance Museum and Regional Museum (Musée Comtois) are inside the walls. The walk around the ramparts is stunning and gives a wonderful view of this stunning city on the Doubs which is in a loop in the river.
2. Horloge Astronomique De la Cathedrale
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 284 reviews
Built between 1858 and 1860 by Auguste Lucien Vérité, the astronomical clock has a precise and complex mechanism consisting of over 30,000 parts and 11 movements. Worked by weights, some operate chimes and automata. The 57 faces provide a lot of information: calendars, the tides in 8 ports, eclipses… Visitors can look all around the clock and see its interior mechanisms. Open: > Tours at 9.50 a.m., 10.50 a.m., 11.50 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 3.50 p.m., 4.50 p.m., 5.50 p.m. Closed: > Tuesdays. > Wednesdays form 1st October to 31st March. > January. > 1st January, 1st May, 1st November, 11th November and 25th December. Admission fees: Adults : 3 €; Concessions (18 to 25) = 2,50 €; Free admission: minors under 18*; Free admission: 18-25 years old* (citizens of one of the 27 countries of the EU or are non-European permanent residents of France) * excluding school groups
3. Chapelle Notre-Dame du Refuge
4. Synagogue de Besancon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By AntoineWaterfall - Volleges, Switzerland
As an architect I do not know how to articulate the compliments I want to raise for this very original and beautiful building. My problem is that I have a great difficulty to address the traditional hebraic monument architecture, perhaps because it is difficult to analyze and also the class example of very impressive sngigue designs are not that frequent. Perhaps because the architects find it difficult to express the idealism and the beauty which link those values. Here it is the case: the location of the building is superb.An the outside composition and decorative assets of the building a re convincing, credible sand harmonious. The visitor feels being in an Orient that contemplates the West, nerviest Doubs river. To absolutely see.
5. Hotel de Champagney
6. Basilique Saint-Ferjeux
7. Temple et galerie du Saint-Esprit
8. Quai Vauban
9. Quartier Battant
10. Centre historique de Besancon
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