Discoveries around
If the Vallée Verte is ideally placed to welcome you during a stopover along the Route du Soleil (20 minutes from the motorway!), the region has many treasures to discover: gastronomic heritage, history, nature and wildlife... not to mention the serenity!
Some examples below...
Beware, you may want to stay longer!
Heritage & Traditions
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Langres cheese, Cancoillotte
Burgundy and Montsaugeon wines
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World capital of basketry in Fayl-Billot
Nogent Cutlery
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in Langres, Champlitte, Chateauvillain…
Art & History
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5.5 km of ramparts on foot, by bike or rosalie!
2000 years of history
Renaissance house
Summer festivities (shows of the "Hallebardiers", concerts...)
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City of Enlightenment and philosophy (museum and festival)
Birthplace of Diderot (writer, philosopher, one of the fathers of the Encyclopédie)
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Roman baths in Bourbonne-les-Bains
Dijon (wine route) and Besançon (fortified town and watchmaking) approx. 1 hour from the Vallée Verte
Auberive Abbey, contemporary Art Centre
Gallo-Roman sites
Small towns of character
In the footsteps of Charles de Gaulle in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
Nature
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Forestry roads
National Forest Park
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Springs (Seine, Marne, Meuse, Aube...)
4 lakes around Langres
Tuffière de Rolampont
Roman baths, cures and spa (Bourbonne-les-Bains)
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On foot or by bike
There are several walking routes starting from the house
Via Francigena (from Canterbury to Rome)
Gorges de la Vingeanne
Remarkable parks, trees and gardens
Cohons’ snails ! (unique!)











We can provide you with tourist information and good addresses.
“C’est un jardin extraordinaire…*”
(* on a Charles Trenet’s tune)
A nice place to relax after a day of hiking