Picardie, France - The Champion of France

Picardie, France - Set Foot in Picard Country

Unknowingly, many readers when they rave about the beauty of the Cathedral of Beauvais, the richness of Chantilly Castle Museum or the charm of Gerberoy, operetta real village 100 km from Paris, not know that they have already set foot in Picard country!.

Picardie, France. Of course, is the champion of France for sugar beet, wheat and potato, but it is also one of the last terra incognita of France. Besides the fabulous bird park Marquenterre, Picardy offers many other preserved natural sites (the Halatte forest green Thiérache), a string of religious anthology as Laon Cathedral or the Basilica of St. buildings Quentin and many traditions and customs still very much alive, as Picard speak. The Somme, wide notch that opens generously on the Channel, went to get all ranges of gray and blue. And the charm works immediately.

Picardie, France Attractions

Of course, the cathedral of Amiens is the figurehead cultural Picardy, but fans abbeys, stunning rural churches, extraordinary gardens and ruined castles leave to the discovery of a hinterland of rich and come back amazed.

Finally, in Picardie, France emotion guaranteed when visiting the battlefields of the Somme in 1916. Similarly, why not return overwhelmed by the incredible courage of the fighters Chemin des Dames. Let yourself be surprised by the Picardy region discreet but rich, and welcome to the Picards, Picardie, France!.