Picardy
Hi Has anyone had a holiday in Picardy .If so what was it like
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We haven 't spent an entire holiday there but have simply called at specific places in Picardy as we passed through - the small resort of Le Crotoy on the coast, the cathedral on the hill at Laon, and my uncle's grave in the military cemetery at Abbeville. Inland Picardy is a very agricultural part of France and didn't hold our interest for long but you may have a special reason for choosing it.
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I would say Compiegne (the town, the chateau and the Armistice Clearing which is very poignant) and Laon are definitely worth a visit. Plenty to see in the area and Champagne nearby too. Of course there is also much WW1 history in Picardy.
LINK to tourist ideas.
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This might help https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-complete-guide-to-picardy-5353010.html
David
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Some pleasant towns and some good sites but otherwise best passed through rapidly unless you have a particular interest in the region such as war memorials. Calais to Reims in three hours gets you through the boring part of France and you can stop at Au Bord de l’Aisne at Guignicourt which this year is ACSI (may not be next year). After that you can see Burgundy in your headlights.
The French are generally quite rude about the “North” unless they live there of course!
Another way of putting it would be to say; why not stay in Kent? Far superior in every way except they don’t speak much French there.
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Nothing wrong with Picardy. Some really nice towns, Compiegne, Soissons, Chantilly, Reims, Pierrefonds, are all worth a visit, WW1 and WW2 historical sites all over that part of France. Depends what you are after, it is not touristy but there is plenty to do. Two major theme parks, visit into Paris (use the train), brilliant fishing.
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We once had a 7 day holiday based from the campsite at Montreuil-sur-Mer, which isn't actually on the coast. It was very pleasant but in early October the weather wasn't! We visited lots of interesting little towns and villages, several WW1 and 2 sites, and tried to visit the towns etc. on their market days. I'd managed to find a restaurant guide, written by an ex-pat living over there, that helped us enormously.
Like others we now tend to stop for just a couple of nights passing through.
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We went in June this year. We stayed at Albert for a week as this was ventral to the places we wanted to visit (mainly centred around the Somme). Was able to visit. I’m Ridge, numerous memorials, Newfoundland Park, and the Lochnagar crater. One of our favourite places was the Sir John Monash Centre - excellent interactive display. We also visited a Thiepval which was impressive. We really enjoyed our time there, the site we stayed at was basic, but within walking distance to the town and was adjacent to a large country park. We also took the train to Amiens one day which was lovely and discovered The Hortillonages which were interesting.
The site we used was http://www.camping-albert.com/, cheap and cheerful.
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