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Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Baie de Somme, Cap Hornu

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CRTC Hauts-de-France - Stéphane Bouilland

Somme Department

Sea air and inspirational history

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The Somme is a multifaceted gem with an invigorating seaside, as well as a wild, rural side of gardens and forests, and a city side, with Amiens and her elegant Gothic cathedral. There are the floating gardens of les Hortillonnages, nature reserves and, of course, Somme bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

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Northern France, Hauts De France, Somme

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Jean-Luc Verbrugghe

The Somme department’s 8 essentials

● The breath-taking panoramic views over the bay of Somme
● The poignant remembrance sites, memorials and battlefields of the Great War
● An amazing encounter with the seals
● Lift the spirits with the Amiens UNESCO listed cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece
● Famous and full of charm – the seaside resorts between Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Mers-les-Bains
● The captivating and unusual boat trips on les Hortillonnages, the floating gardens in the centre of Amiens
● Zen and joy: the Musée de Picardie
● The scrumptious Macaron of Amiens

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France, Somme (80), Baie de Somme, Noyelles-sur-mer, Fête de la vapeur 2021, trains à vapeur sur la digue entre noyelles et Saint-Valery // France, Somme (80), Bay of the Somme, Noyelles-sur-mer, Steam Festival 2021, steam trains on the dam between noyelles and Saint-Valery

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Hauts-de-France Tourisme / Stéphane BOUILLAND

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Northern France, Le Hourdel, Seals

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Hauts-de-France Tourisme - Stéphane Bouilland

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Northern France, Amiens, Cathedral, Chroma

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CRTC Hauts-de-France-Teddy Henin

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Northern France, Amiens , Hortillonnages Garden

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CRTC Hauts-de-France - Benjamin Teissedre

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Northern France, Amiens, Museum of Picardy

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Hauts-de-France Tourisme / Anne-Sophie Flament

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Northern France, Amiens, Museum of Picardy

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Hauts-de-France Tourisme / Anne-Sophie Flament

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Northern France , Amiens, Macaroon

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Hauts-de-France Tourisme - Anne-Sophie Flament

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