Forêts National Park: when trees do you good

Forêts National Park offers an intimate nature, ideal for self-reflection. A special area for feeling good about yourself and others. It’s remarkable biodiversity, its soothing landscapes and the welcoming culture of its people make it an excellent place for those who want to both explore and take care of themselves. 

Enjoy a special ecological vigour at Forêts National Park, where many mosses, lichens and mushrooms grow. It’s a promise made to those who seek serenity by contact with trees, through tree therapy for example.

Here, good quality water flows lavishly. The meandering rivers, nourished by numerous springs, form the landscape patchwork of the area. The water fosters the development of exceptional biodiversity and amazing geological formations. The hundred or so specimens of tufa marshes found here are a fine example.

A hospitable nature, a welcoming culture 

2,000 kilometres of pathways will depict your long meditative walks, for example on the Langres Plateau where the air is very pure. Black Storks nest at the top of tall trees in the surrounding calm. In the sky, birds of prey and a multitude of forest birds do their aerobatics.  

In Forêts National Park, your adventure will also be social, in contact with caring and welcoming people. Let yourself be tempted by massages under the trees, yoga and meditation sessions in the forest or with the bees. In this enchanting setting, relaxation, well-being and resourcing are guaranteed.

Admire the Cônois marsh

At Bure-les-Templiers, the Cônois marsh is a tufa filed characteristic of the Châtillonnais but not found elsewhere in Burgundy. On an area of ​​7 hectares, the geology and the cold microclimate have allowed a very particular vegetation to settle with species such as the perennial Swertie or the Gentian pneumonanthe.

Enjoy the purity of Chalmessin National Nature Reserve

At the bottom of a valley called "Combe Forquot" or  Goulottes Valley", there is one of the most remarkable tufa marshes on Langres Plateau. Topped with a limestone grassland, it forms Chalmessin National Nature Reserve, a natural treasure in the middle of the woods that is completely free of noise pollution. Here you will sharpen your sense of observation in search of rare and protected butterflies, such as the Woodland Brown, the Marsh Fritillary or the Large Heath, dragonflies or Spotted Salamanders.

Reach for the sky in Brevon Valley

This trail, mostly in the forest, offers picturesque views of the Beaulieu and Rochefort-sur-Brevon villages as well as the Brevon Valley. On a nine-kilometre path, discover an old but lively forest, perfumed with a variety of impressive tree species. The wild fauna that inhabits this area: deer, Roe Deer, Wild Boar, herons... and even Black Stork. Not forgetting the wealth of the local heritage: a chapel, forges, ancient wash houses and castles will charm you, especially the castle of Rochefort-sur-Brevon which dates from the 19th century.