Hauts-de-France

Travel tips for Hauts-de-France (8)

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  Amiens Cathedral

  The largest Gothic cathedral in France, built in the 13th century, with a nave so vast that two Notre-Dames of Paris would fit inside.

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  Baie de Somme

  A huge tidal bay of sandflats and salt marshes, one of the most beautiful in the world, home to France's largest colony of seals.

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  Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez

  Two great headlands on the Opal Coast facing England across the narrowest part of the Channel: the white chalk cliffs of Blanc-Nez and the …

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  Château de Pierrefonds

  A fairytale castle with towers, battlements and a drawbridge, rebuilt from medieval ruins in the 1860s by the architect Viollet-le-Duc for …

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  Château de Coucy

  The ruins of one of the mightiest castles of the Middle Ages, built in the 13th century by the powerful lords of Coucy, on a spur above the…

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