Cantigny tourism and travel guide
Visit Cantigny: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsCantigny is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 25 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Cantigny is 90 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Amiens Cathedral at 29 km and Amiens at 30 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Cantigny, 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 Cantigny 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 Cantigny
Markets in and near Cantigny
- Montdidier: market Thursday (6km)
- Moreuil: market Tuesday (12km)
- Saint-Just-en-Chaussee: market Tuesday (18km)
- Roye: market Friday (22km)
- Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (22km)
- Ressons-sur-Matz: market Wednesday (23km)
- Corbie: market Friday (27km)
- Amiens: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (30km)
- Bresles: market Thursday (33km)
- Thourotte: market Thursday (34km)
More information about Cantigny, Picardy
Tourist attractions near Cantigny, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Cantigny.
Heritage sites
- Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (10km)
- Amiens Cathedral (29km)
- Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (30km)
- Compiène église Saint-Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)
National Monuments
- Pierrefonds Chateau (50km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (39km)
- Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (42km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (49km)
- Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (50km)
- Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (51km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le clos Alexandre (30km)
- Parc du château de Compiègne (36km)
- Jardin du donjon de Vez (58km)
- Jardin du château de la Muette (60km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (23km)
- Hortillonnages d'Amiens (26km)
- Mont Ganelon (34km)
- Forêt de Hez-Froidmont (34km)
- Plan d'eau du Canada (39km)
- Forêt de Laigue (39km)
- Forêt de Compiègne (40km)
- Forêt du Parc de Saint-Quentin (41km)
- Montagne de Montenoy (41km)
- Foret d'Halette (46km)
- Foret de Retz (62km)
Amusement park / theme park
- Parc Saint Paul (45km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Remerangles (28km)
- Beauvais (39km)
- Guyencourt-Saulcourt (56km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Cantigny
from Amiens (prefecture): 25 km
from Paris: 90 km
from Calais: 150 km
from Nice: 756 km
from Bordeaux: 584 km
from Strasbourg: 401 km
Getting here
Cantigny 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 Cantigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 21 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aubvillers, Ayencourt, Bouillancourt-la-Bataille, Boussicourt, Broyes, Coullemelle, Courtemanche, Fontaine-sous-Montdidier, Gratibus, Grivesnes, Hargicourt, Le Cardonnois, Malpart, Marestmontiers, Mesnil-Saint-Georges, Montdidier, Pierrepont-sur-Avre, Plainville, Rocquencourt, Serevillers and Villers-Tournelle.
This page in French: Visiter Cantigny
