Friday, March 23, 2012

Amiens or Arras or Ypres - where to stay

We are planning a trip to France this summer with a visit to the battlefields. We are trying to figure out if there is a good place to make as a %26quot;home base%26quot; - Amiens, Arras or Ypres?





We were thinking of spending one night in Ypres (staying for the nightly ceremony) and at least one night in Amiens or Arras (for a visit to Vimy and Somme)





Is Ypres a good place to stay?



Between Arras and Amiens - any preferences?





Cheers,



Jenn




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Hi....Yes Ypres is a fantasic place to stay. I would reccomed staying in Arras or Amiens for the Somme/vimy etc and Ypres for the Sailent battlefilds.





I%26#39;ve never stayed in Arras but it%26#39;s a nice town and close to vimy ridge. Amiens is not bad either but the accamadation is not that great. If it was me i%26#39;d stay in Arras




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Thanks so much for the advice. We decided to stay in Ypres and Arras. As an added bonus, we found out that there is a festival in Arras that weekend that is supposed to be a lot of fun!





Cheers!




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OK make sure you check out the Wellington Quarry in Arras proably the highlight of the whole western front




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Also visit Albert and the museum at Perronne.




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And the Australian Museum and victoria schooll in villers Bret....the list goes on so much to see




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