Frise: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The La Montagne de Frise circular trail begins at the Parking du Belvédère de Frise car park. It is 2.3 km long, takes around 50 minutes, and is rated as moderately difficult. Its route connects Frise with Eclusier-Vaux, passes through the Larris of Frise, and runs between the canal and the Somme along a path on the opposite bank open to pedestrians.

Those who choose Frise as a holiday destination may want to rent a holiday apartment.

Nature

La Montagne de Frise is a 10-hectare Larris area overlooking the Somme valley floor and the marshes there. It is one of the last large Larris areas in the Haute Somme and is home to diverse flora and fauna influenced by its location and proximity to the marshes.

The Étang de Frise wetland is not open to the public, but it is clearly visible from the Montagne de Frise path. Along the loop around the Marais de Frise, visitors can observe great crested grebes, ducks and ducklings, kingfishers that have strayed here because of the cold, as well as motionless herons.

Trails and activities

In Frise, a loop of around 2.5 km between two locks and along the canal banks forms a circular trail. It can be accessed at the upper lock in the village centre or at the lower lock car park. La Montagne de Frise is freely accessible in Frise.

Frise has the 13-km-long Marais de Frise hiking trail (PR8). The “In the footsteps of Blaise Cendrars” hiking trail is also signposted in Frise.

The Véloroute Vallée de Somme (V30) between Péronne and Froissy passes through Frise. There, it follows a small departmental road along the Somme and climbs to the viewpoints.

Plots for fishing are rented out on the Île de Frise.

Culture and history

Shell craters and traces of trenches from the First World War have been preserved on the plateau of La Montagne de Frise.

The village church of Frise was destroyed during the 1914–1918 war and is dedicated to Saint Peter. Rue Blaise Cendrars commemorates the fact that the writer fought here with the Foreign Legion during the First World War.

Other destinations: Folleville, Suzanne, Buire-Courcelles, Aigneville, Carnoy, Boubert, Vers-Sur-Selles, Omiécourt

For the higher-level travel overview: Somme.