BUDGET WEEKEND BREAK: AMIENS NORTHERN FRANCE - BEST HOTELS FOR UNDER £100/$100 & WHAT TO SEE AND DO
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2022
- So many of us are feeling the financial pinch at the moment and, if we can get away at all, it needs to be done on a budget. Enter the city of Amiens in Northern France. It's easy to reach by Eurostar (less than a hundred miles from both Paris and Lille) and is SOOOOOOO much cheaper to stay in than Paris. Everything is cheaper - hotels, restaurants, tourist activities - and it's quieter and smaller than Paris, making it much easier to navigate than the capital and much less frenetic. It's also a wonderfully walkable city and is perfect for a weekend break. This video shows you the best hotels to stay in in Amiens for under £100 / $100 a night and what to see and do while your there. Hotels include the Ibis Styles (which is where I stayed), the Ibis Budget, the Moxy and le Prieure. What to see and do includes the Notre Dame Cathedral of Amiens, the markets (you can buy some amazing saucissions and French cheeses), the canals and 'hortillonnages' (floating island gardens), Jules Verne the French author's house, and, most importantly, the MACARONS. Amiens is famous for its own macarons, a recipe which was made by Jean Trogneux 150 years ago. The Trogneux cafe and shop still remains and is run by the 6th generation of the Trogneux cafe. Incidentally, Brigitte Macron (the wife of Emmanuel Macron and the First Lady of France) was born a Trogneux!!! I really fell in love with Amiens - I hope you do too.
Getting there - take the Eurostar train from London to either Paris or Lille and from there get a local French SNCF train to Amiens - journey time from Lille or Paris is roughly 90 minutes: www.sncf.com/en/booking-itine... - Розваги
I used to love those markets when we visited France . I remember a cheese called Morbier , one of my favourites , but unavailable here in Australia . Thanks Jo , you bought back some happy memories .
So happy to have brought back some happy memories for you David. I LOVE those markets too. Funny story: when I was a little girl my parents gave me some pocket money to spend at a French market in Boulogne and I only went and bought a fluffy live chick! I remember my mum rushing me and the chick back to the stall when she realized what I'd done! They took the chick back...if I'd have had a fridge in my bedroom in Amiens I'd have bought TONS of that cheese to bring back home with me. Will check out Morbier...
I love that cheese. It is also my favourite! ^^
Although I have time without buying it, but I would like.
Another great video Jo! Looks a bit cool! Stay safe and in touch my friend! Happy Traveling XXX
Cool as in cold or cool as in funky?! It was actually a bit of both! Autumn arrived with a fanfare and way too early for my liking in both the UK and Europe....stay well and speak soon. Happy Traveling to you too!!! XXX
I use to live in amiens , no jobs , i struggled a lot , thats why i moved to london and came back once since 2006 didn't put my feet again , actually is beautiful town but the problem is the weather and lack of jobs im talking more than 20 years ago .
I'm so sorry - I hope you're having a better time in London. Amiens is quite small, so I understand it might be tough to find employment there, however beautiful it is!!
Thank you for more well presented and exciting info, on a place I knew nothing about. 👍😊
TYSM Bjorn - have a lovely weekend!! X
@@gowithjo1 same to you, Jo😊👍
I'm going in April! I am staying at one of the aparthotels near the station.
have an amazing time - I think Amiens is a fabulous, undiscovered gem and near the station is a really good location. Plus April is a good time of year to go I reckon - enjoy!
1:28 What a beautiful hotel! I think I would like to visit it sometime, I can sense that it has an interesting history :D
thanks Jo for introducing Amiens.Now I understand why i have never reached England. France is so beautiful .....
Hey Martin, France really IS beautiful and the country has such extraordinary diversity too...
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