{"id":14842,"date":"2026-09-18T08:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=14842"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:55:23","slug":"amiens-in-four-scenes-following-in-the-footsteps-of-jules-verne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/","title":{"rendered":"Amiens in four scenes: following in the footsteps of Jules Verne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There are several Amiens. The one of stone, monumental, dominated by Notre-Dame. The one of water, secret and silent, which winds its way through the hortillonnage gardens. The one of painters and collectors, sheltered behind the fa\u00e7ades of the Mus\u00e9e de Picardie. And then there is the Amiens of Jules Verne, who chose this tranquil city as the setting for his dreams of the world. Four facets for a stroll through nearly two thousand years of history.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Notre-Dame_le_grand_vaisseau_de_pierre\" >Notre-Dame, the great stone cathedral<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Quand_la_pierre_semble_perdre_son_poids\" >When the stone seems to lose its weight<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#De_Ruskin_a_Proust_lire_la_cathedrale\" >From Ruskin to Proust: Reading the Cathedral<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Les_hortillonnages_une_ville_sur_leau\" >The Hortillonnages: a town on the water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Le_Musee_de_Picardie_un_palais_pour_lart\" >The Picardy Museum: a palace for art<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Jules_Verne_Amiens_pour_port_dattache\" >Jules Verne, Amiens as his home port<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Vadrouille_gourmande_a_Amiens\" >A gourmet tour of Amiens<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Le_matin_Le_reveil_des_maraichers_et_la_brioche_qui_seffiloche\" >In the morning: The market gardeners\u2019 morning routine and the crumbly brioche<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Le_midi_banquet_des_copains_et_creme_qui_chante\" >Lunch: a banquet with friends and \u2018singing\u2019 cream<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Au_gouter_Le_pave_damande_des_rois\" >For afternoon tea: The Kings\u2019 Almond Cake<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Amiens_la_ville_aux_quatre_visages\" >Amiens, the city of four faces<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/amiens-en-quatre-tableaux-dans-les-pas-de-jules-verne\/#Se_renseigner\" >For more information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-notre-dame-le-grand-vaisseau-de-pierre\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notre-Dame_le_grand_vaisseau_de_pierre\"><\/span>Notre-Dame, the great stone cathedral<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-905x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14852 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-767x868.jpg 767w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-21x24.jpg 21w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking-530x600.jpg 530w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cathedrale_Notre-Dame_dAmiens-3420_Raimond-Spekking.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see it even before you reach it. A spire rising above the rooftops, then two towers, and suddenly the entire fa\u00e7ade. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathedrale-amiens.fr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cathedrale-amiens.fr\/\">Notre-Dame of Amiens<\/a> It possesses that quality found in truly great monuments: the figures, however impressive they may be, do not tell the whole story. You have to stand before it, look up, and let your gaze wander amongst the multitude of prophets, apostles, saints and kings that adorn its portals.<br>Built mainly in the 13th century, the cathedral served as a symbol of the power of a city enriched by trade, particularly that of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pastel_des_teinturiers\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pastel_des_teinturiers\">waide<\/a>, a dye plant from which a highly sought-after blue dye was extracted. But prosperity alone does not explain the enterprise. It was also necessary to build a shrine worthy of a precious relic: the head of Saint John the Baptist \u2013 in other words, part of his skull \u2013 brought from Constantinople to Amiens in 1206 by the Picard canon Wallon de Sarton.<br><em>\u00a9 Raymond Spekking\/Commons.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-quand-la-pierre-semble-perdre-son-poids\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quand_la_pierre_semble_perdre_son_poids\"><\/span>When the stone seems to lose its weight<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens_France_Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-d-Amiens-11_CEphoto-Uwe-Aranas-24x24.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Amiens Cathedral. The flying buttresses counteract the thrust of the vaults and ensure the stability of the building.<em>\u00a9<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Cccefalon\">CEphoto, Uwe Aranas<\/a>Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The year is 1218. A fire ravages the old cathedral. Two years later, the adventure begins. The first master builder\u2019s name is <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_de_Luzarches\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_de_Luzarches\">Robert de Luzarches<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_de_Cormont\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_de_Cormont\">Thomas de Cormont<\/a> is succeeded by him, and then by his son <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renaud_de_Cormont\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renaud_de_Cormont\">Renaud de Cormont<\/a>. These men were to take part in one of the most daring architectural ventures of their century.