les hortillonnages d'amiens
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les hortillonnages d'amiens印象
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These waterways were amazing. A small boat guides you through these beautiful canals where people live and tend lovely gardens. A lovely way to spend an hour.
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After a slightly chaotic line to purchase tickets there was a short wait before departing on the boats. The guide was very friendly and well informed. Perhaps July is not the best time to see market gardens. Lots of the properties appear to be little havens from the city in the middle of the city. Not so many were being used for growing produce. An enjoyable visit to a unique place, but gardens themselves not so special.
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A must see if you are in Amiens. Very easy to get to the site. The tour is in French, but if you don't speak French you can still enjoy the sites.
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Doubtless there are countless literary associations with this place but the one that came to mind (and especially relevant in this centenary year of the outbreak of First World War) is Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong. At that time, Faulks wrote 'the land was intensively cultivated for vegetables, either in small plots where the owner lived in a simple house on the site, or in larger areas whose farmer was likely to live in town'. Well, to my surprise most of the vegetables have gone and most of the plots are now used by their owners for relaxing it seems. Nonetheless this remains a unique 'site of natural beauty' and I can thoroughly recommend.
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Peace and tranquillity within a bustling city. The sight of people in boats, sadly we did not have time to do that ourselves.We spent quite a bit of time trying to find it initially, it does not seem to be well signposted.
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Relaxing punt/ boat trip. Get your ticket and check your expected time - may be quite a wait. Even though the commentary was all French, and our understanding limited, we got the gist and thoroughly enjoyed the ride.
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This was an amazing trip by small barge. We travelled round the canal and viewed the gardens. Unfortunately most of the trip was in French. I asked the guide if he could do some in English. I thought he indicated he would but by the time we had nearly finished the trip I reaised he was not going to do this. It is well worth the visit. Make sure you check the times as they close for lunch and they may only take groups in the morning.
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Our French was not up to understanding the film show or the boatman as he drove us around these market gardens but it was still a fascinating hour in which we felt we were seeing something that you can't see anywhere else!
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This was a great way to start the day. We got there just after 11am, the price for the boat ride was very affordable and we only had to wait 10minutes for our ride. Our guide did speak a little English and briefly told us of the area and answered our questions. We saw a few birds, wonderful gardens and the beauty of nature. It felt like another world away, very enjoyable.
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In the city we were told that this was a perfect summer destination. We were there on 31Dec, so no boats but it stays a nice walk along the Somme, at walking distance from the Cathedral and the St Leu quarter. A lot of joggers and bikers now this place