Things to see and do Lons-Le-Saunier

From July 17 to September 8, 2017, the tourist office offers guided tours: "l'Hôtel-Dieu et ses apothicaireries", Tuesdays at 10am and Fridays at 3pm (appointments in front of the old gates); "L'Histoire du thermalisme", Mondays at 3pm; "le Vieux Lons à la fraîche", Mondays July 24 and August 24 at 7:30pm (appointments at the tourist office). All these guided tours are subject to a minimum of 3 participants. All year round, tours are offered from 5 people (adults), and on reservation: you will leave, accompanied, to discover the emblematic places of the Ledonian city and the Jura hillside area, whose little secrets are often ignored. Tailor-made visits can also be organised for small groups of 5 to 10 people.

The Tourist Office offers a wide range of services to help visitors prepare for their stay, including information on accommodation, restaurants, activities and ticketing. Tourist advisors are on hand to offer invaluable advice. Lons-le-Saunier is a spa town, but it's also a heritage city, with its arcades and the home of The Laughing Cow. It is also the capital of the Jura region, and nearby visitors can discover the vineyards or the listed village of Baume-les-Messieurs, with its caves, abbey and waterfall.

The Jura pioneered the establishment of the uniform collection and sorting system throughout the department, before it expanded at national level in the 1980 s. Many cities have long been the «eco-citizens' commune». The recyclable waste of the inhabitants, grouped in a single blue bin per family, is collected "door-to-door", then manually differentiated at the sorting center and then recycled in some areas, creating jobs. As for the contents of the gray lid trash, it is incinerated at the adjacent plant. The heat of the incineration is recovered in particular to heat collective housing and the Aqua 'Rel center of Lons-le-Saunier. Visit places where garbage is sorted and incinerated? What a funny idea! However, the staff of the CDTOM welcome an average of 3,000 visitors per year. The free visit of the centers is instructive in many ways. The processes of waste management in the Jura and all facilities can be discovered. Documents are also available through the site and social network.