Les Fontenelles: Hotels and Accommodation
Accommodation in Les Fontenelles
The route to the Puits du Glaçon is a 10.5-kilometre circular hike lasting 3 hours and passing through Les Fontenelles.
If Les Fontenelles is your destination, you can find accommodation.
Hiking and landscape
The route to the Puits du Glaçon is signposted with yellow-and-blue trail markers and directional signs bearing marker no. 7. The Point de vue des Fontenelles viewpoint offers hikers a view of the northern high chain of the Jura; on clear days, the peaks of the Bernese Alps can be seen. The starting point of the route to the Puits du Glaçon can be reached via Mobigo route 206 between Pontarlier and Montbéliard.
The Le Plateau du Russey route and the Village Haut hiking trail also pass through Les Fontenelles. The La Lavogne geocaching trail takes 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Nature
The Puits du Glaçon cave is 15 to 25 metres wide, and its ceiling reaches a height of 4 metres. It was named after an icicle that often remained in place all year round in the past. The route passes through a pré-bois habitat typical of the Jura Mountains, characterised by woodland and pastureland and dependent on human activity for its preservation.
The lavogne is unique in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It was restored in 2000, collects rainwater and provides water for livestock. The circular basin has a diameter of 16 metres and a depth of 1.20 metres at the centre.
The Tourbière des Creugnots is a sensitive peatland area with a boardwalk that allows visitors to explore the site.
Culture and history
The Chapelle Sainte-Anne was built in 1890 on the heights of Les Fontenelles. Its sacristy incorporates part of a chapel dating from 1480.
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Christian Retreat was founded in 1789 in Les Fontenelles, in the canton of Le Russey, by Abbé Antoine-Sylvestre Receveur. The mother house of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Christian Retreat is located in Les Fontenelles.
Other destinations in this selection: La Chenalotte, Villers-Le-Lac, Métabief, Les Combes, Chapelle-Des-Bois, Malbuisson, Bonnétage, Granges-Narboz.
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