2 day Canadian Somme and Flanders Fields battlefield tour from Ypres or Bruges
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Things To Know
- Hotel drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Hotel pickup
- Local taxes
- Alcoholic drinks
- Hotel
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
What's included in the package
Itinerary
Tyne Cot Cemetery
We are leaving your hotel towards Tyne Cot, It is the largest CWGC's cemetery in the world, the memorial is bearing the names of 35 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
The last strong point captured by the Canadian troops the Battle of Passendale, you will also the "Canada Gate" one of the latest memorials.
Passchendaele Museum
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum
Admission Ticket IncludedStand on Hill 62 where Canadian troops fought at the spring of 1916. You will also stand at the Memorial dedicated to the PPCLI at Frezenberg where they suffred a huge number of casualties at the spring of 1915.
Essex Farm Cemetery
The place where John McRae wrote wrotre the poem "In Flanders Fields".
Ypres Cloth Hall
You will stand on the main square, seeing the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and many other nice buildings. You can spend some free time in town before attending the Last Post.
Menin Gate Memorial
You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post. After the service I will bring you back to your hotel.
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Leaving your hotel towards Vimy Ridge where you will walk in the German and Canadian trenches. You will go down in the Grange Tunnel where Canadians stood hours before the assaulst on 9 April 1917, having a look at the newly build visitor centre before going to the Memorial on ridge 145. You will read the 11 285 names of Canadian soldiers remebered on the Memorial, have a view on the Douai Plain.
Courcelette Canadian Memorial
Stand near the Memorial dedicated to the Canadian troops that fought there at the fall of 1916.
Lochnagar Crater
Seeing the crater, it is the result of an underground explosion triggered on the morning of 1 July 1916.
Memorial de Thiepval
The memorial is the largest one built by the CWGC, it is bearing the names of 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
Admission Ticket IncludedBeaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
You will stand near the Caribu, see the preserved battlefield where New Foundland troops suffered a large number of casualties. Walk along the "Danger Tree", the Y Ravine, the 51st Highland Division Memorial and see the Visitor Centre before heading back to your hotel.
Where to meet and pickup
Pickup and Dropoff
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Additional Information
Pick up possible at the train station or hotels in Ypres or Buges
Ticket Redemption
Direct access, no redemption is required
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Things to know
- Hotel drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Hotel pickup
- Local taxes
- Alcoholic drinks
- Hotel
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required