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Just_Jenny Says: Any visit to France I recommend that you make a visit here, a truly poignant place and a time for reflection.
ELear Says: The aeroplane hanging up in the station is a pre-war Potez, I think a Potez 36 - the revolutionary design with the wings that can be folded back. It's there as a memorial to Henry Potez, the great aeroplane builder, who was born nearby (his factory was in Méaulte - it's now...
The Somme battlefield sites; time and price
ELear Says: I thought I'd put in a note about timing and prices. I set off in a taxi (actually it was a minibus) straight after breakfast, and arrived back in time for a latish lunch. In that time I visited Pozieres, Mametz Wood, Beaumont Hamel, the Ulster Tower, Thiepval, and the...
chrishc Says: Albert is proud of its three bell towers, this is the third to go with those at the cathedral and town hall.It sits above the station. Incidentally inside the entrance hall there is a huge aeroplane hanging from the ceiling.
chrishc Says: The Albert town hall commands the market square. Inside it is decorated in art deco style and is a nice example of a municipal building with class.We were looking at leaflets in the reception area when a gentleman came up to us and asked if we were enjoying the town and if...
Impressive cathedral with a special Basilica
chrishc Says: The cathedral is really quite superb, red brick with much ddecoration.The golden virgin at the top of the basilica was targeted during the first world war but although the basilica was hit and the statue toppled over below the horizontal it was held by the hand of god and...
chrishc Says: This is an amazing site, set beneath the streets of the town in "hidden" tunnels there are depictions of life in the trenches.You really get a feel for what it must have been like.
1 Review and 41 Opinions The Hotel de la Basilique is excellent. It doesn't have a glamorous reception area or 36" plasma TVs...
My name is Albert so I just had to go here.
sikky Says: Easiest to get here by car, or there is an irregular bus servicing the area.I've only added this page so I could have an excuse to add the photo of me as a 10 year ols standing by the sign for this town.
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This is an amazing site, set beneath the streets of the town in "hidden" tunnels there are depictions of life in the trenches.You really get a feel for what it...
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Whar a great little town. Albert received a lot of damage during the First World War but today it is very neat with a lot of red-brick buildings. It doesn't seem to get a lot of recognition but I...
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During our visit in France, I knew that this was one of the places I wanted to see. Travelling by car from Lille it took us just over an hour to get to Albert, here is the most central access to the...
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