Planning a trip to Europe? Here are 20 absolutely charming villages to visit

*Le Mont-Saint-Michael. Image credit: Pline.*

Traveling west from Bruges and into France a great place to visit is Amiens. Known for its massive Gothic cathedral and being divided by the Somme River, Amiens was also home to famed author Jules Verne.

Amiens is also know for its hundreds of monuments and places of cultural importance as well as being host to the largest Christmas market in northern France.