Garden Roses - Camping des Rosiers

The Somme Valley is awash with meandering rivers as well as ponds and canals just waiting for anglers to set up their lines. You can also hike and cycle on quiet waterside trails or try your hand at kayaking on the River Somme (15 minutes’ drive). If you’re after light-hearted fun to have with the kids, jump on the Véloroute steam train (15 minutes) that runs between Péronne (10 minutes) and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (an hour and a half), or treat them to a day out at Samara Arboretum (45 minutes), where they can observe people living as Stone Age villagers and join in practising their crafts. Medieval Péronne still bears the scars of the Great War, and in particular the Battle of the Somme. Learn all about this epic struggle at the Museum of the Great War in the Château de Péronne, and then take a guided tour of the Somme Battlefields (20 minutes). If you’d rather do a self-driving tour, the Remembrance Circuit runs from Péronne to Albert (15 minutes) and takes in cemeteries and memorials as well as former battlefields where red poppies bloom every spring.