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  Jura tourism : accommodation, summer and winter holidays - Jura France
Jura tourism : accommodation, summer and winter holidays - Jura France
30 of Geneva, Lausanne and Lyon, a course of championship waits to you offering splendid points of view on the vines and classified villages of this area of the Jura.
You will be able to benefit from a rest deserved in one of the 36 hotel rooms *** nicely decorated.
www.jura-tourism.com /index.php?langue=2&carnet=0   (159 words)

  
  Isle of Jura accommodation, travel, transport - The Internet Guide to Scotland
The main route on to Jura is via the small, privately-owned, vehicle ferry from Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay.
Jura House itself can be rented out on a weekly basis for groups of up to 15 people for self-catering accommodation.
Jura House can be rented out on a weekly basis for groups of up to 15 people.
www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /jura.htm   (1843 words)

  
  Jura mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jura folds are located north of the main Alpine orogenic front, and are being continually deformed, accommodating the northwards compression due to Alpine folding.
The Jura (the rock after which the mountains are named) comprises of three major lithological units: the Malm, Dogger and Lias (giving rise to the name for the Jurassic Geologic period); which represent a shallow marine carbonate sequence, containing abundant bioclasts and oolitic horizons.
Structurally, the Jura consists of a sequence of 'box' folds, the formation of which is facilitated by an evaporitic decollement layer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jura_mountains   (196 words)

  
 San Diego "Jura"
The main goals of the "Jura" folk dance group are to maintain the unique Lithuanian folk dance heritage and to enrich the tapestry of San Diego's multicultural community.
Later, in the summer of 2000, "Jura" dancers participated at the XI Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival in Toronto, Canada.
Every year since inception "Jura" has performed in the Nations Festival organized by the San Diego House of Pacific Relations, and in 2002 and 2003 at the San Diego Nations Dance Festival organized by the San Diego Dance Alliance.
www.sandiegojura.org /index_en.shtml   (161 words)

  
 Isle of Jura in cross-stitch
Jura is one of the larger Inner Hebrides, lying between its near neighbour Islay and the Argyll mainland.
It is dominated by the three Paps of Jura which are known in Gaelic as The Mountain of the Sound, The Mountain of Gold and The Sacred Mountain.
The name Jura is said to come from the Norse words meaning Deer Island and certainly this has more than a ring of truth to it - today over 6500 deer live on the island, cultivated by the big sporting estates which derive most of their income from renting out the stalking.
www.mearnscraft.co.uk /jura.htm   (749 words)

  
 George Orwell and the Isle of Jura
The waters of the sound of Jura are just over the low rise in the background a few hundred yards away maybe.
During his time on Jura he was diagnosed with TB and he spent some time in a sanitarium in the Cotswolds.
Earnan is thought to be one of the first pilgrims to travel to Jura and round about.
www.visit-islay.com /juranew/jura1a.html   (522 words)

  
 Interfrance: Department of Jura   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The JURA (meaning "forest" in Gaulish language) is a beautiful land of lakes, rivers, waterfalls, forest and caves.
The Jura mountains form a natural border between France and Switzerland (200 Km-125 miles- long) with a maximum elevation of 1 723 m (5 650 feet) at the "Cret de la Neige".
The "Haut Jura Festival " is staged in a different village each year, and offers an opportunity to view all the activities which make this area special and original.
www.interfrance.com /en/fc/fc_jura.html   (185 words)

  
 E. Buie -> Journey to Jura
The Isle of Jura, about thirty miles long and five wide, lies like a lazy script-J between Islay and the Scottish mainland, about 50 miles west of Glasgow.
In 1493 the northern half of Jura was given to the Macleans.
Passing Jura's one hotel, one distillery, and one food store, I stopped at its one tearoom/gift-shop to buy some postcards and plant my feet upon the ground.
www.aesthetic-images.com /ebuie/article_jura.html   (1144 words)

  
 Wine Pages - the wines of the Jura
Chardonnay is the Jura's most planted variety and the growing success of Crémant seems to have benefited the quality, because any unripe grapes go for the sparkling base, leaving the riper stuff for the whites.
Confusingly, Jura reds are sometimes labelled as rosé, because of their pale colour, even though the tannins evident on the palate make it obvious to any modestly experienced wine taster that the wines have been vinified as a red.
But, to really uncover the mystery of the wines of the Jura, you must explore the caves of the vignerons in villages such as Montigny-les-Arsures, Pupillin, Le Vernois and Rotalier, and be prepared later to wash the wines down with some hearty mountain fare in the local restaurants.
www.wine-pages.com /guests/wink/jura.htm   (1982 words)

  
 Single Malt Whisky - Alfred Barnard - Jura
The appearance of Jura from this position is very romantic, the mountains rising precipitately from the sea, same of them to the height of 2,500 feet above sea level.
The Island of Jura is thirty miles long and seven broad, and contains a population of nearly a thousand persons.
In Jura the inhabitants are beyond the reach of anything but dairy produce, potatoes and fish; occasionally a mountain sheep is kilted and divided among the community, but, as a rule, it is a question of a daily forage for a day's supply of food.
www.peatfreak.com /alfred-barnard-jura.php   (1699 words)

  
 ClubFishFrance - family fly fishing holidays in France - Normandy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Jura possesses over 2000 kilometres of premier class trout rivers and streams that are considered to be amongst the most beautiful in Europe.
And access to Jura couldn't be more convenient - for the driver it’s only 4 hours (mainly motorway) driving from Paris - or take a budget flight to Geneva and just hop over the scenic French/Swiss border.
The Jura region offers a Fisherman and his Family a range of diverse leisure activities and spectacular mountain scenery in which to enjoy a memorable holiday.
www.clubfishfrance.co.uk /jura.htm   (380 words)

  
 Jura Coffee Machines - Discount coffee makers, espresso machines, toasters, teaware and tableware from Coffee, Tea and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Jura F70 is another machine to feature the revolutionary Rotary Switch, which gives you instant control at the twist of a wrist.
A superb bean to cup machine, the Jura F50 is the baby brother of the superb Jura F90 with the same great styling but without Internet connectivity and touch sensitive controls.
Jura machines have integrated cleaning cycles that are designed to work with these tablets, ensuring your machine stays in the best condition.
www.coffee-tea-toast.co.uk /Jura_Coffee_Machines2317.htm   (1023 words)

  
 The arc Jurassien Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The northwest frontier dividing Switzerland from France is the Jura mountain range – line after line of long, northeast-southwest ridges that trap between them a succession of sausage-shaped lakes.
The Jura are nothing like the Alps: much lower to start with (rarely more than 1500m), with none of the majesty but all of the ruggedness.
The huge majority of the area covered by this chapter is francophone, and yet it straddles the linguistic divide, the Röstigraben, between French- and German-speaking Switzerland.
switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/arc_jurassien   (904 words)

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