<br>The challenge is immense: to build ever higher whilst ensuring the building is flooded with light. To achieve this, the architects drew on the techniques of Gothic architecture: pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses distribute the forces and help to lighten the walls. The stone seems to lose its weight.<br>As soon as you enter, your gaze is drawn upwards. The vaults rise to a height of 42 metres. And yet, nothing feels overwhelming. The pillars draw the eye upwards, the stained-glass windows let in the light, and the vertical lines seem to draw the entire monument towards the sky. This is the Gothic paradox: building with tonnes of stone whilst creating an impression of almost immaterial lightness.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-952x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-952x1024.png 952w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-11x12.png 11w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-768x826.png 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-22x24.png 22w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier-558x600.png 558w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur__cathedrale_4399-Copier.png 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Tympanum of the Last Judgement portal at Amiens Cathedral. Christ is enthroned in the centre, displaying his wounds, surrounded by angels bearing the instruments of the Passion. Below, the Archangel Saint Michael weighs the souls. On the lower lintel, the dead rise from their tombs at the sound of the angels\u2019 trumpets.<\/em> <em>\u00a9<\/em> <em>C. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us approach the portals. Hundreds of figures gaze upon us. Prophets, apostles, saints, angels, kings: the whole of humanity, carved in stone, has gathered on the western fa\u00e7ade. In the 13th century, many of those who came here could not read. So the cathedral told the story. It was a book, a theatre, a narrative of sacred history.<br>And above all, it wasn\u2019t grey. The sculptures were painted \u2013 in red, blue and gold. Just imagine the crowd on the forecourt, the market traders, the pilgrims, the sound of the bells, the smells, the colours. Notre-Dame was the beating heart of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-de-ruskin-a-proust-lire-la-cathedrale\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"De_Ruskin_a_Proust_lire_la_cathedrale\"><\/span>From Ruskin to Proust: Reading the Cathedral<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT.jpg 960w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Amiens_-_Place_du_Don_-_Cathedrale_1_Jean-Pol-GRANDMONT-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Amiens Cathedral as seen from Place du Don. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Jean-Pol Grandmont.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 19th century, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ruskin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ruskin\">John Ruskin<\/a>, one of the leading art critics of Victorian England and a passionate enthusiast of Gothic architecture, discovered Amiens and became so fascinated by its cathedral that he devoted a book to it: <em>The Bible of Amiens<\/em>, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/bible-dAmiens-Marcel-Proust\/dp\/2841004031\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/bible-dAmiens-Marcel-Proust\/dp\/2841004031\">The Amiens Bible<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The title sums up his perspective. For Ruskin, Notre-Dame is a text. Every statue has a meaning, every figure belongs to a story, every detail is worth deciphering. But Ruskin also understands one essential thing: a monument begins before the monument itself. To discover Notre-Dame, he invites us to step back, to cross the city, to cross the water, to view the cathedral within its landscape before returning to it via the narrow streets.<br>A few years later, another man followed in Ruskin\u2019s footsteps. He was French, in his thirties, and had not yet written anything <em>In Search of Lost Time<\/em>. His name is <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcel_Proust\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcel_Proust\">Marcel Proust<\/a>.<br>Proust had a deep admiration for Ruskin and set about translating <em>The Amiens Bible<\/em>. But translating Ruskin is not enough: one must go and see for oneself. So Proust comes to Amiens. Let us imagine him standing before the gateway, Ruskin\u2019s book in his hand. He is looking for a statue, looks up, rereads a sentence, compares. The man who would soon devote his life\u2019s work to exploring memory, sensations and time learnt here to observe the traces left by the centuries. In 1904, his translation of <em>The Amiens Bible<\/em>, accompanied by a long preface and numerous notes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist.jpg 960w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/St._Martin_Thaining_9_Edelmauswaldgeist-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint Martin shares his cloak in front of the towers of the city of Amiens. Fresco by Franz Seraph Kirzinger (1764). Thaining. \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Edelmauswaldgeist\">Edelmauswaldgeist<\/a>\/Commons<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, one of the oldest Christian stories associated with Amiens did not take place in a church. We have to go back to the 4th century, probably during the winter of 337. The town was still called <strong><em>Ambianorum<\/em><\/strong>. A young Roman soldier named <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_de_Tours\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_de_Tours\">Martin<\/a> <\/strong>At the city gates, he came across a poor man shivering with cold. Having nothing else to give him, he drew his sword, cut his cloak in two and offered him one half. The gesture lasted only a few seconds. Yet it would endure through the centuries. Martin would go on to become Bishop of Tours and one of the West\u2019s most popular saints. Yet Amiens can claim to be the starting point of this extraordinary destiny: one winter\u2019s evening, a soldier and a shared cloak. Nearly nine centuries later, Notre-Dame would rise towards the heavens.