Albert tourism and travel guide

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Albert is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 21 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Albert is 129 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Peronne at 22 km and Amiens at 28 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Albert, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Albert in Hauts-de-France.

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Somme

Map of places to visit near Albert

Markets in and near Albert

Market days in Albert: weekly market: Saturday;

• Albert: market Saturday (0km)
• Corbie: market Friday (15km)
• Bapaume: market Friday (18km)
• Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (22km)
• Peronne: market Saturday (22km)
• Amiens: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (28km)
• Doullens: market Thursday (28km)
• Moreuil: market Tuesday (28km)
• Arras: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (33km)
• Roye: market Friday (35km)

More information about Albert, Picardy

Tourist attractions near Albert, France

What to do at Albert? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Albert.

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (28km)
• Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (28km)
• Amiens Cathedral (28km)
• Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (28km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (32km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (33km)
• Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (42km)
• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (46km)
• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (51km)
• Beffroi d'Hesdin (Belfries of Belgium and France) (60km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (44km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le clos Alexandre (28km)
• Parc du château de Sericourt (40km)
• Jardin du château de Maizicourt (43km)
• Le jardin des Lianes (56km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (25km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (53km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (61km)

Towns of Art and history

• Amiens (25km)
• Arras (32km)
• Cambrai (45km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (31km)
• Boubers-sur-Canche (43km)
• Gauchy (49km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Albert is in the north of France. Most visitors take a a cross-channel ferry to a nearby port such as Dieppe or Boulogne or the channel tunnel to Calais. For driving distances to Albert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 20 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Authuille, Aveluy, Becordel-Becourt, Bouzincourt, Buire-sur-l'Ancre, Contalmaison, Dernancourt, Fricourt, Hedauville, Lavieville, Mametz, Meaulte, Mesnil-Martinsart, Millencourt, Morlancourt, Pozieres, Senlis-le-Sec, Thiepval, Treux and Ville-sur-Ancre.

This page in French: Visiter Albert