Itinerary · Hauts-de-France
Amiens and the Somme, Cathedral and WWI Memory: a 4-Day Road Trip
A road trip between Amiens and the Somme, from France's largest Gothic cathedral to the house of writer Jules Verne, before reaching the 1916 battlefields at Albert and the Historial de la Grande Guerre inside the Château de Péronne — designed for one or two stops a day behind the wheel.
4 days · 7 stops · Road trip
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Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Amiens, the Gothic cathedral
First stop at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Amiens, the largest Gothic cathedral in France by volume, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981 for its sculpted 13th-century façade — then the Musée de Picardie, one of the first buildings in France purpose-built as a museum, opened in 1855.
France's largest Gothic cathedralChurch · Amiens
Cathédrale d'Amiens
Built between 1220 and 1502, this Gothic cathedral located in the Somme department of northern France represents a remarkable achievement in medieval…
Hauts-de-France fine artsMuseum · Amiens
Musée de Picardie
The Picardie Museum is located in Amiens in the Somme. Registered in the cultural heritage of the Hauts-de-France, it brings together art collections and…
Day 2
Amiens, Jules Verne's house
Jules Verne lived in Amiens for thirty-four years, from 1871 to 1905; the Maison à la Tour, which he rented for eighteen years starting in 1882, is now open to the public and traces the writing of the Voyages extraordinaires through his study and library.
Day 3
Albert, the Golden Virgin and the trenches
In Albert, the Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Brebières, completed in 1897 with a 76-metre bell tower crowned by Albert Roze's gilded statue of the Virgin, was entirely destroyed during the First World War and rebuilt to its original design between 1927 and 1931 — nearby, the Musée Somme 1916, housed in a wartime air-raid shelter, presents reconstructed trenches and traces the battle fought between July and November 1916.
The Golden Virgin, rebuilt after 1918Church · Albert
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Brebières
La basilique Notre-Dame-de-Brebières est une basilique mineure catholique édifiée à Albert (Somme) entre 1885 et 1897 selon les plans de l'architecte Edmond…
Reconstructed trenches, the 1916 battleMuseum · Albert
Musée Somme 1916
The Somme 1916 Museum is a history museum dedicated to the First World War, located in Albert in the Somme. Situated in a Second World War air raid shelter, it…
Day 4
Péronne, the castle of the Great War
The Château de Péronne, a 13th-century fortress built by Philip Augustus and damaged during the Great War, has housed the Historial de la Grande Guerre since 1992: a contemporary museum designed by Henri-Édouard Ciriani, bringing together some 75,000 original objects and documents on the First World War.
Philip Augustus's fortressCastle · Péronne
Château de Péronne
Fortification médiévale édifiée au 13e siècle par Philippe Auguste, le château de Péronne est de type philippien. Situé à Péronne en Somme, au cœur des champs…
75,000 WWI artifactsMuseum · Péronne
Musée-historial de la Grande Guerre
The Historial Museum of the Great War is a reference institution dedicated to World War I. Located in Péronne in the Somme, it offers a multidimensional…
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