<br>In Amiens, the grand narrative of Christianity is thus encapsulated in two images: the humility of a piece of cloth and the grandeur of a cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-les-hortillonnages-une-ville-sur-l-eau\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Les_hortillonnages_une_ville_sur_leau\"><\/span>The Hortillonnages: a town on the water<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil.jpg 960w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil-767x620.jpg 767w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil-600x485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hortillonnages_dAmiens_Jardins_maraichers_190908_03_Vassil-30x24.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. The market gardens, or \u2018Hortillonages\u2019, of Amiens.<em>\u00a9<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Vassil\">Vassil<\/a>Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this region of the Somme, water is not an intruder lurking at the bottom of ravines; it is the undisputed queen, a liquid beast with a thousand silent arms that encircles the town and creates a suspended countryside.<br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hortillonnages_d%27Amiens\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hortillonnages_d%27Amiens\"><strong>Hortillonnages<\/strong><\/a>. The word itself evokes the scent of rich soil, heavy silt and lush greenery. Across several hundred hectares, an extraordinary network of canals \u2013 the \u2018rieux\u2019 \u2013 divides the land into hundreds of plots. For centuries, the hortillons cultivated vegetables, fruit and flowers there for the markets of Amiens.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-26-Copier.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>At the Hortillonages in Amiens, you board a \u00abcornet boat\u00bb (\u2018jon boat\u2019 in English), one of those dark wooden vessels that glide through the current without disturbing it. <em>\u00a9<\/em> Laurent Rousselin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As soon as the propeller begins to whir, the world of men fades away. The town vanishes behind a curtain of weeping willows, their branches hanging like the hair of wild maidens. The canal narrows, becoming a \u00abrieu\u00bb, a narrow vein through which flows the green blood of this Venice of mud and flowers.<br>Here, the earth is not solid; it is alive, spongy, kneaded by generations of market gardeners with broken backs. These men have dug up the mud from the bottom of the ditches to create islands, altars of black earth where life is cultivated. A powerful scent rises from the banks: the fragrance of crushed wild mint, rotting reeds and fertile silt fermenting beneath the pale sun. It is the scent of genesis, the very fragrance of the creation of the world.<br>To the right, a patch of land stretches out, laden with plump cabbages with bluish leaves, leeks as proud as halberds, and curly lettuces drinking in the dew to their hearts\u2019 content. Here, nature is not tamed; it is an ally. It grows with a quiet fury. The trees \u2013 alders, hazel trees, aspen poplars \u2013 stand guard. The wind sweeps through their foliage with the sound of distant waves, a murmur of a heavenly river.<br>Suddenly, a large grey heron shot out of a thicket of reeds. It rose unhurriedly, heavy and majestic, like a grey thought crossing a peaceful mind. The lapping of the water against the side of the boat marks the passage of time. A long, rural passage of time that pays no heed to man\u2019s clocks.<br>The sun finally breaks through the mist. Its light does not burst forth, but rather permeates the air. It lends the water lilies a porcelain sheen and makes the water droplets sparkle like poor man\u2019s diamonds. We come across a hut made of tarred planks, nestled beneath a black elder tree. One can imagine that here, a man might live happily with next to nothing: a basket of vegetables, the song of a reed warbler and the certainty that the water will continue to flow.<br>The canals criss-cross and branch out, forming a labyrinth of peace where the soul loses itself only to find itself again. It is a land of water and foliage, a realm of stillness in motion where solitude is never isolation, but a secret communion with the lifeblood of the world.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"14863\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens-Laurent-Rousselin-Amiens-Metropole-62-Copier.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u00a9<\/em> Laurent Rousselin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"14864\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-32x24.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/C.-Lasseur_hortillonnage_3394-Copier.