Amiens - Surroundings

It is well worth taking a trip round the "Hortillonnages", a curious market-gardening region immediately east of Amiens in which fruit and vegetables are grown on land irrigated by countless little channels (rieux) carrying water from the Somme. Nowadays they are mostly used for recreation and can only be reached by water.

Ten km/6mi west of Amiens is Samara, a large leisure park and exhibition complex with a variety of entertainment facilities, including "Riddles of the Past" and "Visions of the Future", an archeological trail and a botanical garden.