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Address :

Hotel Royal Picardie
138 Avenue du General Leclerc
80300 Albert

Region :

Picardie

Hosts:

Xavier Jesu

Phone :

Fax:

+ 33 (0) 3 22 75 37 00

+ 33 (0) 3 22 75 60 19

Email :

reservation@royalpicardie.com 

How to get there:

Driving - 20 Km north-east Amiens; 155Km north Paris via A1 motorway.
Train - Albert station is 0.5 km from the hotel; 17Km to Haute-Picardie TGV station  (trip is 1 hour to Paris or Lille)

Website :

www.royalpicardie.com

Open :

Open all year

Price range:

89 (Comfort) to 173 (Priviledge) Euros: a bountiful breakfast is 10 Euro per person.

Description :

24 rooms beautifully decorated and air-conditioned. Large fine dining restaurant plus bar area with fire place and internet service. Tennis court also in grounds.

Room types

Comfort, standard and priviledge.

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Payment options:

All credit cards

Minimum stay :

None

Cancellation policy:

No fee if cancelled before 4.00pm the day before arrival; in case of late cancellation or no-show the credit card would be charged for the amount of the first night.

Things to do:

Easy access to the majority of war sites that are almost sacred to Australians and New Zealanders. Organised tours can be organised or follow the many maps that are available at the front desk or from the Tourist Information office 1.5 Km away. Sites such as Poziere, Thiepval and Villers Bretonneux are within easy reach.  As well the near-by Beaumont-Hamel site where Canadian forces suffered horrendeous losses affords best appreciation of the trench warfare of that era. The museum at Peronne is extremely well worth visiting - even for those not so disposed to browsing museums.

Hotel has a fine dining restaurant:  other options available in the centre of Albert, 1Km away.

Parking:

Large off-street parking area

Director’s comment:

Visiting the World War 1 sites is both memorable, rewarding and sobering.

Map: