Accessible guided boat tours
If you use a walking stick, a stroller, or have any other specific requirements, Amiens has solutions to get you to the heart of the Hortillonnages and help you discover this prestigious site on a guided tour.
Guided visits on traditional ‘cornet’ boats
Association for the protection and safeguarding of the Hortillonnages
54 Boulevard de Beauvillé - 80 000 AMIENS
Telephone: +33 (0)3 22 92 12 18
apsseh@wanadoo.fr
From 1st April to 31 October every day from 1:30 pm.
No booking required.
Duration of the visit: 45 minutes
For your information:
- Site accessible to people with reduced mobility until boarding.
- Help with set-up in the boats.
- The site has 6 boats where a single manual wheelchair can be loaded depending on its width (for more information, contact the Hortillonnages association).
- Seats without backrest.
- FYI: distance of about 50 cm between the platform and the bottom of the boat.
- Accompanying person required for mentally handicapped persons.
- Medium-sized dogs accepted, except for assistance dogs for which there is no particular restriction.
The Jardin des Vertueux
Chaussée Jules Ferry - AMIENS
Tel: +33 (0)6 61 40 42 31
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From May to October: Saturdays and Sundays from 2 pm to 6 pm
From November to April: Depending on the events schedule
Duration of the visit: 1 hour
For your information:
- By SMS reservation only. Send a message containing the day, time requested, and number of people. Await confirmation by SMS.
- People who are mentally handicapped must be accompanied due to the close proximity of the location to the water.
Les Copains Babord
Telephone: +33 (0)7 55 72 55 54
www.bateaux-amiens-hortillonnages.com
lescopains.babord@gmail.com
Boarding: 57 Chemin de Halage, or upon request
Year round - Reservation recommended
Length: from one to four and a half hours, depending on the selected route
For your information:
- Help offered when boarding.
- Wheelchairs kept in the offices during the cruise.
- Accompanying person required for mentally handicapped persons