LAC DE NARLAY
The deepest of the Jura lakes: it goes down to 40 metres. Unlike the others, it is not a glacial lake but formed after a collapse. A local tale gives another explanation for its origin: a beggar would one day have asked the inhabitants of the village for hospitality. All refused to welcome him except a miserable and blind old man... In anger, the beggar (who was a witch) caused torrential rains to fall on the village which was then completely swallowed up except... the house of the old charitable man. Since then, it seems that on Christmas Eve at midnight, we hear the rooster crowing from the village buried under the water. It is also said that a fairy once gave these waters the power to launder laundry, without detergent or soap! Today, the lake is a peaceful place, frequented in summer by fishermen, swimmers and guests of the municipal campground on its shore.
On peut faire le tour du lac de Narlay en une petite heure (3km), c'est très joli, dont une partie en forêt.
La baignade est bien sûr très agréable, en été en tous cas car l'eau est fraîche!