STARTING OUT FORMALITIES  :

departure days from 2 pm on.

BOARDING :

from 3 pm to 6 pm (according to preparing the boats)

CLIMATE :

see chart page 61 of the Captains handbook.

ACCESS :

By motorway :

• A1 - E15/E19 exit N° 13 Péronne (8 km - N29 & D164)
  • Michelin map N° 52, http://www.viamichelin.com/
  • I.G.N. map N° 101, http://www.ign.fr/
  • Michelin green guide Flandres-Artois-Picardie

By rail :

• Albert Regional station (13 km),
• TGV station : TGV Haute-Picardie station (132 km), http://www.sncf.fr/

By air :

• Lille-Lesquin airport (89 km)
• Beauvais-Tillé airport (109 km)
• Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport (118 km – bus), http://www.adp.com/

PARKING :

see the link on the left of this page: Locaboat services / parking.

CAR HIRE :

• Avis : Amiens (40 km) Tel : 03 22 91 31 21, http://www.avis.com/
• Europcar : Albert (12 km) Tel : 03 22 75 25 70, http://www.europcar.com/
• Hertz : Amiens (40 km) Tel : 03 22 91 26 24, http://www.hertz.com/

HOTELS :

• Mercure*** (6 km) Tel : 03 22 85 78 30 Fax : 03 22 85 78 31, http://www.accorhotels.com/
• Les Etangs du Levant** (3 km) Tel : 03 22 76 70 00 Fax : 03 22 76 09 15
• Formule 1 (6 km) Tel : 03 22 85 25 22, http://www.accorhotels.com/

BED AND BREAKFAST AND GUEST HOUSE:

Booking office Tel : 03 22 71 22 70 - Fax : 03 22 71 22 69

RESTAURANTS :

• L'Escale de Cappy (closed Sunday evening) Tel : 03 22 76 02 03 Possibility to buy take away (order in advance) 
• L'Auberge à Suzanne: Tel: 03 22 76 03 01

BANKS:

at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) closed Sunday and Monday.

POST OFFICE :

at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

SHOPS :

at Cappy & Bray (3 km) – closed Sunday afternoon

MARKETS :

• at Cappy Saturday morning

TAXIS :

• at Amiens (40 km) Tel : 03 22 91 30 03
• Taxi Albert Tel : 03 22 74 47 40

TOURIST OFFICE :

• at Albert Tel : 03 22 75 16 42 - Fax : 03 22 75 11 72
• at Peronne Tel : 03 22 84 42 38 - Fax : 03 22 84 51 25

LOCABOAT BASE SERVICES :

WC, shower, phone box, picnic area

Gastronomical specialities :

ficelle picarde, anguille fumée and "en matelote", duck

Local drinks : artisanal beers

Fishing :

 (fishing licence obligatory : on sale near to the base) bleak, bream, roach, eels, tench, carp, catfish, mullet, pike, perch, pikeperch, chub,…

To see :

Museum of the Little train, Museum of the region at Bray-sur-Somme

GUIDE FROM THE SOMME COUNTY COUNCIL :

http://www.somme-tourisme.com/uk/decouvrir/Activites/tourisme_fluvial/images/guidefluvialuk05.pdf