1. The Saint-Ursanne at Jura is not in every tourist’s bucket list, but saudade can grab you when you fail to visit the little town of St-Ursanne, including some of the most picturesque and ravishing hamlets in Switzerland.

2. According to legend, the strikingly beautiful hamlet of St-Ursanne was founded by Ursicinus, a seventh-century monk, who built a monastery here and lived the life of a hermit in this once desolated region. Even today, this place is believed to invoke the higher powers of the divine.

3. Although the population of St-Ursanne is a few hundreds, the small town on the banks of the River Doubs has remained an embodiment of peace and tranquillity.

4. The quaint little town comprises burgher house, medieval edifices belonging to the period between the 14th and 16th century. There is a majestic college church believed to have built between the 12th and the 14th century.

5. Visitors can clamber up a steep staircase of 190 steps of the hermitage of St. Ursicinus, or up to the high-standing castle ruins to Saint-Ursanne’s north. The Doubs Bridge comprises 4 arches built in 1728 and lends a delightfully panoramic view of the medieval town and its surroundings, including the Nature Park Doubs.

6. The recommended way to explore this pretty little mediaeval town: pick up a guided tour with the ‘St-Ursanne on Foot’ flyer. You are in perfect company with the chivalrous knight Godefroy (“Drallo” app), or you could paint the town red in the mediaeval festival of Les Médiévales.

7. The Clos du Doubs entrenched in natural wilderness is accessible by foothpaths and a mountain bike route that even beginners can have a fling at. The Doubs attracts a lot of fishermen too. Locals say that the best river touts abound in the Doubs. Major attractions here also include the river landscape about the Doubs, quite popular with the kayakers and canoeists.

8. A four-day walk, about 80km, from St. Ursanne along the River Doubs to Les Brenets or vice versa makes for a highly rewarding experience. Tourists can also split this up into separate day walks. There are post bus routes that take you back up from the Doubs Valley to the Jura plateau.