23 - Must-See Sites in La Somme - Amiens, France

" Visiting these places gave me an understanding of the wealth and diversity of this fascinating region"

On the Picardy Coast and in the Somme Bay

 1:   The Somme Bay
 2:   Le Marquenterre Orinthological Park
 3:   Valloires Gardens and Abbey
 4:   Rambures Fortress
 5:   The Bird Centre
 6:   St Vulfran Collegiate Church in Abbeville
 7:   St. Riquier Abbey-Church



















 8:   The Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens
 9:   The Somme Bay Railway
10:  The Hortillonnages
11:  The Picardy Museum
12:  Samara
13:  The Sound and Light Show in Ailly-sur-Noye
14:  The underground town in Naours

                                       In the heart of the Upper Somme
15:  The ponds of the Upper Somme
16:  The Battlefields of the Somme
17:  The Great War Museum in Peronne
18:  The Somme 1916 Museum in Albert
19:  The South African Museum and National Memorial in Longueval
20:  The Franco-British Memorial in Thiepval
21:  The Newfoundland Memorial in Beaumont-Hamel
22:  The immense "Lochnagar crater" in Boisselle
23:  The Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux
24:  The Upper Somme Train, Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre

How to get there:
By Road:  A1, A16, A28 and A29 motorways
Map Reference:  Michelin no 236, IGN 101

By Train:  By the Paris-Lille and Paris-Calais lines

Tourist Information De La Somme
21 rue Ernest-Cauvin
80000 Amiens
France

Tel:  +33 (0)322 71 22 71
Fax:  +33 (0)322 71 22 69
Email:  accueil@somme-tourisme.com
Web:  www.somme-tourisme.com