Picardy France Travel

Picardy is in Northern France and is one hour from Calais. Calais is often the gateway to France for a lot of travellers via the Eurostar or ferry, so Picardy is a really easy place to get to. Many travellers miss out on this place as they whizz through to the more well known areas in France.

Picardy (French: Picardie) is a region in northern France, located immediately north of the French capital Paris and the Ile de France. Although largely inland, the region does border the English Channel near Abbeville. The area is, sadly, known for its central part in the trench warfare of the First World War (1914-1918) and hosts a large number of battlefields, war cemeteries and memorials.

Picardy, in the north of France, has a great deal to discover in terms of both natural scenery and historical monuments, with beaches and cathedrals, villages and extensive forests to enjoy and explore.

Picardie-Picardy: The Picardie Region (Picardy in English) of France stretches from the coast (between Berck and Le Tréport) to just north of Reims and then dips south across the A4/E50 (main highway between Paris and Reims) to include Chateau-Thierry. The three departments found here are the Oise, Somme and the Aisne.