La Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans

A really interesting place to visit with high quality exhibitions and audio guide. The architect was truly visionary. Also lots of information about the history of salt use and value, the changing use of the unique building, and UNESCO impact. My children (7 and 11) enjoyed the treasure hunt on the audio guide. When we were there a really stunning sensory art experience by Charles Belle was amazing and unexpected. Also the cafe is good with very special outdoor spaces to eat, created from natural willow. A lovely, stimulating and unusual place to be.

Interesting place to visit, I learn a lot on how salt was made and the importance of it in history. You visit the Saline Royale with a tablet and VR animation, it’s very well done and available in a dozen of languages and you wouldn’t understand a lot without it. The natation of the story could be improved a bit, there is a lot of repetition of the same explanation. I would have love to be able to see more of the tool they used at least a smaller model. Everything is displayed on the tablet but it would be nice to have more real life things to see. The part of the visit on Ledoux project was very interesting and I appreciate having more things to see in real and less on the tablet that just bring audio information. Regarding the new garden, maybe it’s because it’s new and plants are not fully grown but it was not that interesting.