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Holidays Picardy  -  Travel Information Picardy.

North of France, somewhat Northeast of Normandy.

Departments in Picardy : Aisne [ 02 ], Oise [ 60 ] en Somme [ 80 ]

Regions in Picardy : Amiens, Arras, Beauvais, Boulogne-sur-mer, Calais, Chantilly, Compiegne, Duinkerken, Laon, Lille, Noyon, St.-Omer, Senlis

Capital City Picardy : Amiens


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Camping & Caravanning

 Eurocampings  -  ACSI International Camping Guide - Picardy

Car Rental Picardy

 Holiday Autos  -   
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 Sixt  -   
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Holiday Homes / Cottages / Apartments

 
Cottages4you is the leading UK provider of self-catered holidays.

 Bungalow.net  -  Holiday homes France 

 Euro Relais  -  Holiday Cottages in France
Charming chalet, villa, castle or mill? Country cottage, mansion or farmhouse? Discover their special holiday homes and book online!

Hotels in Picardy

 Hotels in Picardie 
Hotels in Amiens, Péronne, Compiègne, Orry-la-Ville, Saint-Quentin, Longueau, Senlis, Chantilly, Laon, Beauvais, Roye, Albert, and more

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Hostels / Budget Accommodations

 Féderation d'Unie des Auberges de Jeunesse  -  youth hostels

 
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Travel Agents / Tour Operator

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Cottages4you is the leading UK provider of self-catered holidays.



 Into France - Holiday in France

 France Nord  -  Holidays in Northern France  -  self drive
Weekly : Self-Catering Cottages & Holiday Villages; Short Breaks : Hotels, Bed & Breakfast & Apartments

Travel Guides Picardy / Related books

Travel Guides Picardy [ amazon.co.uk ]

Normandy, Picardy & Pas De Calais  -  Barbara Eperon, Joe Cornish (Photographer)
Paperback 199 pages (January 1, 2001); Publisher: Contemporary Books; Language: English; ISBN: 0844299405.
Poets and Pals of Picardy: A Weekend on the Somme 
Tony Spagnoly (Foreword), Mary Ellen Freeman, Ted Smith (Editor)
As with previous books inthe Cameos of the Western Front series, Poets and Pals of Picardy offers the Great War enthusiast interesting stories about men, actions and places, this time in the Somme Sector of the old Western Front.
Paperback 144 pages (November 1999); Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0850527031.

Transport / How do I travel to Picardy

 Airport Beauvais  -  Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé
 ADP Airports of Paris  -  Aéroports de Paris (Roissy-CDG) 
Aérodromes : Amiens- Glisy, Abbeville-Buigny Saint Maclou und Soissons Courmelles

 

 
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 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights Picardy / price comparison possible

  -  Eurostar, TGV and high speed-rail travel across Europe
Rail Europe is the UK's leading supplier of European Rail tickets. Whether you want to take a short break or a fortnight, your train journey by Eurostar, and connection to Europe with the SNCF range of products, are available to book online.

 SNCF  -  French Railways  -  train travel planner

FerryCheap  -  fantastic fares from all of the UK's major ports

  -  Dover - Calais / Portsmouth to Cherbourg / Portsmouth to Le Havre
P&O Ferries is one of the most well known and trusted brands. Wherever you are travelling to, on holiday or on business, P&O Ferries offers a wide range of routes.

 

 Maps International  -  Maps France
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
Northern France Insight Travel Map (Insight Travel Maps S.) 
Map (January 28, 2005); Publisher: Insight Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 9812581863
 Mappy  -  French route planner


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Tourist Board Picardy  -  Comité Régionale du Tourisme de Picardie [CRTP]

 Amiens  -  Capital City Picardy

 Aisne Tourisme  -  Aisne Tourist Board
 Oisetourisme  -  The Oise Tourist Board
The Oise was once the very cradle of France and still harbours many of its old values and ways of life. Here kings and noblemen all left their mark. With its immense forest, châteaux and cathedrals, half-timbered houses , sporting and leisure activities and meandering rivers, it could be hundreds of miles from Paris... instead of a mere 45 kilometres. !!
 Tourist Board Somme  - Somme Tourisme

