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5 Days from £1,150pp

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● Time to explore Abbeville
● Unlimited access to the 2-day Steam Festival
CONNOISSEUR TOURS © Christophe MASSE CFBS of Steam giving total flexibility
● Opportunity to photograph and ride on a variety of
visiting locomotives from across Europe
● Individual travel tickets from your hotel to the Festival

SELECTED HOTELS
Abbeville Mercure Hotel Abbeville
Please note – hotel can be subject to change
PRICE INCLUDES

● Standard Class rail travel to and from the
festival each day
Baie de Somme Festival ● Standard Class rail travel to and from Abbeville
● 2-day festival ticket for unlimited use
● Accommodation in good quality hotel on a bed
and breakfast basis
● Services of a tour leader from London and
Friday 24 April to Tuesday 28 April 2026 throughout the tour
Join us on this short break to enjoy this spectacular steam festival in northern France, staying in PRICE PER PERSON:
Abbeville, an important town in the Somme area and well known for the Collegiate Church of Escorted holiday £1,150
Single room supplement £200
Saint-Vulfran.
Deposit for this holiday £200
Day 1 - Abbeville Reseau des Bains de Mer which has been operated by
Leaving St Pancras on a lunchtime Eurostar service, the CFBS for more than 40 years. Everything about
we head to Paris. When we arrive, we change onto this weekend revolves around steam - from the time
a regional SNCF service to Abbeville where we stay when it was the principle means of local transport
for 4 nights on a bed and breakfast basis. for people and goods in the 19th Century right up
to the 21st Century where it plays an extraordinary
Days 2 & 3 - Steam Festival role in tourism in the area. The CFBS works closely
The Fete de la Vapeur (Steam Gala) has become with partners, ranging from the local communities
an unmissable event on the Picardy coast. Enjoy 2 in the Picardy region, the European Community and
full days using your own individual tickets to enjoy local clubs to make this event a success. Everyone is
this event. We have also included individual return eager to be a part of this very popular event! © Christophe MASSE CFBS
travel to Noyelles-Sur-Mer from Abbeville to give
you maximum flexibility. The steam festival was Day 4 - At Leisure in Abbeville
launched in 1988 during the centenary of the Reseau A day at leisure to explore Abbeville, once the
des Bains de Mer (Sea Bathers Railway). Over the capital of maritime Picardy and an important centre
weekend the Baie de Somme, designated a Grand during medieval times. The town is rich in history,
Site de France and one of the most beautiful bays with beautiful gardens, the 15th Century Gothic
in the world, plays host to some of the finest steam style Church of Saint Vulfran, a beautiful riverside
locomotives of Europe. Those of you who visit the setting and lots of restaurants, there is something for
different stations of the CFBS will discover all kinds of everyone.
events from ceremonies, exhibitions, traditional crafts
and of course many displays showing historic and Day 5 - To London Mixed train near St Valery © Keith Fender
modern rolling stock. The steam train trundles across Leaving after breakfast we take a morning regional
the middle of the bay among reeds and willows, and SNCF service back to Paris Nord where we connect
travels along the foreshore, on the lines of the former with a mid-afternoon Eurostar to London St Pancras.

3 Saint Valery © JM Frybourg © Christophe MASSE CFBS

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