From the citadel of Besançon to the high plateaux near Switzerland, a B&B for sale in Doubs appeals to guests who want mountains, clear rivers and hearty regional food. The Loue valley around Ornans, painted by Courbet, the Saut du Doubs waterfall, Lake Saint-Point and the fir forests draw walkers, anglers and canoeists in summer and cross-country skiers around Métabief in winter. Comté and Mont d'Or cheeses, Morteau sausage and Pontarlier absinthe attract food lovers from Switzerland, Alsace, Lyon and Paris, and the royal saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Properties suited to guest rooms are mostly large Comtois farmhouses, village maisons de maître and older valley houses. This page is for buyers of a running chambres d'hôtes business, for people comparing Doubs with neighbouring Jura, and for owners planning to sell. Set up an email alert (in French) for new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no B&Bs and guest houses for sale in Doubs listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, 3 listings show asking prices from €449,000 to €890,000.
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.
Doubs is the region's most expensive department for country houses: a median €224,920 in 2025, €2,097/m², with the top decile starting at €351,981. A four- or five-bedroom guest house goes beyond that and nears the prestige market, whose regional median is €520,000 over 2021-2025; there are too few local sales for a department figure. Unusually, tourist inland (mountain) municipalities are the dearest, at a median €304,375, yet they have slipped 5.5% since 2021, while deep rural areas gained 11.9%.
The Haut-Doubs, from Pontarlier to Morteau and the Mouthe valley, offers snow, lakes, watchmaking heritage and the Doubs Horloger regional nature park; guests come all year, but cross-border commuters working in Switzerland push prices up. The Loue valley, from Ornans to Mouthier-Haute-Pierre, has characterful villages, cliffs and trout streams, busiest in summer. Around Besançon, the lower plateaux attract city, business and cultural visitors at more moderate prices. Access is via the A36, Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station on the Rhine-Rhône line, and Geneva and Basel-Mulhouse airports.
The Comtois farmhouse puts home, cowshed and barn under one vast roof, sometimes around a tuyé, a huge chimney once used to smoke meat: plenty of space for guest rooms, but insulation, heating and roofing must be costed, as winters are long. In mountain areas the loi Montagne restricts building. The limestone ground, riddled with sinkholes, makes private septic systems tricky, so read the SPANC inspection report closely; check flood risk in the Doubs and Loue valleys. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, and must be declared at the mairie (town hall). Serving wine at the table d'hôtes (guest dinners) requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. See our guide to opening chambres d'hôtes (in French).
Yes: demand from households working in Switzerland keeps the Haut-Doubs above the department's €224,920 country-house median, though well-kept properties also resell more easily. For a tighter budget, look at the Loue valley or the plateaux around Besançon. Our guest house buying guide (in French) covers each stage up to completion before the notaire, the public official who handles property sales.
Lakes and rivers in summer and Nordic skiing in winter give two seasons, but spring and autumn are quiet outside Besançon. Test your assumptions with our B&B profitability and tax simulator (in French) and have an accountant review them.
The new owner declares the business at the town hall in their own name and checks the room limit, mandatory surveys, septic inspection and any drinks licence transfer. Sellers can list their property with us.
To compare, browse guest houses for sale in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, including Côte-d'Or, Haute-Saône and the Territoire de Belfort, or all B&Bs for sale in France and tourism properties in Doubs.
