Pontarlier → Sainte-Croix

Ascending into the Swiss Jura, this stage brings pilgrims to Sainte-Croix, a center of mechanical music and automata craftsmanship. The route features higher-elevation tracks and a shift from French to Swiss cultural landscapes.

Scenery

Jura plateaus, mixed forests and pastoral highland meadows with craft villages.

Points of interest along the way

• • CIMA (Centre International de la Mécanique d'Art)
• • Musée Baud (automata and mechanical music)