Between the citadel of Besançon and the high plateaus of the Haut-Doubs, a tourism property for sale in Doubs serves visitors looking for mid-mountain scenery, white water and regional food. The Loue valley around Ornans, the Dessoubre gorges, the Saut du Doubs waterfall and Lake Saint-Point attract anglers, kayakers and hikers in summer, while the slopes of Métabief, a resort adapting its ski area to the lack of snow, and the cross-country trails of the Grande Traversée du Jura take over in winter. The Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans and Vauban's fortifications in Besançon, both World Heritage Sites, support cultural tourism all year, and Comté cheese, Mont d'Or and Morteau sausage carry the area's name well beyond the region.
Supply is shaped by the mountains and the Swiss border: town and valley hotel-restaurants, plateau inns, Franche-Comté farmhouses converted into holiday lets, Haut-Doubs chalets, holiday villages and group centres, and woodland lodges. This page is for buyers taking over a running business, investors backing the two-season model and owners planning to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, no tourism property in Doubs is listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, 16 listings show a median asking price of €519,500.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Doubs was €224,920 (average €231,971), or €2,097/m² of living space, for 112 m² on an average plot of 1,535 m², based on 1,307 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €120,000 and one in ten above €351,981. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €197,000 to €224,920 (+14.2%); over the last year the change is +3.1%. For comparison: €157,000 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Doubs | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €224,920 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €231,971 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €120,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €351,981 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,097/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,535 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,307 | 11,450 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €206,850 (peri-urban countryside) to €304,375 (tourist inland). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €304,375 | €3,005/m² | -5.5% | 146 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €206,850 | €1,923/m² | +2.9% | 4,147 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €240,000 | €2,192/m² | +11.9% | 3,256 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) benchmark is a median of €520,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €589,700, a P10–P90 range of €367,200 to €863,000 and 1,438 €/m² of living space, over 222 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2025) | 43 | €590,000* | €658,100 | €385,000 – €1,004,000 | 1,714 |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2021-2025) | 222 | €520,000 | €589,700 | €367,200 – €863,000 | 1,438 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Doubs and prestige property prices in Doubs (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Two DVF benchmarks help. A country house sold for a median €224,920 in 2025, well above the regional average, supported by demand from cross-border commuters. In tourist inland communes, meaning the Haut-Doubs and the valleys, the median rises to €304,375 over 2020-2025, the relevant reference for a guest business. With no departmental data on large period homes, the regional median of €520,000 gives the order of magnitude for estates combining a home and rental units. Across Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, gîte complexes lead supply, followed by equestrian properties and manor houses; hotels and inns are valued mainly on their trading figures.
Doubs has many independent, often family-run hotels where the restaurant makes the reputation. In the Haut-Doubs, around Pontarlier, Morteau or Malbuisson, the hotel-restaurant lives on cross-country skiing, summer hiking and Swiss guests crossing the border for dinner. In the Loue and Doubs valleys, riverside inns welcome anglers and cyclists. Farm inns (fermes-auberges) serving their own produce suit the plateaus, and Besançon brings steady business travellers. Check whether the sale covers the building, the business or both, then assess operating profit (EBITDA), room and cover capacity, kitchens and safety compliance. Compare with hotels for sale across France and inns for sale.
The Comtois farmhouse, with its huge barn under a sweeping roof, easily houses several holiday lets: see gîtes for sale in Doubs and B&Bs for sale in Doubs.
The Jura mountains still have holiday centres for groups and school trips; a takeover requires checking approvals, capacity and building condition. Chalets and cabins among the fir forests suit glamping, listed under glamping sites for sale; campsites appear regionally under campsite businesses in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Riverside mansions and large plateau farms host weddings: see event venues in Doubs.
The building is conveyed by a notary, while the business follows its own transfer formalities. A public-access building (ERP) needs a favourable fire safety commission opinion; star ratings from 1 to 5 last 5 years; the restaurant or drinks licence and operating permit must be transferred at the town hall. Holiday lets fall under the law of 19 November 2024 (loi Le Meur), whose energy requirements weigh heavily in a harsh climate. The Mountain Act applies in the Haut-Doubs and, more widely, in many communes of the department classed as mountain areas (check the commune's status), and converting a barn needs planning consent for a change of use. Karst limestone calls for care over septic systems (SPANC inspection) and subsidence; flooding on the Doubs and Loue appears in the risk report.
The Haut-Doubs, between Métabief, Lake Saint-Point and the Morteau valley, combines winter, summer and Swiss visitors. The Loue valley works mainly from spring to autumn. Around Besançon, hotels rely on business and transit guests.
It depends on occupancy, average restaurant spend, payroll and heating costs. Ask for three years of accounts and test your figures with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
Add the building value, the business value based on operating profit, purchase costs, insulation work and off-season cash.
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