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4-Day Break
- Nov 9 – Local departure by coach then onwards to northern France or Belgium for a three-night stay.
- Nov 10 The Ypres Salient Today we visit sites in and around the Flanders battlefields, the main British sector in WW1. We start at the excellent Passchendaele Memorial Museum with its extensive displays of artefacts and reconstructed WW1 dugout. We then see Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Cemetery in the world, also seeing the Visitors’ Centre. Lunch at Hooge. In the afternoon we go to Zillebeke to see the unique ‘Aristocrats Cemetery’ where officers from the landed gentry families of Britain are buried. At Hill 60 we look at mine warfare beneath the Western Front, seeing examples of huge mine craters blown by both sides. We end the day at Essex Farm, where Canadian Poet John McCrae wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’ in May 1915. B
- Nov 11 Ypres and the Armistice Day Ceremonies We attend ceremonies in Ypres for 11th November, with a special commemoration at the Menin Gate at 11.00am including the veterans’ parade from the main square in the morning. You will have all day in Ypres to visit WW1 locations in the town, such as the In Flanders Fields Museum or St. Georges Memorial Church. We remain in Ypres until this evening to attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at 8pm. B
- Day 4 – Journey to Calais then return home. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast
Please note: Entrance fees to museums & places of interest are at extra cost.
What's Included?
- Free local joining points
- Travel by executive coach
- Specialist Battlefields Guide
- 3 nights’ accommodation with continental breakfast
- Battlefield visits as described
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Notes
Prices are per person, based on two sharing
Extras:
- Optional excursions
- Single room supplement £79
- Travel insurance from £31.95
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