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u00a9<\/em> M. Lasseur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The boat moves slowly between the two banks. Willow trees lean over the canals, footbridges span the water, and a few houses appear behind the foliage. The noise of the city fades away. And suddenly, between two curtains of trees, the cathedral\u2019s spire reappears. It is perhaps one of the most beautiful sights in Amiens: Notre-Dame seen from the floating gardens. Stone and water, which one might have thought belonged to two different cities, come together in the same landscape.<br>Following on from the soaring architecture of Notre-Dame and the tranquil greenery of the hortillonnages, the museum offers a third way of experiencing Amiens: through images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-le-musee-de-picardie-un-palais-pour-l-art\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Musee_de_Picardie_un_palais_pour_lart\"><\/span>The Picardy Museum: a palace for art<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau.jpg 960w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Musee_de_Picardie._Cl._T._Rambeau-Musee_de_Picardie_T.Rambeau-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> The Mus\u00e9e de Picardie in Amiens, built in the 19th century, was one of the first buildings in France to be designed specifically to house art collections. \u00a9 TRambeau\/Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a few streets further on and we\u2019re back in a different century. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amiens.fr\/Vivre-a-Amiens\/Culture-Patrimoine\/Etablissements-culturels\/Musee-de-Picardie\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amiens.fr\/Vivre-a-Amiens\/Culture-Patrimoine\/Etablissements-culturels\/Musee-de-Picardie\">Picardy Museum<\/a> is very much a product of the 19th century. At that time, France believed in the virtues of knowledge. People collected, classified and catalogued. Archaeology became a science. Museums were expected to play a part in the education of the citizenry. Amiens wanted its own. But not just any museum. A grand building was constructed. The staircase, the galleries, the d\u00e9cor: everything serves as a reminder that art here was intended to impress as much as to educate. Then the centuries began to pass. Archaeology takes us back to <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samarobriva\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samarobriva\"><strong>Samarobriva<\/strong><\/a>, the name of the city of Amiens in Gallo-Roman times.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes_1863_Le_Travail_Musee_de_Picardie_DP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes_1863_Le_Travail_Musee_de_Picardie_DP.jpg 540w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes_1863_Le_Travail_Musee_de_Picardie_DP-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes_1863_Le_Travail_Musee_de_Picardie_DP-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes_1863_Le_Travail_Musee_de_Picardie_DP-36x23.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Amiens. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1863, *Work*, Mus\u00e9e de Picardie<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The medieval collections complement the cathedral. The paintings transport us to other eras.<br>And soon one artist began to stand out: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes\">Pierre Puvis de Chavannes<\/a> (1824\u20131898) belongs to that generation which still believed in monumental painting. At the Mus\u00e9e de Picardie, his large-scale compositions are not viewed simply as paintings hung on a wall. They form an integral part of the building. And suddenly a parallel emerges. In the morning, on the fa\u00e7ade of Notre-Dame, 13th-century sculptors told the story of a civilisation in stone. Six centuries later, Puvis de Chavannes, in turn, attempted to convey something of humanity and civilisation on the walls of a museum. Techniques change. The ambition remains the same: to make the walls speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-jules-verne-amiens-pour-port-d-attache\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jules_Verne_Amiens_pour_port_dattache\"><\/span>Jules Verne, Amiens as his home port<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14878 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq.jpg 500w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amiens.-_maison_de_jules_Verne_WLM2017_Pierre-Andre-Leclercq-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A strange tower awaits us on Rue Charles-Dubois. It is crowned by an armillary sphere. Here we are at <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jules_Verne\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jules_Verne\">Jules Verne<\/a> (1828\u20131905). The writer lived in this house from 1882 to 1900. And one is immediately struck by a delightful paradox. The man who sent his heroes to the centre of the Earth, beneath the oceans, around the world and to the Moon lived here in a comfortable middle-class home. The journey lay elsewhere. In books. On maps. In the imagination. Verne worked tirelessly. He read newspapers and scientific journals, kept up with inventions, and was fascinated by exploration. His era provided him with extraordinary material. Railways sped up travel. Ocean liners crossed the seas. The telegraph sped up the flow of information. Maps were becoming increasingly detailed. The world seemed to be getting smaller at the very moment it was offering infinite possibilities. Jules Verne transformed this revolution into literature. He simply added to the knowledge of his time a machine that no one could patent: the imagination.<br><em>\u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Leclercq\">Pierre Andr\u00e9 Leclercq<\/a>Commons.