The "Baie de Somme", situated at barely 20 kilometers from Abbeville Airfield, is a beautiful region to view from the air and offers furthermore a wide range of things to discover for the non-flying crew members.   

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Did you know that the Baie de Somme, consists of … 

• 72 km of coast line, of which only 15% is built up
• 70 km² of estuary
• 3000 hectare of nature reserve
• 3 colorful little harbours: Le Hourdel, Le Crotoy and Saint Valery sur Somme
• 5 seaside resorts: Ault Onival, Le Crotoy, Quend Plage, Cayeux sur Mer and Fort-Mahon Plage
• 44 km of segregated cycle facilities
• 28 km of railway with an old fashioned steam train
• 2 protected natural sites: Hourdel/Cap Hornu and Marquenterre 
• A colony of harbor seals
• The Henson horse breed
• One of France's major sites for migrating birds