Guided tours of the town : July - August. Let's visit Arbois with a walkman all year round. Visit the church St-Just and climb up to the churchtower (meeting point at the foot of the staircases) (Please ask the tourist office).

Visit the town on your own (signposted tours) : the city has a deserved reputation for ancien houses and towers that have been preserved.

The old city walls : The church tower ; Gloriette tower 16th. century, remains of the ramparts ; the Prieuré tower ; the Pecauld castle 12th. and 14th. century ; the Bontemps castle can be seen from the church).

The church St-Just : 12th. century nave, 13th. century vaulting ; 16th. century chancel ; 17th. century and 1715 churchtower. The organ is rated as a historic monument and was restored in 1985.

Pasteur spent his childhood from 1830 to 1839 in this house and came back regulary for holidays throughout his life. After his father died in 1865, Pasteur gradually bought the family's tannery and transformed it into this cosy and comfortable house where he liked to stay, surrounded by his family.
With its exceptional late 19th century interior decoration (wallpaper, furniture, tapestries, ornaments) which has been restored by the French Academy of Sciences in 1995, Louis Pasteur's house is a sanctuary where the spirit of the great scientist still lingers, at the billiard table as well as in the laboratory.