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Day trip and short breaks

Spring : Take in a show at the Jules Verne Circus!

Your guide will reveal the secrets of one of Amiens’ emblematic venues. The show begins right from the start, thanks to Emile Ricquier’s architecture and Ernst Caramelle’s contemporary painting, and continues with a focus on the circus arts.

All year round : Works... and tales of Picardy

Discover the Museum of Picardy and enjoy stories of local folktales and legends over tea.

Summer : Saint-Leu, water and wood...

Lafleur, Picardy’s puppet hero, invites you to an Amiénois evening in his own neighbourhood.

Winter : “Parfums d’hiver”, the Christmas market

Wrap yourself up warm and reawaken the child within you as you stroll through the heart of the city seeking out the one Christmas gift you’re lacking.

Exploring the Pays Vert

Take time off to admire the masterpieces created by Picards, sometime gardeners and sometime builders of cathedrals.

Amiens' secret gardens

Floating gardens, private garden and zoo… Breathe in the air in the heart of the city.

Welcome to Jules Verne’s city

Jules Verne and Amiens - a long and enchanting love story! Discover the city he loved and the city he imagined.

Amiens Away-Day

Draw up your own programme to explore the Picardy capital.

New in 2012 : Amiens and the Somme, a stay between land and sea…

2 days/1 night. Programme valid from 1 April to 31 October.

After a day in Picardy’s capital, continue your stay by tracing the Great War in Haute-Somme or treat yourself to one of the world’s most beautiful bays!