Vimy and Flanders Fields Canadian Battlefield Tour from Lille

Name: Vimy and Flanders Fields Canadian Battlefield Tour from Lille
Brand: Viator
Price: 487.31 USD
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5.0(11)9 Hours - 12 HoursEngels, Frans, NederlandsLille

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$487

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Explore Canadian World War I history in Vimy and Belgium on this battlefield tour from Lille or Arras. Follow a guide through Vimy’s WW1 trenches and discover sites of interest including Hill 145, the Canadian Passchendaele Memorial, the St. Julien Memorial, and the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery. See where John McRae wrote his famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. Then, finish your tour at the Last Post ceremony in Ypres. This tour of Canada’s WW1 sites includes round-trip travel from Lille or Arras.

Inbegrepen

Private transportation
Bottled water
Hotel pickup and drop-off in Lille or Arras
Lunch
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Guide

Niet inbegrepen

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Wat je gaat doen

Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France
You will stand at the memorial, will walk in the Canadian and German trenches, go down in the Grange Tunnel and will see the newly built visitor Centre
3 uur
The Ploegsteert Memorial
Rue de Messines, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Belgium
You will drive along Ploegsteert Memorial and Hill 63.
Messines Ridge
N314, Mesen, Belgium
Driving through Messines and the battlefields of June 1917.
Stand at Hill 62 or Mount Sorrel where Canadian troops fought at the spring of 1916
30 min
You will stand at Frezenberg where the Patricia's were nearly wiped out in May 1
915
15 min
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tynecotstraat, , Zonnebeke, Belgium
The largest CWGC's cemetery.
30 min
Saint Julien Memorial
Saint-Julien, Langemark, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
Seeing the Brooding Soldier Memorial where the Germans used gas for the first time.
15 min
Essex Farm Cemetery
east side of the N369 Ieper - Boezinge Rd, , Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
Where John McRae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields".
15 min
Ypres Cloth Hall
Grote Markt 34, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
You will stand on the main square of Ypres seeing the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some other nice builddings. You will have some free time to spend in town.
1 uur
Last Post ceremony
Menin Gate, , Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
You will attend the daily Last Post under the Menin Gate before heading back to your hotel.
1 uur

Ontmoeting en ophaling

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Ophalingdetails

Pick up at all central hotels or at the train station.

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