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Jules Verne was not merely the creator of Captain Nemo. In 1888, he became a city councillor in Amiens. The writer played an active part in the life of the city. In the morning, he might imagine the far reaches of the world; a few hours later, he would be dealing with the affairs of Amiens. He belonged to both worlds: the real and the imaginary; Amiens and the planet. That is why his house is much more than just a literary museum. It helps us understand how a man living in a peaceful provincial town was able to make the entire universe his domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-vadrouille-gourmande-a-amiens\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vadrouille_gourmande_a_Amiens\"><\/span>A gourmet tour of Amiens<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6572-2-Copier.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Amiens p\u00e2t\u00e9 en cro\u00fbte from the Hyacinthe restaurant.<br>\u00a9 Caroline Mareschal\/ Amiens Tourism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14896\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Caqhuse-1-Copier.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The queue at Le Quai restaurant.<br>\u00a9 Caroline Mareschal\/ Amiens Tourism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14897\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ficelle-picarde-Au-Fil-de-lEau-C.-Mareschal-Copier.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Picardy string at the Au Fil de l\u2019eau restaurant.<br>\u00a9 Caroline Mareschal\/ Amiens Tourism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Tie your napkins, open your hearts wide and get your forks out! We\u2019re off on a gourmet adventure to Amiens, a land where the soil is black with happiness and the water in the canals whispers culinary secrets. A trip with friends, all about sharing and beaming faces! With our noses in the air, we\u2019re stepping into the heart of the Picardy region!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-le-matin-le-reveil-des-maraichers-et-la-brioche-qui-s-effiloche\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_matin_Le_reveil_des_maraichers_et_la_brioche_qui_seffiloche\"><\/span>In the morning: The market gardeners\u2019 morning routine and the crumbly brioche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"14899\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1P6A1523-Copier.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Laurent Rousselin, Amiens M\u00e9tropole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"14901\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Les-Halles-d_Amiens-J.Halatre-02.11.2025-16-Copier.jpg 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Halle d\u2019Amiens. \u00a9 J. Hal\u00e2tre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn breaks over Saint-Leu, as the sun tries to pierce the mist. We stand on the cobblestones, our eyes turned towards the Hortillonnages, that aquatic paradise where market gardeners whisper in the ears of leeks. We head to the March\u00e9 sur l\u2019eau. Despite its name, the stalls are set up today on Place Parmentier, on the banks of the Somme. They keep alive the memory of the hortillons who once arrived by boat, laden with the harvests from their gardens. Just look at those crates of fresh carrots, those plump cabbages still glistening with dew! This is the very heartbeat of Picardy.<br>And then, to recharge our batteries, we pop round to the artisans \u2013 the real ones \u2013 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083544243456#\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083544243456#\">Fr\u00e9ville House<\/a>. We\u2019ve got our hands on the local holy grail: the G\u00e2teau Battu. Just look at this beauty! A gendarme\u2019s cap, golden like a summer\u2019s sun, bursting with love, fresh eggs and good farm butter. You tear into it with both hands, no fuss! The crumb is light and airy; it melts on the tongue like a kiss. It\u2019s morning bliss \u2013 pure, simple bliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-le-midi-banquet-des-copains-et-creme-qui-chante\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_midi_banquet_des_copains_et_creme_qui_chante\"><\/span>Lunch: a banquet with friends and \u2018singing\u2019 cream<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1017\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14886 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-767x773.jpg 767w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-1525x1536.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-596x600.jpg 596w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/277574607_372628698208524_5318163259182247909_n_Zinc.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At midday, your stomach starts to rumble and the temptation to pop into the bistro becomes irresistible. You push open the door of the <a href=\"https:\/\/les-petits-bonheurs-restaurant-amiens.eatbu.com\/?lang=fr\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/les-petits-bonheurs-restaurant-amiens.eatbu.com\/?lang=fr\">Little Pleasures<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/letchiotzinc\/?_rdr\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/letchiotzinc\/?_rdr\">T\u2019Chiot Zinc<\/a>, tables full of food lovers where laughter rings out and people kiss each other on both cheeks. You sit on the wooden chairs and breathe in the air, heavy with the aromas of simmering dishes.