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The Picarde valleys between the bay of Somme and le Boulonnais

Day 1 : HESDIN-L'ABBE - EU (111 on 325 km)

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At the heart of the regional natural Park of the Capes and marshes of Opale the Céry castle, a XVIII th century home nestled in a 5 hectare park with age-old trees decorated with a flowered vegetable garden will provide you with quietness.

You will leave the forest for the Boulonnais green hills towered by the mount Walette (176 metres) where César had settled his camp on the course to conquest the Gauls.

Etaples is a fishing port situated at the Cancheestuary on the Côte d’Opale, where the tradition of the local pêche artisanale remains extremely alive. At the Touquet you will discover the "rétro" cottages. Their façades illustrate the resort prestige at the beginning of the XX th century.

You will leave Le Touquet through the forest to reach the marshes of the Canche valley.

From La Madelaine you will discover the ramparts of Montreuil, a town with old streets lined with XVIIth and XVIII th century houses.

You will resume your itinerary along the river and the ponds full of fish where la Chartreuse Notre-Dame-des-Prés can be seen.

The Brimeux church lies on the other bank, its remarkable chancelwatches a vast pond fishing domain .

A Buire-le-Sec you will discover the museum of the World Puppets.

Then you will reach le Val d'Authie which shelters the Cistercian abbey of Valloires and its thousand fragrance garden.

You will come back towards the sea to visit the former fortified square of Rue. Once it was a harbour at the beginning of the Middle Ages, gradually engulfed by the lands of the bay of Somme. There you will admire the unforgettable skies.

You will reach your place of stay by crossing Saint-Valery-sur-Somme et Le Crotoy.

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