With seals in the bay, the floating gardens of Amiens and the battlefields nearby, a B&B for sale in Somme can draw on several complementary markets. The Bay of Somme, a Grand Site de France, attracts walkers, birdwatchers and families to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Le Crotoy, the Marquenterre bird reserve and the seaside villas of Mers-les-Bains. Amiens, with its World Heritage cathedral and the house of Jules Verne, brings cultural visitors. Along the Remembrance Trail, from Péronne to Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel and Villers-Bretonneux, British, Irish, Canadian and Australian visitors return every year.
Properties range from brick fishermen's cottages to cob-walled Picardy farmhouses, seaside villas and townhouses in valley villages. This page is for buyers of a running chambres d'hôtes, for newcomers seeking a house to convert and for owners getting ready to sell. An email alert (in French) flags new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no B&Bs and guest houses for sale in Somme listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Hauts-de-France region, 3 listings show asking prices from €399,000 to €1,197,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Somme was €159,000 (average €166,279), or €1,565/m² of living space, for 105 m² on an average plot of 1,804 m², based on 2,315 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €84,700 and one in ten above €260,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €145,000 to €159,000 (+9.7%); over the last year the change is +6.0%. For comparison: €175,000 in Hauts-de-France and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Somme | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €159,000 | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €166,279 | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €84,700 | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €260,000 | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,565/m² | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 105 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,804 m² | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,315 | 11,950 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €130,000 (deep countryside) to €200,150 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline | €200,150 | €2,275/m² | +11.3% | 676 |
| Residential coastline | €165,000 | €1,811/m² | +8.7% | 172 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €150,000 | €1,667/m² | +5.3% | 144 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €163,000 | €1,595/m² | +6.2% | 7,655 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €130,000 | €1,333/m² | +12.0% | 4,895 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €520,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €529,400, a P10–P90 range of €400,000 to €650,000 and 1,458 €/m² of living space, over 41 sales. These homes average 357 m² of living space on 9,479 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somme (2021-2025) | 41 | €520,000* | €529,400 | €400,000 – €650,000 | 1,458 |
| Hauts-de-France (2025) | 79 | €756,800* | €909,200 | €399,800 – €1,602,000 | 2,131 |
| Hauts-de-France (2021-2025) | 477 | €644,600 | €758,900 | €393,600 – €1,292,800 | 1,797 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Somme and prestige property prices in Somme (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
At a €159,000 median in 2025, country houses in Somme remain cheaper than across Hauts-de-France, although prices have risen 9.7% since 2020. Location drives the gap: over 2020-2025, the tourist coastline reaches a €200,150 median, the tourist inland €150,000 and the deep countryside €130,000. A guest house with several bedrooms moves towards the prestige market, with an indicative median of €520,000 over 2021-2025 and a narrow €400,000 to €650,000 range. That ceiling, low compared with Oise or Nord, makes Somme attractive for large homes on a controlled budget.
The Picardy coast is where demand concentrates: the bay and the Marquenterre to the north, the Ault cliffs and the shingle beach of Cayeux-sur-Mer to the south, with a long season driven by bird and seal watching, weekenders from Paris and Lille and the bay's heritage railway. Prices are highest there and coastal planning law restricts extensions. Inland, the Vimeu and Ponthieu around Abbeville and the Crécy forest offer larger houses at moderate prices. The Somme valley, from Amiens to Péronne, is a string of lakes, marshes and towpaths popular with anglers and cyclists, while the Santerre plateau lives mainly on remembrance tourism. The A16 and A29 serve the coast and Amiens, the A1 runs along the east, and the TGV Haute-Picardie station and Amiens-Paris trains complete the picture.
Cob, timber framing, brick, chalk and flint make up Picardy buildings: check timber frames, wall bases and roofs. On the coast, low-lying land faces sea flooding and the Ault cliffs are retreating; in the valley, a high water table can cause slow, lasting floods. Ask the mairie (town hall) for the risk prevention plans and have the septic system inspected. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, and must be declared at the mairie. Serving cider or beer at the table d'hôtes, the shared evening meal, requires a restaurant licence and a specific permit. Our article on opening chambres d'hôtes (in French) sets out the steps.
On the tourist coast an ordinary country house sells for a €200,150 median; a house big enough for five guest rooms approaches the €520,000 prestige median. Add purchase costs, works and furnishing. Our guest house buying guide (in French) explains each stage, up to signing before the notaire, the public official who handles property sales.
Remembrance Trail visitors bring regular bookings, with peaks around commemorations, but often stay just one or two nights. Pairing them with nature, the valley and Amiens lengthens stays. Run your forecast through our B&B profitability simulator (in French) before showing it to an accountant.
Buyers will ask for the town hall declaration, recent accounts, booking history, reviews, mandatory surveys and the septic inspection. State clearly what comes with the property: furniture, website, customer list.
To widen your search, see guest houses for sale in Hauts-de-France, neighbouring Pas-de-Calais, Oise and Aisne, all B&Bs for sale in France and tourism properties in Somme. Selling? List your guest house.
