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Château Fort de
Rambures ( C15th ) |
The
area of Samara
invites you to experience prehistory. Here you can come face to face with
human beings in their prehistoric habitats - and you can learn about their
activities, through actual demonstrations of flint knapping,
pottery-making, fire-building, and weaving.www.samara.fr The
prehistory is presented by Boucher de Perthes in Abbeville. Visit the
beautiful collection of flints in Museum
of Abbeville.www.ville-abbeville.fr
The fortified castle at
Rambures, (Château-fort de Rambures)
a remarkable example of 15th century military architecture. www.chateaufort-rambures.com
Le Château de
Bagatelles ( C18th ) |
In the eastern part of the Somme,
Memorials of the Great War :the Remembrance Tour,
cemeteries, war memorials, museums and
trenches bear witness to the battle of the Somme (1916)
during wich more than one million
soldiers were killed . Visit the
museum of the Great War in Peronne (historial), the Thiepval British memorial to
the missing and the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamels . www.historial.org
And
there's more...
Chinese cemetery
at Nolette – the Great War ( Le cimetière chinois de
Nolette )
Crécy-en-Ponthieu battle field
( 1346 ) Site of the Battle of Crécy-en-Ponthieu
The Underground City of Naours
( Les grottes de Naours )
Saint-Maxent windmill
Ask at
Reception for detailed maps and brochures of the region.
Bay of Somme
special events :
Spring :
La
transbaie : The cross country -race
in the Bay of Somme
The
international Jazz festival in Amiens
April
:
Don't
forget to come the Bird Film Festival (films, shows, nature walks,...)
www.festival-oiseau.asso.fr
June :
Open-house in the gardens of Picardy
Middle of
June :
The
Guillaume Medieval Festival ( William the Conqueror) at St Valery sur Somme
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Jully :
Ceremonies commemorating
World War I
Summer:
The
Saint Riquier Summer Classical Music Festival every July, brings together the
best soloists and classical music groups in Europe under the arches of the Abbey
Church.
The Sea Festival
in Cayeux sur mer, St valery and Le Crotoy
September:
La
picarde : The international famous
bicycle on the picardy cost
"Son et
lumière " sound and light show "The
land of Picardy "in Ailly sur Noye
www.aillysurnoye.com
Bargain
hunting: rederies
is a local term for what amounts to "car-boot" are held in numerous
The best famous :
April:
The spring "rederie" of Amiens
End of
July: Quesnoy le montant
15 august
: Mons Boubert
End of
August : Abbeville
October:The
automn "rederie" of Amiens
The markets
The markets reflect
the local colour and atmosphere and a good place to savour some of the local
produce
Abbeville:
Thursday and Saturday and last
wednesday of the month
Ault
:Saturday morning
Onival:
In season: wednesday morning
Cayeux
sur mer:
tuesday ,friday morning
and in season: sunday morning
Le
crotoy
: tuesday ,friday morning tfrom
15/06 to 15/09 friday morning in low season
Fort
Mahon Plage
: from 15/06 to 15/09 tuesday
and friday morning
Frivillle Escarbotin
:Saturday morning
Mers
les Bains: Monday and Thursday
Quend
Plage:
Monday morning and Thursday morning
in season
Rue:
Saturday morning
Saint
Valery sur Somme: Sunday morning
and wednesday morning in season
