* Amiens, the magic of colours. From the top of the spire of Notre-Dame Cathedral, it feels like you can touch the Eiffel Tower, the towers of London or the cliffs of the Cotentin Peninsula… Whether your interest lies in old buildings and history, you are a culture vulture, a sports fan, nature lover or you simply like to stroll around daydreaming, Amiens works its charms on everyone.
* Not to be missed
- Notre Dame Cathedral (a Unesco World Heritage Site) and the Towers visit
- The marshland canals, the floating market gardens to discover by boat
- Jules Verne’s home in the heart of the 19th century district
- The Saint-Leu district, its canals, its waterborne market, its terraces and antique dealers
- Museum of Picardy from Puvis de Chavannes to Sol Lewitt
- The zoological park of the Hotoie
- The nearby Bay of the Somme
- Specialities: macaroons, chocolate biscuits, ficelle picarde (savoury pancake), gâteau battu (a sugared brioche)
* Experience Amiens
Give yourself a weekend of surprises!
- Go where the mood takes you: climb the steps up to the cathedral towers, ply the marshland canals through the market gardens in a boat, dream of a journey into the Home of Jules Verne or just sit down and enjoy the view from a waterside terrace.
3 days/2 nights from €55 per person
* Festive Amiens
Santa’s high-powered Machines
Passage du Baillage
Get on board fantastic machines and let the dizzy making merry-go-round take you to the stars.
The Wonderful World of Father Christmas
In front of the Town Hall
While Father Christmas is entertaining his guests in his grotto, his helpers are busy at work!
With mail to be sorted, final presents to be made, preparation of Santa’s sleigh and coat, there is no time to spare for this team of very busy little chaps. They are waiting for you, inside the magic world they live in, to show you some of their secrets.
1900 Carousel
Rue Gresset
A merry-go-round, which has travelled through the ages and takes the children on a magic ride.
Santa’s Grotto
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
Father Christmas will be visiting us and moving into his gingerbread grotto while his helpers are busy with last minute preparations. Come and visit him and immortalise the moment thanks to his accredited photographer who will be in attendance!
Father Christmas’ Road
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
Small vehicles loaded with presents take you on a discovery trip in the land of Father Christmas: a fabulous journey to the centre of the ice cap to meet polar bears.
Father Christmas’ Airport
Rue de la République
Get on board one of Father Christmas’ merry-go-rounds and fly off to the stars, and if you can catch the tail of the shooting star, you will win a free ride...
The open-air ice rink
Place Gambetta
Every day from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm
Enjoy a proper 450 square metre ice rink built in the very centre of town. In an authentic setting, two separate areas are reserved for adults and children. You will be able to take a break and skate freely in the open air.
The Cathedral in colour
Every day from 7.00 pm.
A dazzling spectacle awaits you at the foot of Notre-Dame d’Amiens Cathedral, which will be putting on its best colours for the occasion. The Cathedral’s polychromes are much more than a show, they are an invitation to a journey, an invitation to see the Cathedral in another light, an invitation filled with emotion. This representation transports you and immerses you in a romantic universe.
The play garden
Square Jules Bocquet
An open-air area to have a rest and let the children have a game in the centre of town.
The Chistmas Crib
Rue des Trois Cailloux
Commissioned by the local town centre committee (Comité de Quartier Centre-ville) the Christmas Crib will be there again to delight young and old.
Monsieur Verne’s Merry-go-round
Rue Ernest Cauvin
Either Nautillus, the airship or fabulous machines... let’s go in search of adventure!
The little Wooden-horses Merry-go-round
Place René Goblet
The procession of horses carries away young and old on this magic roundabout.
Father Christmas’ little train
Square St-Denis
You will be going on a long journey with this new version of the Christmas Market, onboard a little train which is travelling further!
See all you travellers at the main railway station.
The giant tree
Rue de Noyon
No Christmas is complete without a tree! And this year it will be large! Come and see the tallest tree of the Christmas Market. From the top of its 12 metres, it appropriately sets the scene for the Market. Its little brother is also awaiting you at the foot of the Belfry.
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* Access
- Train station: in the town centre, 1 hr from Paris and 1 1/2 hrs from Lille
- High-speed train station: 3h30 from London and 2 h30 from Brussels, 40 mins from the town centre by shuttle
- Airport: Roissy CDG 1 hr by high-speed train, Paris-Beauvais 45 mn. by motorway
- Motorways: A16, A29 and A1
* Contact
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OFFICE DE TOURISME D’AMIENS MÉTROPOLE
6 bis rue Dusevel
BP 1018
80010 Amiens Cedex 1
33 (0)3 22 71 60 50
Fax: 33 (0)3 22 71 60 51
ot@amiens-metropole.com
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