Amiens travel guide
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Visit Amiens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Amiens is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Somme department. (General information: Amiens is 116 km from Paris and 121 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Amiens
Popular places to visit near Amiens: these include at km and at km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Amiens Cathedral is a listed 'heritage site' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Amiens: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Amiens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to AmiensAmiens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Amiens (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Picardy and Somme gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Amiens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Maizicourt (35km) : Parc du château de Digeon (36km) : Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (43km) : Parc du château de Sericourt (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) (1km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Boubers-sur-Canche (43km) : Forest-l'Abbaye (48km) : Mureaumont (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Amiens Cathedral (1km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amiens (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Amiens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Amiens
Canton: Amiens
Arrondissement: Amiens
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80000
Distance to Amiens
from Amiens: 0 km
from Paris: 116 km
from Calais: 121 km
from Nice: 786 km
from Bordeaux: 603 km
from Strasbourg: 422 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Amiens): Allonville, Amiens Cathedral, Argoeuves, Cagny, Camon, Cardonnette, Dreuil-les-Amiens, Dury, Longueau, Pont-de-Metz, Poulainville, Rivery, Saleux and Salouel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Amiens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Amiens