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The Castel Damandre Hotel-Restaurant, situated at the heart of the Jura department, is a 3-star establishment full of charm and character.
Its rooms and suites offer guests a traditional Jura style and are perfect for hosting families all year round. Enjoy our gastronomic restaurant and take advantage of our expertise to organise your seminars, study days and weddings.
You are sure to appreciate the outdoor swimming pool with the arrival of the good weather, the stunning rural surroundings and the magnificent sites you can discover from your starting point in Arbois. The Franche-Comté region is simply yours to discover.
Family Jacuzzi Suite
The hotel has a Family Jacuzzi Suite, which can accommodate two adults, two children and a baby, and is ideal for a stay as a family. The suite is formed of two bedrooms, each with a large bed, a lounge area with sofa, and a balcony overlooking the waterfall.
Its light grey and taupe tones, and Scandinavian-inspired interior, create a pleasant and calming ambiance. The bathroom features a large Italian-style shower and two wash basins. The Jacuzzi is in the parental bedroom.
Junior Privilege Jacuzzi Suite
The hotel offers two Junior Privilege Jacuzzi Suites. These suites are luxurious and spacious living spaces, ideal for a romantic stay.
Privilege Room
The hotel has three privilege rooms. These living areas are understated, stylish and elegant. With fine wooden furniture, a four-poster bed in two of the rooms and an Italian-style shower, everything is provided for a perfect stay.
It is possible to book two interconnected privilege rooms (with a door on each side). They can accommodate from one to five guests (one bedroom with a large bed for two adults and one bedroom with three 90×190 beds for three children).
Breakfast at the Castel Damandre Hotel
The breakfast buffet is served in a well-lit room with a view over the waterfall. You can taste local produce and eggs from our farm. An ideal setting in which to start the day!
Our approach to cuisine
With respect and love for fine ingredients, Chef Pascal Mathieu serves a different menu each evening.
He places great value in giving diners a quality gastronomic experience and, with this in mind, he selects the finest ingredients the region has to offer. All raw ingredients are processed at the restaurant and are mainly organic.
The Chef uses no semi-processed products and works with local artisans who are passionate about their trade: Roland Gaillard for trout, Rachel Voisard for Bresse chicken, Antoine Morin for milk-fed veal and farm eggs… He also sources his fruit and vegetables from a regional producer.
The restaurant Le Castel serves special menus for various events throughout the year, such as the Percée du Vin Jaune (Opening of the Yellow Wine), Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day and Saint Hubert’s day, when you can dine to the sound of hunting horns.
A visual and culinary experience
Pascal Mathieu likes to provide a treat for the eyes as much as the taste buds. The Chef pays particular attention to the presentation of his dishes, which are as beautiful as they are delicious.
The cuisine is both traditional and creative, and offers a chance to taste the Jura’s superb specialities, such as Bresse chicken and morel mushrooms in yellow wine sauce.
For Sunday lunch, from Easter to the end of August, you can try the delicious regional menu, which is created according to the Chef’s inspiration and seasonal finds at the market.
The wine menu
The wines are carefully selected and the head waiter will be delighted to recommend wines that will bring the best out of each course of your meal.
The menu offers a fine selection of wines from the Jura and elsewhere, including some Premiers Grands Crus Classés (top-ranked first growths), as well as organic, biodynamic and natural wines.
An elegant and bucolic setting
The restaurant’s dining room is elegantly decorated, with beautiful white table cloths, stylish tableware, flower bouquets… The interior is in keeping with the quality of the food served by the Chef.
When summer comes, you can enjoy your lunch or dinner on the shady terrace, along the banks of La Cuisance, a charming river that will lend a bucolic touch to your meal.
Le Castel’s team looks forward to serving you every evening of the week until the 16th of December, and every Sunday lunchtime from Easter to the end of August.
Seminar, reception and wedding events rooms in Arbois, Jura
Plan all your private and professional events in a peaceful location. The Castel Damandre Hotel-Restaurant offers guests the possibility of organising seminars, study days, receptions, weddings and even family meals in the Jura department.
Take advantage of our expertise and our various accommodation options to host your guests or team members. Our whole team is at your disposal to advise you and organise your bespoke event according to your needs and wishes.
Make the most of our stunning rural setting and entirely customisable services. For example, during the summer, what could be better than pre-dinner drinks by our waterfall?
Incentive offers
Complete your work session with incentive activities. We provide a wide range of services available when you stay at Castel Damandre Hotel.
For example, your guests can taste wines from Arbois, visit villages in the region (such as Dole, Arbois, Arc-et-Senans, and Lons-le-Saunier) or try various sporting and discovery activities. Make the most of Castel Damandre’s privileged setting to promote your company’s image.
Hotel leisure activities
The Castel Damandre Hotel-Restaurant offers guests the following leisure facilities and activities:
- Heated outdoor swimming pool with a poolside terrace equipped with deckchairs
- Tennis court
- Mountain bikes at guests’ disposal (on request)
- Billiards
- Trout fishing on private land (catch and release only)
- Leisure activities in the Jura department
For all your business or leisure stays, make sure you try the various activities available in Arbois:
- Wine cellar visits and tasting (wines from Arbois, Pupillin, Montigny-lès-Arsures, Château-Chalon…)
- Horse-riding
- Marked hiking trails
- Discovery of Jura and its region, with its many lakes, waterfalls, rivers, and more.
Caves, waterfalls, lakes and natural sites…
to be discovered less than 5 km away
The Jura offers magnificent opportunities. Discover numerous tourist attractions less than 5 kilometres from our -star hotel. With caves, waterfalls, lakes and natural sites, your only difficulty will be choosing where to go:
- Cul du Bray: a wild valley along which runs a small stream
- The Parençot belvedere overlooking it
- Roche de Feu and its ledge which was home to cavemen
- 300 m of cliffs: the highest in the Jura
- The village of Les Planches
- The caves of Les Moidons
- The pass of the two rocks with inscriptions carved in the stone that date from the time when the ruined fortress, which you may visit, was home to the region’s lords in the eleventh century.
- Croix du Saut de la Pucelle which overlooks the entire plain
- The Châtelaine and its small fourteenth-century church
- The château of Countess Mahaut d’Artois
- Fer-à-Cheval cirque in which the river Cuisance runs
- The Tufs waterfall (one of the most beautiful) and its source, which springs up from the rocks and runs through the undergrowth in levels. Very wide and shallow, it is an ideal hiding place for trout.
Other tourist attractions in the Jura
to visit during your stay:
- Arbois and its arcades, and as you stroll through its streets: Tour Gloriette (Gloriette Tower), Pont des Capucins (Capucins Bridge), Château Faramand, the Hermitage, its church, Musée Sarret Grozon (Sarret Grozon Art Museum), Musée de la Vigne et du Vin (Museum of Vines and Wine), Maison Louis Pasteur (Home of Louis Pasteur)…
- Welcoming wine growers and their wine cellars
- The salt works of Salins-les-Bains
- The salt works of Arc-et-Senans
- The source of the River Lison and Pont du Diable (Diable Bridge)
- Herisson Falls
- The Nans-Sous-Sainte-Anne Taillanderie (edged-tool factory)
- The source of the River Loue
- Ornans: Musée Courbet (Courbet Art Museum) and Château de Cléron
- Poligny, capital of Comté and its fruitières (cheese cooperatives)
- Route des Sapins hiking trail
- Cheese cooperatives
- The lakes of Jura
and many other wonders… Our selection of things to see and do in the surrounding area
