From Ypres, The Christmas Truce to Passchendaele Ypres Based WW1 private tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  here we will here the story of the Battle of Messines & visit mine craters, visit the scene of the Christmas Truce, the crypt where Adolf Hitler was treated for his wounds

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 2

  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 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3

  This site is where the Australian HQ was in September 1917, you'll also learn about earlier actions on the very same ground in Nov 1914

  Admission ticket free
• 4

  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 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Hill 60

  Here you will here the story of Captain Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy place a massive mine here that was blown at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917, we will see that crater

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  Driving through following the line of the Australian advance

  Admission ticket free
• 7
  Tyne Cot Cemetery

  Here we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried here

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8

  Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Menin Gate Memorial

  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 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10

  Driving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advance

  Admission ticket free
• 11
  Sanctuary Wood Museum

  Here we will see poignant original WW1 trenches and a quaint ww1 museum

  40 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Wheelchair accessible

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