Synagogue of Besançon · photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0

Self-guided walking tour of Besançon

29 sights · France

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Besançon, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

Plan your walk through Besançon

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

Architecture (12)
History (12)
Museums (3)
Squares & streets (3)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Besançon

8 stops · 4.1 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain
🚶 5 min walkÉglise de la Madeleine
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 24 min walkCitadel of Besançon
Photo: moi-même / myself, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 5 min walkBesançon Cathedral
Photo: Lantus, edited by MenkinAlRire, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 1 min walkPorte Noire
Photo: moi-même/myself, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 1 min walkSquare Castan
Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain
🚶 10 min walkÉglise Saint-Pierre
Photo: Wikipedro, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 4 min walkMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 3 min walkSynagogue of Besançon