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Beautiful architecture.
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Very Easy to get to from Paris.. even a day trip
wandeljp Says: Les places: the marketsAl around the PLaces (principaly on place des Heros, the little one) you find shops and caffes.For eating and drinking, there is not any problem.Some are situated in cellar. They are very big al around. In 1914 was made place for plenty of soldiers,...
Mikebond Says: The Fine Arts Museum of Arras is located inside the abbaye de Saint-Vaast. It shows the history of the town from the Gallo-Roman period to the 19th century.The opening times are: 9.30-12 and14-17.30; on Thursdays 9.30-17.30. Close on Tuesdays.
wandeljp Says: The Beaux-Arts MuseumThe museum shows differents collections: Archeology, Middle age, peint: most "important" are french , flamich and holland ones. Important collections ceramiques. Fame name are Eugene Delacroix, Guérin, Dutilleux, Corot and J Breton.The museum is located...
Applelyn Says: It dates back to the 11th century with 1600s Flemish-Baroque houses. Look out for their sandstone columns unique in France. The Gothic hotel, Hotel de Ville and the town hall was destroyed during WWI but was rebuilt after the war. You can take the lift to the top of the 75m...
Kettleman Says: A superb museum opened recently made in the tunnels under Arras occupied by the Allies during WW1.The tour is led and using audiovisual and other modern devices tells the story of their lives in the tunnels and the subsequent attack on the German lines that was the turning...
cochinjew Says: Memorial to Battle of Arras 9 april 1917During the middle ages, these quarries were used to obtain linestone, chalk for buildings in Arras. Starting around the 15th century, abandoned in the 19th century. Resurrected in 1916. In One week in 1917 used to launch the assault on...
wandeljp Says: Bours Castle Proud, indestructible, a such guard it takes care on this beautiful village, nested in his bosky bower. That stories it could tell us, crossing the fury of the men and time... Guided tours for the groups on go. The guided tours are free, they last of 1 hour...
Gauchin-Legal: legend !!!!!!!!!!
wandeljp Says: Gauchin-Le-GalThe “gal” is an ovoid sandstone of form attached by a chain to a borne Le Gal to Gauchin to the center of the village. According to the legend, it was going formerly to strike the night with the door of the husbands misled. This is why an American officer Henry...
wandeljp Says: Les places: the marquetsThe flamisch baroque style where preserved when after WWI, the reconstrution was begin in 1920. Only some houses where preserved from the bombs. Also the oldest one: from 1467 and situeted on number 49 from the grand Place. This is the only one who...
wandeljp Says: Les places: the marquetsThe 2 markets be same 17.000 m2. In XVIth century the sherif decide the rules of urbanisme. But the fact that those rules goes on more than 200 years give the succesful result that you can see today.---oooOOOooo--- Les deux places ont ensemble une...
wandeljp Says: Les places: the marquetsThe place Des Heros and de Grand Place hare twoo marked in city center who's are an unique and amazing view: al the houses are so perfect build in the same style. The gallery's with al those colums, the facades, the way how the roof are build, and...
wandeljp Says: The city hal The construction is from 1502 to 1506 is gothic but the south side is from 1572 and is renaissance.The north face is Napoleon III style. Inside you can see the pics from WW I. Betweem 1914 and 1918 was Arras in the center of the horror. There was no many houses...
1 Review and 152 Opinions Spent one night at the IBIS, room was fairly standard for European hotels, small, the positive is...
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wandeljp Says: The Arras railway station. It have a big station in center of the city. You can came here from Lille, Paris, Brussels...The express trains stop here too ---oooOOOooo--- Arras est facile d'accès de part la gare située entre Bruxelles et Paris.Certains trains rapides (TGV et...
Mikebond Says: Like many other French towns and cities, Arras has also its Arbre de la Liberté, a tree that was planted to commemorate the French revolution. This one dates of 1989 (the second centenary of the revolution).
Mikebond Says: Like many towns in Northern France, als Arras has its giants. Their names are Colas and Jacqueline and they were born in 1891, even if they had belonged to the popular tradition since 1812, when their names appeared in a song composed for a celebration in Arras.These two...
wandeljp Says: BOURS CASTLE Proud, indestructible, a such guard it takes care on this beautiful village, nested in his bosky bower. That stories it could tell us, crossing the fury of the men and time... Guided tours for the groups on go. The guided tours are free, they last of 1h with...
Saint Jean Baptiste - inside: paintings
Mikebond Says: This is the masterpiece of Saint Jean Baptiste: a Deposition by Pieter Paul Rubens, whose mannerism is evident in Christ's body, that looks green. I particularly love the blond Madeleine, painted with a lot of curves, in contrast with the stiffness of the other...
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We used the GR 127 (long distence footpath ) . This trail go from Arras to Boulogne-Sur-Mer.
The book we use (french writen) is Tours dans le Pas de Calais . It descrive the way . Give many useful informations: distances, possibilities (sleeping, eating, transportations,...) on the way.
Also give a (short) information about the places you come along. Important is the maps (on 1/50000) where the trail is marked with a red line. The way is (good) marked with withe and red coulours.
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Nous avons utilisé le Grande Randonnée GR127 : Ce sentier vous conduit de Arras à Boulogne sur Mer .
Le topo-guide utilisé est écrit en Français et à pour titre "Tours en Pas de Calais".Outre une description du parcours à suivre , il vous donne un tas d'informations historiques mais également pratiques (hôtels, bus, distances...)
Également d'une aide appréciable sont les cartes à l'échelle 1/50000 marquée du parcours à suivre. Le sentier est également (bien) marqué sur le terrain à l'aide de balises de couleurs blanches et rouges.
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Equipment: You better use good walking boots , a good backpack, don't forget any food and drink. there are not possibilities every where.
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Des bottines de marches sont grandement conseillées! Un bon sac au dos contenant un peu de nourriture, boissons et habits vous préservant de la pluie n'est également pas un luxe inutile car le ravitaillement n'est pas possible partout !
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Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: We started in Arras , Railway station.
Mikebond Says: The centre of Arras was included in UNESCO's World Heritage List along with other buildings and squares planned by Vauban in July 2008. See also this site, in French only.
Mikebond Says: Here you see more views of Saint-Vaast cathedral:1) an aisle of the church with a precious carpet against the wall;2) the orgue, which is not so beautiful as the church would deserve;3) the high altar;4) a memorial tablet dedicated to the one million soldiers of the British...
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Arras:Even if not very known the turning is worth!
ARRAS Belle, très au-dessus de toute la contrée Se dresse éperdument la tour démesurée D'un gothique beffroi sur le ciel balancé(...) P. VERLAINE -oOo- Beautiful, very above all the region Draws...
Arras is the capital city of the Pas-de-Calais département and is not very renowned as a tourist destination. However, it has certainly so much to offer that my half-day visit proved not to be...
Arras and its beautiful squares
Arras is situated in the southern part of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and famous for the beautiful architecture of its two squares.
The original settlers werre the Celtic tribe of the Atrebates and it later became a Roman garrison town known as Atrebatum. In 17th century, the fortifications upgraded by Vauban helping keep it in......
Awesome squares, beautiful town
In 1996 we were on our way to Bretagne for a week of touring around. I had been out in Groningen that night and hadn't had more then an hour of 2 of sleep. And i was the only one that could drive....
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