The Somme Bay
Our most beautiful Bay in the world
Enjoy the fresh air during your walks through the vast open spaces. Explore the beaches and numerous walking trails and cross the golden sand banks with a tour guide at low tide. The bay is one of France's important stopover sites for migratory birds, where settling alongside the harbour seals and salt-meadow sheep, wigeon, shelducks, curlews and oyster catchers come to find shelter and food.
Promenade et chasse aux trésors de la nature, on respire un grand coup !
©Philippe GuillaumeQuend and Fort-Mahon : huge beaches
©Nicolas BryantCycling in the Baie de Somme
©Nicolas BryantBetween Land and Sea
©Nicolas BryantAult and Bois de Cise: a walk with panoramic views
A walk along the cliffs for panoramic views...
©Marie-Josée JarryGourmet walk in the Baie d’Authie
The Baie d’Authie is home to a host of edible wild plants which are very good for your health.
©Commandant CharcotThe Baie de Somme by boat
All aboard with the Commandant Charcot!
Discover the only complete 18th century Cistercian abbey in France. It was around this magnificent Abbey, founded in the 12th century by monks...
©comdesimagesCrossing the bay with fascinating guides
Explore the teeming flora and fauna of the Somme Bay!
©SommeTourisme-AWLe Crotoy, facing directly south
Explore this beach, with its marina and an endless beach!
©Nicolas BryantThe Bird and Nature Festival
Spring is the best time for birdwatching, and this annual festival offers nine days of immersion in nature for the whole...
©SommeTourismeSomme Bay Delicacies
The Somme Bay is a natural source of infinite riches, boasting magnificent flora and fauna: salt marsh lamb, shellfish, fish and bay herbs all...
©Altimage_smbs-glpThe Somme Bay, "Grand Site de France"
Stakeholders committed to preserving the bay's natural features and sharing its values and spirit have made it a model for development......
©SommeTourismeSaint-Valery-sur-Somme, the medieval city
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme owes its rich and eventful history to its strategic position on a limestone promontory facing the ...
©Somme Tourisme - JMThe Somme Bay, a refuge for seals
The seals can be spotted resting on sandbanks which emerge as the tide recedes. This is where they recharge their batteries, give birth, feed...
©Somme Tourisme-DMMarquenterre, a stopover for birds
Marquenterre park boasts 200 hectares of dunes, forests and marshes in the Somme Bay nature reserve.
©SommeTourismeMagical high tides
Tides dictate the pace of life in the Somme Bay. The landscape changes with the ebb and flow of the water.
©CRTP-RemiFeuilletteCayeux-sur-Mer and the Pointe du Hourdel
Cayeux-sur-Mer and Le Hourdel: great destinations to enjoy nature and fresh air!
©Nicolas BryantTravelling back in time with the Somme Bay railway
Genuine Belle Epoque carriages drawn by valiant steam locomotives take you to Le Crotoy, Noyelles-sur-Mer, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and...
©SamuelCramponAbbeville, gateway to the Somme Bay
Head for Abbeville, as the gateway to the Somme Bay. Who'd have thought this was a port in the Middle Ages...
Aéris
FORT-MAHON-PLAGE
Parc du Marquenterre
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-TOURMONT