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RUE ROGER SALENGRO SQUARE SAINT-VAAST Cathédrale Notre- RU E MARCHE AU FLLÉ RUE SAINTE-CROIX
RUE DES TEINTURIERS

RUE MÉAULENS
Dame-et-St-
Vaast d’Arras
Abbaye
St-Vaast
Musée des RUE AU X OURS Grand’ Place
Beaux-Arts SQUARE ALBERT 1ER DE BELGIQU E
PLACE DE
LA MADELEINE RUE ALBERT 1ER DE BELGIQUE RUE DÉSIRÉ-B RAS
VACQUERIE
Maison PLACE DE LA RUE DE LA TAILLERIE GRAND’PLACE BOULEVARD DU GÉNÉRAL FAIDHERBE
RUE DU GAL BARBOT RUE MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE RUE PAUL DOUMER de Ville PLACE DES HÉROS
Hôtel
RUE DE LA BRADERIE
Robespierre
RUE DU 29 JUILLET
Place des Héros
Place
du Théâtre RUE DES BALANCES
RUE DU PÉAGE RU E DÉSIRÉ DELANSOME
RUE ERNESTALE
RUE DES GRANDS FOURS RUE ARISTIDE BRIAND RUE SAINT- ETIENNE RUE DES CAPUCINE RUE GAMBETTA RUE PASTEUR
RUE SAINTE- AGNES
RUE VICTOR HUGO
Place Victor RUE ROHART-COURTIN RUE DES QUATRE CROSSES BOULEVARD STRASBOURG
0 metres
250
Hugo Carrière
Wellington
0 yards 250 1km (0.6 mile)
for a drink in the Place des Héros Dame de Lorette contains over
before heading back to the car park 40,000 graves, while by the D937 road
in Grand’ Place and driv ing to the near Neuville-St-Vaast there is a
Carrière Wellington (open daily). Follow sombre German cemetery.
the D917 from Boulevard Strasbourg ª Return to Arras on the D937, and
and look for signs on the left. follow the boule vards round to Place
During World War I, British and Foch. Take the D917 Bapaume road;
New Zealand troops extended the imme diately turn right onto the
chalk tunnels beneath Arras as part D919, signed for Bucquoy. After 28 km
of the front line, and thousands lived (17 miles) turn left for Beaumont-
for months here. The Carrière Hamel and Thiepval, further east
Wellington has been made into a very along the D73.
moving memorial to trench life, with
remarkable memen tos such as 0 Beaumont-Hamel and Above Canadian National Memorial, Vimy
drawings carved into the tunnel walls. Thiepval Ridge Below left Panoramic view of the town
ª Leave the Grand’ Place towards Somme, Picardie; 80300 of Arras from the belfry of the Hôtel de Ville
Lens; turn right on road sign posted A1 The Somme battlefield sites,
towards Lille. Then turn left on D917 memorials and cemeteries from World SHOPPING IN ARRAS
and left again on N17 for Vimy. War I extend over the rolling green
Au Bleu d’Arras
country side east of Amiens. The
9 Vimy Ridge and Notre- Newfoundland Memorial (visitor A great place to buy hand-decorated
blue-and-white porcelain.
Dame de Lorette centre open daily, except mid-Dec–mid- 32 place des Héros, 62001
Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais; 62580 Jan) at Beaumont-Hamel brings
S Thibaut
Bitter fighting went on around Arras home the horror of the 1916 battle.
The best place to find traditional
throughout World War I. To the north Visible from a great dis tance at spiced biscuits and chocolate rats.
is one of the most powerful war Thiepval is the main British Somme 50 place des Héros, 62001
monuments, the Canadian National memorial, an awe-inspiring arch bear-
Memorial (visitor centre open daily) at ing the names of 73,367 men whose EAT AND DRINK
the top of Vimy Ridge. From the base bodies were never found.
of the austere monument, inscribed ª Continue on the D73 to Pozières ARRAS
with the names of the 11,285 and turn left on the D929, then right at La Faisanderie expensive
This gourmet restaurant offers modern
Canadian dead, there is an immense Martinpuich onto the D107. Drive onto
variations on classic French cuisine.
view to the east. The visitor centre Longueval, then turn left in Guillemont
45 Grand’ Place, 62000; 03 21 48 20 76;
provides vivid tours. To the north- on D20, to Rancourt across the A1, then www.restaurant-la-faisanderie.com;
west, the French memorial of Notre- take the D1017 into Péronne. closed Thu pm, Sun eve and Mon
Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €20; moderate, €20–€40; expensive, over €40