France - Lille, Flanders & the Somme (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
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Hauts-de-France (Upper France) is one of the country’s least heralded regions, but with dra-matic land and sea views, deeply rooted culture, culinary traditions that include freshly caught sea-food, age-old Flemish recipes and locally brewed beers, it competes with the best France has to offer.
- discover one of France’s finest collections of art in Lille, French Flanders’ engaging capi-tal
- marvel at Amiens’ breathtaking Gothic cathedral
- ramble along the spectacular, windswept coast facing the White Cliffs of Dover on the Côte d’Opale
Coverage includes: Lille, Flanders & Artois, Cassel, Arras, Lens, Côte d’Opale, Calais to Boulogne, Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Le Touquet, Baie de Somme, Le Crotoy, St-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme Battlefields Memorials, Amiens, Compiègne, Laon.