Contay tourism and travel guide
Visit Contay: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsContay is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 14 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Contay is 128 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Amiens at 17 km and Amiens Cathedral at 17 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Contay, 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 Contay 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 Contay
Markets in and near Contay
- Corbie: market Friday (11km)
- Albert: market Saturday (13km)
- Amiens: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (17km)
- Doullens: market Thursday (19km)
- Saint-Ouen: market Sunday (25km)
- Moreuil: market Tuesday (26km)
- Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (27km)
- Bapaume: market Friday (29km)
- Frevent: market Tuesday (33km)
- Peronne: market Saturday (34km)
More information about Contay, Picardy
Tourist attractions near Contay, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Contay.
Heritage sites
- Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (17km)
- Amiens Cathedral (17km)
- Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (20km)
- Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
- Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (37km)
- Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
- Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (39km)
- Beffroi de Saint-Riquier (Belfries of Belgium and France) (40km)
- Beffroi d'Hesdin (Belfries of Belgium and France) (52km)
- Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (59km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le clos Alexandre (17km)
- Jardin du château de Maizicourt (33km)
- Parc du château de Sericourt (34km)
- Le jardin des Lianes (46km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (18km)
- Montagne de Montenoy (39km)
- Forêt d'Hesdin (54km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (61km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Boubers-sur-Canche (36km)
- Guyencourt-Saulcourt (43km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Contay
from Amiens (prefecture): 14 km
from Paris: 128 km
from Calais: 114 km
from Nice: 789 km
from Bordeaux: 618 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
Getting here
Contay 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 Contay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Baizieux, Bavelincourt, Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue, Behencourt, Bresle, Franvillers, Frechencourt, Harponville, Heilly, Herissart, Lahoussoye, Mirvaux, Montigny-sur-l'Hallue, Puchevillers, Saint-Gratien, Toutencourt, Vadencourt, Varennes and Warloy-Baillon.
This page in French: Visiter Contay
