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PICARDY HOLIDAYS > FRANCE
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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Campsites & Caravanning
 Eurocampings - ACSI International Camping Guide - Picardy
Holiday Homes / Cottages / Apartments
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Hotels Picardy
Booking - Hotel Guide Picardie
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Travel Agents / Tour Operator
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An enchanted family break in Amiens
Hand the reins over to the kids for a weekend in Amiens!
Their programme: visit to Father Christmas's chalet, merry-go-rounds, entertainment, hot drinks, waffles and
company… Tag along! See See Amiens Tourism.
Travel Guides Picardy / Related books
Travel Guides Picardy [ amazon.co.uk ]
La Picardie à pied : 45 promenades & randonnées
Broché: 144 pages; Editeur : Federation Francaise de la Randonnee Pedestre (3 avril 2008); Collection : TopoGuides; Langue : Français; ISBN-10: 2751402313; ISBN-13: 978-2751402319.
La Côte Picarde... à pied - René Prestaux (Auteur)
Broché: 80 pages; Editeur : Federation Francaise de la Randonnee Pedestre (28 juin 2007); Collection : TopoGuides; Langue : Français; ISBN-10: 2751401260; ISBN-13: 978-2751401268.
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
Flight tickets Picardy / price comparison possible
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- Dover - Calais / Portsmouth to Cherbourg / Portsmouth to Le Havre
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Tourist Board Picardy - Comité Régionale du Tourisme de Picardie [CRTP]
Amiens - Capital City Picardy and Somme department
120 km (75 mi) north of Paris.
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
Somme department
Abbeville / Abbekerke - Ville Abbeville
Abbeville is located on the Somme River, 20 kilometres from the English Channel. In the medieval period, it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme.
Amiens
Lucheux
The only Medieval City in the Somme with the three monuments that symbolise the medieval past of France:
the 12th to 13th-century fortified castle with its exceptional machicolations, the Romanesque church with its 12th century capitals and the 13th century belfry, a UNESCO heritage site. See Doullens Tourism.
Montdidier - Tourism Montdidier
The commune has existed since before Roman times, possibly corresponding to the site of Bratuspance.
Péronne
Péronne is close to where the Battles of the Somme took place during World War I.
Communes Somme department
Attractions Picardy
Australian Memorial of Le Hamel
Commemorates more than 100 000 Australians who served in the Australian Corps in France. It was laid out by the Australian government.
This imposing memorial, standing at the end of a vast cemetery, pays tribute to the Australian soldiers who
perished during the Great War. It was in Villers-Bretonneux that they finally halted the German offensive in April 1918. Anzac Day is commemorated there every year in April.
Chateau de Coucy
The remains of the ruins of the hugest medieval fortress in Europe.
Grottes Naours
The limestone of the Picardy plateau was dug out in many places to form refuges. These refuges were called
"muches" (hideouts in Picard language). Those in Naours, rediscovered at the end of the last century, are the
largest known: all the underground areas combined can house around 2,600 people with their livestock. The
layout is remarkable: around 300 chambers, public squares, stables, wells, chimneys, and a chapel with three
naves. These underground areas were used by the British forces during the First World War and were used
as the headquarters of the German forces during the second world war. Exhibitions of traditional trades.
In the park: games, 2 windmills from the 18th century.
Samara park - leisure park dedicated to Prehistory 15 km from Amiens
Reconstructions of prehistoric environments, arboretum, botanical garden, marsh and astonishing activities
(fire-making, throwing-stick shooting, etc.) and traditional demonstrations (pottery, flint shaping, forge, etc.). In
the 25-hectare park, nature, discoveries, activities and recreation will be the ingredients for an unforgettable day with friends or family at Samara park.
News - L'E-Journal de L'Omois
University of Picardy - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
Cuisine - Picardy Cooking
Gastronomie Picardie
History Picardy
Histoire de la Picardie
Préhistoire Picardie, Antiquité, Moyen Âge [ La féodalité ], Époque moderne, Histoire contemporaine.
Museum of the Great War - Historial de la Grande Guerre
The museum looks mostly at the Great War, and the years just before and just after. It strives to place war in a social context
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...
Music, Arts & Culture Picardy, Events
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 ].
Culture de la Picardie
Museum of Picardy [ Amiens ]
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