Aisne

 Blérancourt
 Charly-sur-marne
 Chateau-thierry
 Chauny
 Condé-en-brie
 Coucy-le-chateau
 Fere-en-tardenois  -  birth place Camille Claudel, sculptrice (1864-1943)
 Guignicourt-sur-aisne
Guignicourt is only 30 minutes away from the future '' TGV Est " station. In Guignicourt, a small and peaceful town, you will enjoy the charm of a garden on the banks of the Aisne River.
 Guise  -  Region de Guise  -  Tourist Board Guise
Communities in Guise: Aisonville et Bernoville, Audigny, Bernot, Chigny, Crupilly, Flavigny le Grand et Beaurain , Grand Verly, Guise, Hauteville, Iron, Lavaqueresse, Lesquielles Saint Germain, Macquigny, Malzy, Marly Gomont, Monceau sur Oise, Noyales, Petit Verly, Proisy, Proix, Romery, Tupigny, Vadencourt, Villers les Guise
 Hirson
 Laon  -  Ville de Laon
 Le-nouvion-en-thierache
 Liesse-notre-dame  -  Notre Dame de Liesse
 Saint-quentin  -  Capital City Upper Picardy
 Soissons
 Vic-sur-aisne  -  Chateau de Vic-sur-Aisne
 Villers-cotterets

Oise

 Beauvais
Saint Peter's Cathedral is an architectural marvel with is highest choir in the world (47 meters) and its astronomical clock (1868), 52 dials, 48 automats animated.
See also the Saint Etienne (Saint Stephen) Church's magnificent 16th century stained glass windows, The National Tapestry Gallery, the "Maison Gerber" decorated with tiles and ceramics and the Oise Regional Museum setting in the former Bishop's palace.
 Chantilly
Chantilly is well-known in the world for its chateau, its horse races, its extraordinary "Musée Vivant du Cheval" (equestrian museum), its forest and its spectacular international Fireworks Competition "Les Nuits de Feu".
 Clermont-de-l'Oise
 Compiegne
Since the origins of monarchy, Compiègne has been a royal and imperial residence. The chateau was the Autumn residence of Emperor Napoleon III.
The Compiègne forest is the place where armistices for both World Wars were signed.
 Creil
 Crépy-en-Vallois
 Crevecoeur-le-Grand
 Gerberoy (Jean-Pierre HIS's site)
 La Croix-Saint-Ouen
 Neuilly-en-Thelle
 Nogent-sur-Oise
 Noyon
The Calvin Museum stands in the emplacement of the native house of Jean Calvin. It was created by the society of french protestant history during the reconstruction, after 1918.
Visit the Cathedral Notre-Dame where Charlemagne and Hugues Capet were crowned.
 Parnes
 Pierrefonds
 Saint-Germer-de-Fly
 Senlis
Surrounded by forest, Senlis has saved a part of its gallo-roman and medieval battlement, and the main part of its historical monuments. How about stroll in a "sleeping lady" down-town...
 Verneuil-en-Halatte

 Chateau de Coucy
The remains of the ruins of the hugest medieval fortress in Europe
 L'E-Journal de L'Omois

Cuisine - French Cooking

 French Food and Cook  -  authentic French cuisine
Menus and recipes, Tips and Tools, Table setting, Practice your French [ recipes in French ]
 Meilleur du Chef [ french & english ]
Hors-d'Œuvres, Starters, Fish, Meat, Vegetables, Desserts, Other dishes, Bases, Sauces, Extras, Diet Dishes.
 Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck
684 pages; Black and White Sketches, no Photography 
Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2001

History of Picardy

From Pontefract to Picardy: The 9th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the First World War 
Derek Clayton
Paperback 256 pages (May 2004); Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 075243165X.

 Battle_of_the_Somme
The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. The British and French forces attempted to break through the German lines along a 25 mile (40 km) front north and south of the River Somme in northern France....
 Great War - Wikipedia [ World_War_I ] 
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The war was fought by the Allies on one side, and the Central Powers on the other...
 French history timeline

Music, Culture & Entertainment

A minority of people speak the Picard language, which is also spoken in Artois [ Nord-Pas de Calais région ]. "P'tit quinquin", a song in the Picard dialect, is a symbol of the local culture [ and of that of Artois ].

 Chanter  -  French Music Database
Artists, Concerts, Charts, Shopping, MP3/MIDI Files, Radio, Lyrics & Music, Forum, and more
 Viafrance  -  all events in France
Furthermore regional information and interesting links within the French regions.

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