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Cappy
Somme (Locaboat)
Cappy Locaboat base
Chemin du Port
80340 Cappy
Starting out formalities
departure days between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Boarding
as soon as the boat is ready.
Travel information
By motorway
A1 – E15 – E19 exit N°13 Péronne, N29 & D164
Michelin map N° 52, www.viamichelin.fr
I.G.N. map N° 101, www.ign.fr
Michelin green guide Flandres-Artois-Picardie
By rail
Regional station Albert (13 km)
TGV Haute-Picardie station (132 km), www.sncf.fr
By plane
Lille-Lesquin airport (89 km)
Beauvais-Tillé airport (109 km)
Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport (118 km – bus), www.adp.com
Parking
undercover, not guarded, 42 € / week ; enclosed, not guarded, 28 € / week
Car hire
Avis: Amiens (40 km) tel.: 03 22 91 31 21, www.avis.com
Europcar: Albert (12 km) tel.: 03 22 75 25 70, www.europcar.com
Hertz: Amiens (40 km) tel.: 03 22 91 26 24, www.hertz.com
Rent a Car: Peronne tel.: 03 22 84 49 65
Hotels
Mercure*** (6 km) tel.: 03 22 85 78 30 - Fax : 03 22 85 78 31, www.accorhotels.com
Les Etangs du Levant** (3 km) tel.: 03 22 76 70 00 - Fax : 03 22 76 09 15
Formule 1 (6 km) tel.: 03 22 85 25 22, www.accorhotels.com
Bed and breakfast
Booking office tel.: 03 22 71 22 70 - Fax : 03 22 71 22 69
Restaurants
L’Escale de Cappy (closed Sunday evening) tel.: 03 22 76 02 03
Possibility to buy take away meals ( order in advance)
L’Auberge at Suzanne tel.:03 22 76 03 01
Banks
at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) closed Sunday and Monday.
Post office
at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Shops
at Cappy & Bray (3 km), closed Sunday afternoon.
Markets
at Cappy Saturday morning.
at Bray-sur-Somme (3 km) on Wednesday mornings
Taxis
at Albert (12 km) tel.: 03 22 74 47 40
in Peronne and TGV station Haute Picardie tel.: 06 08 75 41 41 or 06 99 51 15 09
at Amiens (40 km) tel.: 03 22 91 30 03
Toutist office
at Albert tel.: 03 22 75 16 42 - Fax: 03 22 75 11 72
at Peronne tel.: 03 22 84 42 38 - Fax: 03 22 84 51 25
Services at the base
WC, shower, phone box in the village, picnic area.
Locks
The Canal de la Somme is open daily (HS) from 9-12.30am and 1.30-6pm. From the Pont de Feuillères to Saint Valéry sur Somme the locks are mechanical and manual, open 7/7 days from the Easter w-e to Novembre. On the Canal du Nord and Canal du Saint Quentin the locks are automatic and mechanical.
Gastronomic specialities
Ficelle picarde, anguille fumée and “en matelote”,duck,…
Local drinks
Artisanal beers
Fishing
Fishing licence obligatory,on sale near to the base
bleak, bream, roach, eels, tench, carp, catfish, mullet, pike, perch, pikeperch, chub,…
To see
Museum of the Little train, Museum of the region at Bray-sur-Somme.