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renowned as one of France's oldest and richest museums has collections from Primitive and Renaissance painters.
The musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie in the French city of Besançon is the oldest public museum in France. It was set up in 1694, nearly a century before the Louvre became a public museum.
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Train rides, and cruises of 1-2 hr around the city.
Rental of canoe, kayak, SUP.
Citadelle de Besançon
Built by the famous architect Vauban in the 17th century is the major attraction in this town, comprising a museum, and a zoo with lions, baboons and fish, archeological history museum, an insectarium, an aquarium, vivariums, a noctarium, a climatorium, a pedagogical exhibit on evolution, botanical gardens, a museum of the Resistance and deportation, a museum focusing on traditional life in Franche-Comté, a children's farm and different outdoor attractions like outdoor movie theater and rooftop bar. There are impressive views of the countryside and the town on a walk around its fortifications.
Bike and ebike rental.