<br>And then the chef brings out the masterpiece: the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ficelle_picarde\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ficelle_picarde\">Picardy twine<\/a>. Ah, the ficelle! It\u2019s a real treat. A thin, light cr\u00eape hiding within its folds a duxelles of finely chopped button mushrooms, sweet shallots sweated in butter and a lovely slice of cooked ham. The whole thing is topped with a generous dollop of thick cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche and a handful of Emmental, browned under the oven\u2019s heat. When the knife cuts through it, the cream oozes out, it smokes, and the aroma fills the room. You mop up the sauce with a piece of brown bread, thinking to yourself that, really, life is beautiful when it tastes like this.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>For those with a hearty appetite, share a slice of Amiens duck p\u00e2t\u00e9 \u2013 a delicacy crafted with the precision of a master butcher and encased in a golden crust \u2013 or a <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caghuse\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caghuse\">Caghuse<\/a>, this cut of pork, braised for hours in caramelised onions and local beer. It\u2019s rustic, it\u2019s hearty, and it\u2019s a real feast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-au-gouter-le-pave-d-amande-des-rois\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Au_gouter_Le_pave_damande_des_rois\"><\/span>For afternoon tea: The Kings\u2019 Almond Cake<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017.jpg 960w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-767x765.jpg 767w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-600x598.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macaron_dAmiens_Jeancatteau2017-24x24.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Macaron from Maison Trogneux in Amiens. <em>\u00a9<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Jeancatteau2017&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Jeancatteau2017<\/a>Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To round off this symphony for the taste buds, we\u2019ll pop into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trogneux.fr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.trogneux.fr\/\">Jean Trogneux House<\/a>, right in the shadow of the great cathedral. People come to pay their respects to the guardian of the Amiens macaron temple. Forget those little multicoloured Parisian things! Here, the macaron is a lord. It\u2019s a small, dense, rustic disc, unchanged since the 16th century. Nothing but the real thing: sweet almonds, honey from local hives, and a touch of apple compote for a soft texture. Take a bite: the crust holds firm for a second before giving way to a tender, fragrant centre. A pure treat that\u2019ll leave you with a childlike smile for the rest of the day.<br>We leave Amiens with a light heart and a full stomach, bidding farewell to the chefs and artisans. What a wonderful, gourmet France, my friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-amiens-la-ville-aux-quatre-visages\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amiens_la_ville_aux_quatre_visages\"><\/span>Amiens, the city of four faces<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>At the end of the walk, the four facets of Amiens eventually come together. The cathedral tells the story of a city with its eyes turned skywards; the hortillonnages, of a city shaped by water; the Mus\u00e9e de Picardie preserves its memory, whilst Jules Verne throws open the doors to the imagination. In Saint-Leu, finally, Amiens reveals its culinary side, with a \u2018ficelle picarde\u2019 or a few macarons.<br>And perhaps that is the true charm of Amiens. The city does not seek to dazzle you straight away. It reveals itself little by little. Amiens reveals itself little by little. You have to step beneath the vaults of Notre-Dame, glide by boat along a rieu, push open the museum door, climb the stairs of Jules Verne\u2019s house, and then sit down to sample a few local specialities. Its identity gradually emerges from this succession of experiences. <br>For there are few cities where, in a single day, one can journey through twenty centuries of history, wander through the gardens and end one\u2019s journey in the study of a writer who, whilst still in Amiens, had already imagined travelling round the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-se-renseigner\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Se_renseigner\"><\/span>For more information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tourist Information Centre<\/strong><br>23 Place Notre Dame, 80000 Amiens<br>Telephone: 03 22 71 60 50<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amiens-tourisme.com\">www.amiens-tourisme.com<\/a><br>Booking of activities (guided tours, workshops, etc.) + suggestions for things to do in the department and the Somme. \u00bbAmiens Coeur de Ville\u00bb passes are also on sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tour guide: <\/strong>Christophe Boulard<br><a href=\"mailto:christopheboulard01@gmail.com\">christopheboulard01@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-univers-voyage wp-block-embed-univers-voyage\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DDNu23vu58\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/by-train-in-the-baie-de-somme\/\">By train in the Baie de Somme<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00abBy train in the Baie de Somme\u00bb \u2014 Univers Voyage\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en-train-dans-la-baie-de-somme\/embed\/#?secret=j5rUzLvDwb#?secret=DDNu23vu58\" data-secret=\"DDNu23vu58\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<br><strong>Photos :<\/strong> as indicated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many sides to Amiens. The stone city, monumental, dominated by Notre-Dame. The city of water, secret and silent, which winds its way through the hortillonnage gardens. 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