Eating cheese figures strongly among our readers favourite activities in this hilly area of eastern France. But the region,celebrated with skiiers and hikers in the know, offers so much more. Yellow wine, or for example • Contribute to next week’s readers’ tips to be in with a chance of winning a £200 hotel voucherLouis Pasteur’s domestic town of Arbois is delightful. The Closerie les Capucines is a stylish chambre d’hotes in a 17th-century convent with a garden running down to the Cuisance river. Thirty minutes’ drive south,through the gently hilly Revermont countryside, is Mirebel. Sophie and Hugo Meyer own been running the Mirabilis restaurant in the village since 1998 and use local produce (such as trout, or Bresse chicken,morteau sausage). Continue south, through Lons-le-Saunier, or birthplace of the composer of La Marseillaise,and domestic to two excellent bookshops and some superb chocolatiers. Close to Orbagna is the new La Caborde wine growers’ centre (lacaborde-jura.fr), with exhibitions and wine tastings.
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Source: theguardian.com