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Discover the best top things to do in Besancon, France including Le voyage heure - Escape Game Besancon, UTINAM Horlogerie Contemporaine, E-BAR, Fug Game, Les Secrets du Heurtoir, Horloge Astronomique De la Cathedrale, Musee du Temps et Palais Granvelle, Basilique Saint-Ferjeux, Musee de la Resistance et de la Deportation, Librairie L'Intranquille.
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1. Le voyage heure - Escape Game Besancon
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5.0 based on 50 reviews
If you do not know yet escapes games, come live a new experience with family, friends, colleagues ...
2. UTINAM Horlogerie Contemporaine
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5.0 based on 15 reviews
Lieu atypique dédié à l'horlogerie locale, Made in France. Spécialisé dans la création, la fabrication et la vente de montres et d'horloges contemporaines au design innovant. La décoration est soignée et vous pourrez admirer sur place le travail des horlogers.
3. E-BAR
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5.0 based on 35 reviews
ENG : Welcome to the best place for all gamers and pop culture fans ! Just take a sit and enjoy all the cocktails & burgers that the E-BAR offers. It's also the occasion to play video games with all the community !
4. Fug Game
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5.0 based on 311 reviews
Fug Game est le premier escape game de la ville de Besançon et du Département du Doubs. Entre amis, famille ou encore collègues, de 2 à 6 joueurs, vous aurez 60 ou 80 minutes pour mener votre quête à bien et sortir de la pièce dans laquelle vous vous trouvez enfermés. Immersion, réflexion, travail d'équipe, collaboration et communication. Découvrez ce monde fantastique et Franc-Comtois dans lequel on vous emmène. Une heure d'immersion et d'évasion dans ce que le Doubs peut offrir de plus mystique.
5. Les Secrets du Heurtoir
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5.0 based on 27 reviews
New Besançon's "live escape game". Currently only one enigma available at "Les secrets du heurtoir". That is called : "La Relique du Ludopathe"
6. Horloge Astronomique De la Cathedrale
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4.5 based on 284 reviews
Built between 1858 and 1860 by Auguste Lucien Vérité, the astronomical clock has a precise and complex mechanism consisting of over 30,000 parts and 11 movements. Worked by weights, some operate chimes and automata. The 57 faces provide a lot of information: calendars, the tides in 8 ports, eclipses… Visitors can look all around the clock and see its interior mechanisms. Open: > Tours at 9.50 a.m., 10.50 a.m., 11.50 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 3.50 p.m., 4.50 p.m., 5.50 p.m. Closed: > Tuesdays. > Wednesdays form 1st October to 31st March. > January. > 1st January, 1st May, 1st November, 11th November and 25th December. Admission fees: Adults : 3 €; Concessions (18 to 25) = 2,50 €; Free admission: minors under 18*; Free admission: 18-25 years old* (citizens of one of the 27 countries of the EU or are non-European permanent residents of France) * excluding school groups
7. Musee du Temps et Palais Granvelle
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4.5 based on 360 reviews
Reviewed By AntoineWaterfall - Volleges, Switzerland
Especially for a Swiss citizen this visit is a must. First by touring this immense palace and Mansion the visitor understands the importance of the Granvelle family for Europe (once as important as the Italian Medici). Then the detailed explanations and visits of the immense watchmaking industry locally produced is so informative and impressive, that the visitor finally understands Besançon 'genius loci' (the genial spirit of the place). Perhaps here is in Europe the best explained 'grande complication' (high complexity) watch. Study and enjoy. Do not miss the excellent museum shop (very advanced literature on the 'haute horlogerie subject - finest watchmaking). Oh, I forgot: here is a hight tower with a fantastic view on the old city roofs, and the famous 'Foucault pendulum' experiment. Enjoy!
8. Basilique Saint-Ferjeux
9. Musee de la Resistance et de la Deportation
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4.5 based on 172 reviews
Reviewed By HeatherA730 - Watford, United Kingdom
This museum is within the grounds of the citadel and although the entrance is all part of the overall ticket that you purchase, this is worth it's own review. The museum is dedicated to the year of war, occupation and resistance during WW2. It has many original artefacts to view and photos. The upstairs is about the concentration camps and isn't recommended for visitors under 10 years, however we took our 11 and 13 years olds through it. They were both uncomfortable but very engaged. Reading as much information as possible and asking lots of questions. It's not all easy viewing but very worthwhile to remember what happened. I only have one very slight criticism of the place, there isn't a lot written in English. We're all non-french speakers. All of the rooms had laminated A4 sheets that you could take that were translations of the French into either English or German, but in the vast majority of cases there were no English ones. Obviously the photos speak for themselves and with a smattering of French and a knowledge of history we could answer our children's questions. However some further information in English would have been useful. All in all I would say come here. It's worth it.
10. Librairie L'Intranquille
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4.5 based on 96 reviews
