Heat wave in Haute-Saône

July 2022: braving the heatwave, our participants set off to discover the Haute-Saône territory! Beautiful encounters await them, marked by sharing and discovering the region's essential land. The icing on the cake: a little Kirsch from Fougerolles?

It's Jean-Yves and Axel's turn to brave the heatwave and embark on the P2P adventure. For this edition, they are immersing themselves in the Franc-Comtois accent, discovering the heritage of Haute-Saône! Vesoul, Gray, Luxeuil via the plateau of a thousand lakes, the territories will no longer have any secrets for them.

The two pairs left Dijon at 8 am on Monday 18 July and returned on 19 July in the evening, only by hitchhiking.

The challenges

The jump

It is 13 meters high and is located in the town of Servance. But where?

Doue de l'Eau waterfall (Servance-Miellin, Ognon waterfall).

La Corbusier

It is a rather special site where there are, among other things, chapels, a convent, and a pyramid of peace. Find this place.

The Notre-Dame du Haut chapel is a Catholic chapel built from 1953 to 1955 on the Bourlémont hill in Ronchamp in Haute-Saône.

The micro-sidewalk

He is a radio columnist with a lot of bad faith, whose fans are quite left-wing. From the age of 6, he lived in a village in Haute-Saône. Go to this Village.

It was in the town of Jussey that Guillaume Meurice, a satirical columnist on France Inter, grew up. His parents ran a press house there.

The architect

While strolling around Luxeuil-les-Bains, you will have to find the most beautiful mansion in the city.

The city of Luxeuil-lès-Bains has a remarkable heritage. The tourist office offers a Heritage trail which takes place all over the city around 14 stages. You will be able to discover the emblematic monuments of Luxeuil-les-Bains, some of which are among the 17 sites classified as historical monuments.

A few examples:

Cardinal Jouffroy's house
François 1st House
Bailiff's House — Thiadot Hotel
Aldermen's tower

La Vergy

This neoclassical medieval castle has suffered numerous fires... But it has always been renovated! It currently houses a museum. Which one?

Champlitte Castle is a building built in the 18th century.^E century in the French town of Champlitte, in Haute-Saône. It currently houses the Departmental Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.

The mural

In the Port of the department, the fresco of human rights is located.

Port-sur-Saone. The human rights fresco, created in November 1990, is located on the church square.

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La Planey

To solve this challenge, you will have to go to a small forest and travel about 500m. There you will find a family place with this magnificent spring.

Source of the Planey, D148, 70800 Anjeux, France (resurgence)

The cherry

A huge cherry is in the department, at the entrance of a village... Find it and understand why it was erected there.

Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert is known for its gastronomic economy linked to cherries, in particular used to make Kirsch de Fougerolles and sour cherries.

The virgin

It is the emblem of the city and allows a panoramic view of the Durgeon Valley.

La Notre-Dame-de-la-Motte Chapel, or simply called Chapelle de la Motte, is a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, erected at the top of La Motte hill in the center of Vesoul, in Haute-Saône. It is a historic monument of the city that is part of the heritage of Vesoul.

The official

This Renaissance building is decorated with a typical Burgundian roof and Corinthian columns.

The Town Hall of Gray-sur-Saône is one of the most prestigious Renaissance buildings in Franche-Comté.

The sweet one

Along the Ognon, biscuits and charlottes are the end-of-meal specialties. Go to the village that has these two specialties.

The Montbozon cookie is a pastry specialty from the Haut-Saône village of Montbozon.