Hotel Saline Royale

The Jura Mountains


Befitting the clean lines of Arc-et-Senans' architectural masterpiece, Saline Royale, its 31 adjoining guest rooms are crisp and understated. Breakfast is an extra €10.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Jura Mountains attractions

1. Saline Royale

0.07 MILES

These wondrously symmetrical early–Industrial Age saltworks were designed to be an 'ideal city' by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. Though Ledoux's plans never came…

2. Grande Saline

8 MILES

The salty history of the Jura is well-explained in the town of Salins-les-Bains, which derives its very name from the salt trade. Step inside the Grande…

3. Maison de Louis Pasteur

8.73 MILES

Louis Pasteur's laboratory and workshops have been preserved at his familial house, which still sports its 19th-century fixtures and fittings. Digital …

4. Musée de la Vigne et du Vin du Jura

8.92 MILES

The history behind the Jura's prized vin jaune (barrel-matured wine with a distinctive yellow hue) is told at this understated museum, between the turrets…

5. Musée Pasteur

14 MILES

Louis Pasteur (1822–95), who developed the first rabies vaccine and, of course, pasteurisation, spent his first three years in Dole. His childhood home in…

6. Citadelle de Besançon

18.2 MILES

Dominating the city from Mt St-Etienne, more than 100 vertical metres above the old town, the 17th-century Citadelle de Besançon – designed by Vauban for…

7. Musée du Temps

18.25 MILES

Literal and figurative interpretations of time are woven together at the Musée du Temps, which places allegorical paintings about the passage of time next…

8. Horloge Astronomique

18.26 MILES

The base of 18th-century Cathédrale St-Jean's bell tower houses an incredible astronomical clock, powered by 11 weights, that has run the church's bells…