Territoire De Belfort: Hotels and Accommodation

Territoire de Belfort offers a clearly defined winter sports experience at Ballon d’Alsace: 14 alpine ski runs, including six green, three blue, three red and two black runs.

Winter

For Nordic winter sports, Ballon d’Alsace is designated Nordic France. Six cross-country ski trails are available there across a 22-kilometre prepared Nordic area.

A black run connects Ballon d’Alsace with Planche des Belles-Filles over 21 kilometres, with an ascent of 517 metres.

In addition, five free snowshoe circuits start at the Maison du tourisme and near Gentiane.

If you want to find a hotel in Territoire de Belfort, this decision is part of your independent stay planning.

Landscape

Ballon d’Alsace reaches 1,247 metres and offers a 360-degree panoramic view. At the same time, it is the highest point in Territoire de Belfort.

Territoire de Belfort is the only French département where two mountain ranges meet.

The area includes more than 2,000 ponds, including Malsaucy, Véronne, Forges, Seigneurie and Verchat.

Etang Verchat near Joncherey stands out for its reflections.

Presqu’île du Malsaucy is a leisure complex and the venue for the Eurockéennes festival.

The François-Mitterrand promenade connects Belfort with the Malsaucy peninsula over seven kilometres.

In the southern part of Territoire de Belfort, FrancoVéloSuisse runs for 40 kilometres from Belfort via Delle to Porrentruy.

Nature

Territoire de Belfort has marked hiking trails of varying difficulty between the southern Vosges and the Jura Mountains, including trails for beginners and families.

The area has 1,246 kilometres of marked trails and promotes enduro mountain biking as well as adventure activities at Ballon d’Alsace.

Educational trails at Ballon d’Alsace, Malsaucy, Forges and Verchat provide information about the local fauna and flora.

The Véronne trail is considered accessible to wheelchair users and suitable for prams.

The Maison départementale de l’environnement at Malsaucy offers free exhibitions and activities about the local fauna and flora throughout the year.

Parc Aventure du Ballon d’Alsace comprises 120 workshops and 11 courses of varying difficulty for visitors aged three and over.

Culture

The département highlights Ballon d’Alsace, the Malsaucy leisure complex, historic monuments, cycle paths and hiking trails as visitor attractions in the area.

Territoire de Belfort has around 50 listed or registered historic monuments, including museums, churches and castles.

Belfort Citadel and Bartholdi’s Lion are among the highlighted visitor attractions.

The Eurockéennes is considered an international festival and a springboard for young artists.

In Froidefontaine, the Romanesque apse of a former 12th-century Cluniac Benedictine monastery has been preserved.

Cuisine

Belflore is a dessert from Territoire de Belfort made with almond meringue, hazelnuts and raspberry jam.

The cuisine of Territoire de Belfort combines Alsatian and Franche-Comté traditions and also includes Munster AOP.

A local producer makes Cancoillotte from butter and Metton from Doubs in a short supply chain.

Getting There

Territoire de Belfort has three railway stations, including the Belfort-Montbéliard TGV station.

The département is connected to the A36 motorway and is less than an hour’s drive by road from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.

For additional local information, see the pages on Giromagny and Lepuix.

For the higher-level travel overview: Franche Comte.

More Destinations

More places in the same destination:

Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura.