"Arbois - the wine capital of the Jura" Arbois by himalia11

Arbois is a nice town on the Cuisance river, in the Jura department. It's located between Besançon (49 km) and Lons-le-Saunier (41 km), around 35 km from Dole.

In Arbois, wine plays and important role, and you'll find that the town is surrounded by wineyards. On the main street, you find lots of wine shops and some also offer wine tasting. Of course there's also a wine museum! Besides, you can visit the Louis Pasteur house (guided visits only), where Pasteur grew up and had his labaratory.
There was quite a lot traffic in the town center, it seems to be a busy town. We just found one big car park, apart from all the parking spaces along the main street. Other cities had their car parks better signposted...

Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains

Other interesting places nearby:
- Grotte des Moidons (10 km) - another cave
- Salins-les-Bains (14 km) - nice town with old saltworks that you can visit, and two forts
- Arc-et-Senans (18 km) - great gardens and fascinating museum about architect Ledoux on the grounds of a former saltworks