One day in Besançon, France

A day through Besançon’s best-known sights that lie close together: Citadel of Besançon, astronomical clock of Besançon, Besançon Cathedral, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Synagogue of Besançon and Église de la Madeleine. 6 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Citadel of BesançonMuseum · On the map
  2. astronomical clock of BesançonMonument · 0.3 km on from Citadel of Besançon · On the map
  3. Besançon CathedralCathedral · Next to astronomical clock of Besançon · On the map
  4. Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de BesançonMuseum · 0.9 km on from Besançon Cathedral · On the map
  5. Synagogue of BesançonSynagogue · 0.2 km on from Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon · On the map
  6. Église de la MadeleineTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Synagogue of Besançon · On the map

6 stops, 2.7 km on foot along the streets: about 34 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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