From LIlle or Bruges, Christmas Truce to Passchendaele Ypres 1 day WW1 private

Name: From LIlle or Bruges, Christmas Truce to Passchendaele Ypres 1 day WW1 private
Brand: Viator
Price: 528.6 USD
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5.0(6)9 hoursEnglishBook 1 day aheadYpres, Belgium

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This tour is for guests that want to start their battlefield tour of Ypres from towns and cities further afield, for example Bruges & Zeebruges , Ghent, Kortijk, in Belgium & Dunkirk, Lille, Arras in France

A unique 1 to 1 private tour, With all the stops added together we cover 53 miles / 90 KM's of battlefield sites and memorials

This tour covers the Ypres Salient from Messines to Passchendaele spanning 1914 to 1918, we follow the Australian/Canadian/New Zealand/ South African/ British soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917, if you have ancestors that fell in the battle I will tailor the tour where possible to include them

Minimum x2 guests Max x5 ( This is a bespoke tour )

Included

Bottled water

Not included

Lunch

What you'll do

here we will here the story of the Battle of Messines & visit mine craters, visi
t the scene of the Christmas Truce, the crypt where Adolf Hitler was treated for his wounds
2 hours
Here we will visit Pat Bugden VC the 20 year old recipient of the Victoria Cross
also you'll be standing on the iconic Menin Road directly alongside where the Australian gun pits were for the assault on Passchendaele
15 min
This site is where the Australian HQ was in September 1917, you'll also learn ab
out earlier actions on the very same ground in Nov 1914
Here will walk through the woods and visit concrete bunkers that were here when
the Australian soldiers captured during the battle, we will visit the cemetery and the Australian 5th Division monument
30 min
Here you will here the story of Captain Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunnelli
ng Coy place a massive mine here that was blown at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917, we will see that crater
45 min
Driving through following the line of the Australian advance
Here we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeter
y 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried here
45 min
Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic
poem 'In Flanders Fields'
30 min
Here you'll hear the story of the Menin Gate, how it came about and some of the
stories behind the 55,000 names listed a missing here
20 min
Driving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advance
Unique original First World War trenches
40 minAdmission included

Meeting and pickup

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Pickup details

hotels or B'n'B's in a 66KM radius of Ypres Including Gent Dampoort Station ( For Ghent Pick up point) Lille, France Arras, France

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Ibis Styles Lille Centre Grand Place
28 rue Anatole France, Lille, France
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Le Compostelle
4 rue Saint Etienne, Lille, France
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Brit Hotel Lille Centre
66 rue Littre, Lille, France
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Grand Hotel Bellevue
5 Rue Jean Roisin, Lille, France
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Holiday Inn Express Lille Centre By IHG
75 Bis Rue Leon Gambetta, Lille, France
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Kyriad Lille Gare - Grand Palais
53-57 Rue Christophe Colomb, Lille, France
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B&B HOTEL Lille Centre Grand Palais 3 etoiles
169 Rue Berthe Morisot, Lille, France
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Hotel des Voyageurs
10 Place de la Gare, Lille, France
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Novotel Lille Lomme
Autoroute A25 Sortie Lomme, Lille, France
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Hotel de l'Univers
19 Place des Reignaux, Lille, France
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Residhome Residence D'Artois
87 rue de Flandre, Lille, France
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Mercure Lille Centre Grand Place
2 Boulevard Carnot, Lille, France
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Villages Hotel Lille Wasquehal
Le Parc De L Ecluse, Lille, France
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Novotel Lille Centre Grand-Place
116 Rue de l'Hopital Militaire, Lille, France
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Hotel Maison Louise Lille Centre - Handwritten Collection
36 rue de Gand, Vieux-lille, Lille, France
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ibis Styles Lille Centre Gare Beffroi
172 Rue Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
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Villa Gounod
2 rue Gounod, Lille, France
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Lille City Hotel
57 rue de Bethune, Lille, France
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Kanai Hotel
10 rue de Bethune, Lille, France
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Novotel Lille Tourcoing
Autoroute Lille Grand, Lille, France
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Sejours & Affaires Lille - Europe
271 avenue Willy Brandt, Lille, France
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Le Napoleon
Place de la Gare, 17 Place de la Gare, Lille, France
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Novotel Ouest Hotel Englos
Autoroute A25 Englos, Lille, France
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L'Hermitage Gantois, Autograph Collection
224 Rue Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
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Comfort Hotel Lille Lomme
110 Rue du Grand But, Lomme, France
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Campanile Lille Ouest - Lomme
20 rue du Chateau D Isenghien, Lomme, France
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La Howarderie Hotel
1 rue des Fusilles, Lille, France
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La Commedia
2 rue du Vieux Faubourg, Lille, France
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Hotel des Reignaux
21 Place Des Reignaux, Lille, France
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Novotel Lille Centre Gares
49 Rue de Tournai, Lille, France
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Novotel Suites Gare Lille Europe
Boulevard de Turin, Lille, France
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NordHotel Citotel
48 rue du Faubourg D Arras, Lille, France
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Best Western Hotel Le Beffroi
76 Rue du Marechal Foch, Loos, France
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Premiere Classe Dunkerque Sud - Loon Plage
Rue Charles de Gaulle, Loon Plage, France
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La Tente Verte
116 rue Charles de Gaulle, Loon Plage, France
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Campanile Dunkerque Sud - Loon Plage
rue Charles de Gaulle, Loon Plage, France
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La Ferme Blanche
9 Rue Pasteur, Lompret, France
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Hotel Premiere Classe Lille Ouest - Lomme
22 rue du Chateau D Isenghien, Zone Commerciale Du Grand, Lomme, France
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Mister Bed Lomme
110 Rue du Grand But, Lomme, France
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ibis Lille Lomme Centre
576 Avenue De Dunkerque, Lomme, France
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Mercure Lille - Marcq en Baroeul
157 Avenue de la Marne, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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Ibis Styles Lille Marcq en Baroeul
340 avenue de la Marne, Parc Europe, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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Ibis budget Lille Marcq-en-Baroeul
340 Avenue De La Marne, Parc Europe, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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Hotel du Croise
191 Rue de la Rianderie, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
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Le Moulin De Mombreux
Route De Bayenghem, Lumbres, France
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Hotel Kristoffel Breakfast
Leopoldlaan 39, Middelkerke, Belgium
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Ibis Budget Oostende Airport
Kalkaartweg 4B, Oostende, Middelkerke, Belgium
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House Ela
Koninginnelaan 86, Middelkerke, Belgium
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C-Hotels Excelsior
Arthur De Greefplein 9a, Middelkerke, Belgium
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