Belgian Flanders Battlefields 1 day tour

Departing from Paris

From 2 April to 5 November on Mondays (Min. of 2 Persons)

Come and join us for a day of remembrance. During that day you will discover this part of the Western Front where hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought between 1914 and 1918. We will explore this area where a dramatic period of history took place, where the armies of many nations served. "In the salient, Ypres has become particularly associated with commonwealth forces that were here continuously from October 1914 to the end of the war [...] By the time the last shells fell on Ypres in October 1918; the Salient had claimed 185,000 Commonwealth lives".

You will discover the Ypres Salient and its major sites (memorials, cemeteries and traces of battles) :

John McRae's Essex Farm site It is said that the location of Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) is to be the place where in May 1915 the Canadian Army Doctor Major John McCrae composed his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'. That's also where Rifleman Valentine Joe Strudwick is buried. His grave can be found at Plot I. Row U. Grave 8. He was aged 15 when he died on 14th January 1916. He is one of the youngest British casualties of the Great War."

Langemark (German cemetery)

Vancouver Corner (Canadian Memorial);

Tyne Cot Cemetery - Passchendaele "With his 12.000 headstones Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the world - It is also the most important reminder of the bloody battle of Passchendaele. During the British offensive of 1917 tens of thousands of soldiers died here in a period of one hundred days for a gain of barely eight kilometres. Originally "Tyne Cot" was a bunker on the German Flanders I line. On 4 October 1917, Australian soldiers captured the position and used the bunker as an advanced dressing station."

Polygon Wood (5th Australian Division Memorial) "This name can be found on each Australian monument. Prior to the war, the wood was used as training ground for the Belgian army. It was captured at a high price on 26 September 1917. Next to the wood is Polygon Cemetery. In 2007, five Australian soldiers were reburied here, two of which were identified by DNA. A unique place with a special intimate atmosphere"

You'll walk the moonscape of the Hill 60 battlefield and see literally dozens of memorials to British, Australian and Canadian regiments.

"The name reveals all: this hill is 60 metres above sea level. Hill 60 is one of the last pieces of authentic battlefield ground that can be seen in the salient. Huge mine craters, bunkers and shell holes are still everywhere around. You can also find a Memorial to the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company."

You'll also spend time in Ypres itself, with the opportunity to visit St. George's Chapel and the Menin Gate Memorial "The Menin Gate holds the names of almost 55.000 soldiers who went missing and do not have a known grave. Each year thousands of visitors come to honour them. At the inauguration in 1927 Field-Marshal Plumer spoke the historic words: "He is not missing, he is here"

Guided tour of famous sites, including, Passchendaele, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Hill 60 and Menin Gate Memorial
Free Time in Ypres
Transport by Air-Conditioned Minibus (Maximum Group Size 18)

Includes:

. Paris Hotel or Apartment Pick-up and Drop off services
. Guided tour by Minibus +/- 12 hours
Not included: Entrance to "In Flanders Field" museum, Lunch, Optional gratuities

Not wheelchair accessible

$275 per adult / $200 per child (-10 y.o.)

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