Camping Le Vert Lagon

Hire a canoe at the leisure centre next to the site for an adventure on the Ognon river or among the islands of Marnay lake, top spots for birdwatching and picnicking. At Pesmes, you can hire boats to take out on its local stretch of the river, to pass its 16th-century houses and hillside castle. Camping Le Vert Lagon's Marnay setting is at the crossroads of the Haute-Saône, Doubs and Jura departments, with a good number of outdoor and historic sites to visit for day trips. One of the most famed of these is at Besançon, about 16 kilometres away, home of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Citadel of Besançon that's in turn home to several museums, a zoo, an insectarium, an aquarium, restaurants and shops. There's also the town of Dole, 31 kilometres from Marnay on the Doubs river, and Ornans 35 kilometres away, set prettily in the Loue river valley. Another well-known old sight is the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, started in the 18th century by Louis XV, or you could potter around the Château du Talmay and its seven-hectare park. For a bit more ante, the Acro'Mania adventure park is about 50 kilometres from Marnay in the forest of Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur.