Arnheim and the Rhine Crossing.19 Oct 2009 4 Nights by coach from £349.00

template-packages-battlefields-4-lancasrer-bomber19 Oct 2009, other dates available. Travel by executive coach with the option of a local pick up point. Accompanied by a Battlefield Guide and includes 3 battlefield visits.

Two nights at the four star Golden Tulip Arnhem-Velp ,Holland and two nights at the 3 star Hotel Zum Weissen Kreuz in Altenahr.

5-Day Break

  • Day 1 - Local departure then onwards to Arnhem-Velp for a two-night stay
  • Day 2 - Arnhem Battle for the Bridges (included). We begin at the Ginkel Heath drop zone and follow the route towards Arnhem. En route to the battle site for the Oosterbeek perimeter we visit: Oosterbeek Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery; Hartenstein Hotel Museum; Oosterbeek Church and Baskeyfield VC Memorial. We then follow the ‘lower road’ into Arnhem itself, to the site of the battle for the bridge. [B]
  • Day 3 - River Rhine, Rees, Wesel and Hamminkeln (included). En route to the Ahr Valley for a two-night stay, we travel south to the March 1945 British crossings at Rees, Wesel, Rhine and Hamminkeln. Our first stop is Nijmegen, where we study the start of battles for the Rhine - Operations ‘Veritable’ and ‘Grenade’. Then onto Xanten and down to the Rhine Crossing at Wesel, ‘Operation Plunder’. After lunch in Wesel we visit the airborne landings site of ‘Operation Varsity’. [B,D]
  • Day 4 - Remagen - The Rhine Crossing (included). We travel to Meckenheim, where we pick up the route of the American 9th Armoured Division and its dash for the bridge at Remagen, and visit the museum. After time for lunch in the town, we travel down the Rhine to cross over and visit the tunnel and heights of Erpel, which controlled the Remagen Bridge, to study the German aspect of the battle. [B,D]
  • Day 5 - To Calais, and return home.

B=Breakfast D=Dinner

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Notes

Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost.