Arbois Attractions

Arbois (pop. 3,698) is picturesquely situated. Louis Pasteur, a native of Dole, spent his early years in Arbois and frequently returned there. His parents' house has been preserved as it was and is open to the public. Other features of interest are the 18th C houses in the Place de la Liberté, the Town Hall (formerly a monastic house), the church of St-Just (12th-13th C), the Wine Museum and the Musée Sarret de Grozon (furniture, ceramics, pictures).

2km/1.5mi southeast of the town is where Pasteur did much of his research into fermentation in 1878.

Near Arbois, in a V-shaped valley, are the two sources of the Cuisance and the entrance to the Grotte des Planches.