Machiel travel guide
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Visit Machiel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Machiel is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 53 km from Amiens, the department capital. (General information: Machiel is 161 km from Paris and 76 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Crotoy at 15 km from Machiel
Popular places to visit near Machiel: these include Le Crotoy at 15 km and Fort-Mahon-Plage at 20 km.
Forest-l'Abbaye is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Jardins de Valloires is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Machiel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Machiel
See France This Way travel guides for and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Machiel.
Note that all distances from Machiel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Machiel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Machiel (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 Machiel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Valloires (9km) : Le jardin des Lianes (16km) : Herbarium des remparts (16km) : Jardin du château de Maizicourt (23km) : Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (34km) : Parc du château de Sericourt (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Saulve (Montreuil-sur-Mer) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Forest-l'Abbaye (7km) : Montreuil-sur-Mer (22km) : Saint-Josse (25km) : Boubers-sur-Canche (29km) : Le Touquet (32km) : Eu (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amiens (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (16km) : Montreuil (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie de Somme (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Machiel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Machiel
Canton: Rue
Arrondissement: Abbeville
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80150
Distance to Machiel
from Amiens: 53 km
from Paris: 161 km
from Calais: 76 km
from Nice: 838 km
from Bordeaux: 630 km
from Strasbourg: 467 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Machiel): Bernay-en-Ponthieu, Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Ligescourt, Machy, Ponches-Estruval, Regniere-Ecluse, Vironchaux and Vron.
Getting here
For driving distances to Machiel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Machiel