Hotel near Abbeville in France, includes breakfast & e-bikes

You’ve probably heard of Abbeville before, a destination well known to Brits seeking a convenient place to stay when they’re to-ing and fro-ing on the Calais to Paris route. But here’s the thing; if you don’t stick around for long, you’re missing a trick. Abbeville – just 6 miles from the hotel in St Riquier - is not only a fantastic place in its own right to spend some quality time (great little boulangeries, epiceries and brasseries, plus the gorgeous jardins of Emonville and Bouvaque for starters), it’s also one of the most well-connected places in the north of France: just over an hour’s drive north you’ve got Calais, Paris is to the south, to the east you’ve the heartrending WW1 battlefield sites, and the supernatural Somme Bay is right here on the doorstep. Cycling to the jewel in its crown, chic St-Valery-sur-Somme, you won’t be disappointed thanks to its cobbled streets, medieval garden, fishermen’s cottages, steam train, plus a market and no end of fabulous restaurants and boutiques. In fact the whole bay is your oyster and you can cycle around to see seals, a nature reserve, lighthouses, and sweeping views to store in your mind’s eye forever.

The hotel itself makes the stay all the more memorable: a 15th century former priest’s quarters with gleaming white stone, exposed brick, and views on to the majestic ‘royal abbey’ next door. Push open the heavy doors of the gothic masterpiece for a meditative moment in 1,400 years of history, then cross the square to the Unesco-listed belfry. Whether this hotel near Abbeville is your stopover hotel or your base to spend time exploring an enchanting part of Northern France, we’ll bet you’ll be back to St Riquier in a heartbeat.