Duration: 2 days
Category: Culture & History
If you'd like to tour the World War One battlefields of France and Belgium but don't want to join a large coach group, this two-day tour could be for you.
You'll have the opportunity to thoroughly explore the history of the Somme, Pozières, Beaumont Hamel, the Salient, Passchendaele and Ypres.
Accompanied by ex-army personnel or Battlefield Guides with postgraduate qualifications, you will gain fascinating insights into the Western Battlefields of Belgium on this small group tour.
With a maximum group size of 16, and a university educated guide/driver, you are sure to have a memorable and personal experience of these sobering sites from World War One.
Day One:
Tour the Somme battlefield covering major sites from the calamitous first day through the whole five months of the battle. You'll see Delville Wood, the Welsh memorial at Mametz Wood, the huge Lochnagar mine crater, the sunken road where the Accrington Pals were virtually wiped out, Sausage Valley, the Poziere battlefield and Windmill Hill, Courcellette, site of the first major use of tanks supporting Canadian troops, and the nearby tank memorial. An undoubted highlight will be your guided walk around the incredible preserved Beaumont Hamel battlefield site.
Day Two:
On your day touring the Salient you'll see, in the company of a first class guide, some of the most important sites that remain;the German cemetery in Langemark, the area of the first gas attack by Vancouver Corner,where flame throwers were introduced into modern warfare, John McRae's Essex Farm site,Hooge crater and museum, the Passendaelearea and Tyne Cot cemetery.
You'll walk the moonscape of the Hill 60 battlefield and see literally dozens of memorials to British, Australian and Canadian regiments. Spend time in Ypres itself with time to visit St George's Chapel, the Menen (Menin) Gate Memorial.
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