
|
Included in your tour
· Luxury Travel · Specialist Guide · Accommodation · Site entrance fees ·
|



|
Tour Itinerary
DAY 1 - Leaving France we will head North into Belgium and will be given time to settle into your hotel room . We will then give you the Opportunity to go into the town of Ypres to visit the shops and WWI museum .
DAY 2 - The first stop of day two is the preserved trenches and museum at Sanctuary Wood , considered by many to offer the finest preserved trenches on the Western front . We will also stop at Sanctuary Wood CWGC Cemetery containing over 2000 burials . Our third stop is to the Hooge Crater museum one of the best private museum’s on the Ypres Salient . Next we move onto Tyne Cot Cemetery and memorial to the missing scene of the 1st gas attack of the war . We will now make our way back to the hotel to freshen up before attending the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate .
DAY 3 - Day 3 starts with us leaving Belgium and driving South into France . We will make our first stop of the day Vimy Ridge with it’s preserved trench lines and monuments . Heading further South we will reach the Somme and our second stop The Newfoundland Memorial Park , here we will walk the trench lines and view the visitors centre . Next we head to Thiepval and the memorial to the missing . This monument contains the names of 72000 soldiers missing in action , the site also has a visitors centre. Our final stop of day 3 is Delville Wood scene of some of the most deadly fighting during the Battle Of The Somme . The site contains a small Museum , monuments and cemeteries .
DAY 4 - Our final day starts at the Lochnager Crater , the largest British mine crater on the Western front detonated 1st July 1916 . Next we head to the town of Peronne to its acclaimed museum of the great war . It is now time to head North again back to Calais and home . |



|
Price 399.99 Per Person |
|
WWI Tour |
|
Tour Dates 2008
Fri 28th March - Spaces Fri 25th April - FULL Fri 20th June - FULL Fri 8th August - FULL Fri 26th September - FULL Fri 24th October - 3 Spaces Fri 28th November - Spaces |
|
Small Parties of only 6 per Tour |
|
Please remember to check tour availability before making payment online . |
|
101st Airborne Normandy 3 Night Tour |
|
Single Supplement - 105.00 |
|
Our new 2008 Brochure is available now
To get your copy of the Soverign War Tours 2008 Brochure
Telephone - 01323 472066
Or
Use the form on our Homepage |