All Quiet on the Western Front- 14 September 2009 4 Nights by coach from £319.00

template-packages-battlefields-2-tyne-cot-cemetryAn introductory tour to learn about the important conflicts of the First World War.
14 September Jun 2009, other dates available. Travel by executive coach with the option of a local pick up point. 2/3 visits accompanied by a Battlefield Guide.

4 nights’ accommodation with breakfast at the Best Western Ambassador in Menen. The hotel is located 500 metres from the market place. The hotel has a bar and lift. All bedrooms have TV telephone and hairdryer. Tour offers 2/3 battlefield visits and is accompanied by a Battlefield Guide

  • Day 1 - Local departure then onwards to Belgium for a three or four-night stay.
  • Day 2 - Battlefields of Flanders (included). Today we look at the battlefields around Ypres, starting at the preserved trenches at Sanctuary Wood and seeing the museum. We then move on to Tyne Cot Cemetery. In the afternoon we head to the Messines Ridge sector and the nearby Irish Peace Tower. At Ploegsteert we study the story of the Christmas Truce and see the Memorial. We end the day at the ‘Last Post Ceremony’ in Ypres. [B]
  • Day 3 (5-day break) - Tunnels and Trenches (included). We begin the day at Arras and spend the morning in the Wellington Quarries - a massive system of tunnels used by British troops in WW1, and dug by New Zealand Tunnellers. This fascinating new site only opened in 2008, and is fully accessible via a lift and walkways. We then visit the Arras Memorial, and travel out to Monchy le Preux to look at the defence of the village by the Newfoundland Regiment. We end the day at Vimy Ridge, captured by the Canadians in April 1917, seeing the preserved trench system, visitors centre and impressive memorial on Hill 145 - the highest point on Vimy Ridge.
  • Day 4 (5-day break) - The Somme, Death of a Generation (included). The haunting Somme battlefield is our destination today. We begin at the Historial Museum at Péronne and then to the largest British Mine Crater on the Western Front at La Boisselle. At Thiepval we visit the Memorial and then the Ulster Tower before seeing Newfoundland Park with its preserved trenches. We end the day at Serre and see the area where war poet Wilfred Owen fought. B
  • Day 5 (5-day break). To Calais and then home. B

B=Breakfast


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