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Stand on the places where Canadians made History !
The first day you will stand at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, Passendale, Crest Farm, Essex Farm and at the Menin Gate.
The second day you will stand in the Tunnel at Vimy Ridge, near the Memorial, in Courcelette and Thiepval, at Lochnagar Crater and you will visit the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
At the train station in Arras or Lille
Itinerary
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1Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot is the largest CWGC's cemetery, the memorial is bearing the names of 35 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
2
Seeing the last strong point captured by the Canadian troops during the Battle of Passendale, you will stand near the newly build "Canada Gate"
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
3Passchendaele Museum
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
4
You will stand on Hill 62 where Canadian troops fought in 1916. See the PPCLI Memorial at Frezenberg where they suffered huge casualties at the spring of 1915.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
5Essex Farm Cemetery
The place where John McRae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields".
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6
You will see the Cloth Hall and some of the nicest buildings of Ypres. You will have some free time in town before attending the Last Post.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
7Menin Gate Memorial
You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post. After the service I will bring you back to your hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
8
Leaving your hotel towards Vimy Ridge, you will go in the trenches where Canadian and German troops stood the morning of 9 April 1917, go down in the Grange Tunnel and see the newly build visitor centre. You will go at the Memorial see the 11 000 names of Cnanadian soldiers who died in France and have no known grave. You will see the Douai Plain and the area held by the Germans.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
9
You will see the Courcelette Memorial where Canadians fought at the fall of 1916.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Lochnagar Crater
See the crater, it is the result of an underground explosion triggered on the morning of 1 July 1916.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Memorial de Thiepval
Thiepval Memorial is the largest of the CWGC's memorials it is bearing the names 72 000 soldiers.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included -
12Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel
The place wher New Foundland soldiers were massacred. You will stand near the Caribu, seeing "Danger Tree" going rom the allied lines towards the German lines, passing near the Memorial to the 51st Highland Division. Going back towards your hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
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Cancellation Policy
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- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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