2 day Canadian Somme and Flanders Fields battlefield tour from Ypres or Bruges
Duration
2 days
Group Size
1 to 7 people
Ages
9 - 90
yrs
Languages
English
Tour Overview
The first day you will stand at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, Passendale, Crest Farm, Essex Farm and at the Menin Gate. The second day you will stand in one of the Tunnels at Vimy Ridge, see the Memorial, in Courcelette and Thiepval At Lochnagar Crater and you will visit the battlefield and the Beaumont Hamel Memorial Park.
Additional information
- 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
Pickup
What's included
Hotel drop-off
Professional guide
Bottled water
Driver/guide
Lunch
Hotel pickup
Local taxes
Other
Other
Itinerary
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.
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum
Stand 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.
The place where John McRae wrote wrotre the poem "In Flanders Fields".
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.
You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post.
After the service I will bring you back to your hotel.
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.
Stand near the Memorial dedicated to the Canadian troops that fought there at the fall of 1916.
Seeing the crater, it is the result of an underground explosion triggered on the morning of 1 July 1916.
The memorial is the largest one built by the CWGC, it is bearing the names of 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
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.
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