A wealth of different landscapes, culture and heritage - stretching from the Belgian border to the edge of the Ile-de-France – the Aisne department has much to offer its visitors. In the five natural regions that make up the Aisne, the Thiérache, Saint-Quentinois, Laonnois, Soissonnais and Marne valley, there is plenty for people with a wide range of interests : history, cultural and industrial heritage, walking, hiking and cycling, gastronomy. Maroilles cheese and Champagne tasting, a tour of the city of Laon perched high within its ramparts, an exploration of the Chemin des Dames with all its poignant reminders of the First World War, the discovery of the workers’ paradise created by Godin in the Familistère at Guise, one or two long walks through the forests of Retz and Saint Gobain – these are just some of the things you can do when you come and enjoy the warm welcome and hospitality that visitors have received for centuries in the Aisne.