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The only Australian guide operating on the Western Front.
Two leisurely filled days following Australian footsteps across France & Belgium. Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Pozieres, Fromelles, Messines, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele.... etc
All Day Tours start / end in Arras and are run in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Our small group tours allow to visit the grave of a unique soldier or follow the actions of a relative.
For singles, couples and small groups. Shared basis - Maximum of 7 clients.
Tours are run in English.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Pick-up is at Arras Train Station - Place du Maréchal Foch - or at your accommodation in Arras.
Itinerary
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1
The largest Commonwealth cemetery in the Somme.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel
A WWI battlefield left as it was. Walk through authentic trenches used on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Memorial de Thiepval
Over 73,000 missing British soldiers are commemorated, those with no-known grave.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
The fields here contain the highest concentration of Australia's fallen on the Western Front.
Admission ticket free -
5
Wind Mill Site, a sacred ground where many Australians fought.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6
An Australian village in the Somme.
Admission ticket free -
7
The 1st Australian Division lost more men at Pozieres than any other battlefield in France and Belgium.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
An underground mine detonated to start the Battle of the Somme. The biggest scar on the land of the Western Front.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9
Where General Monash and the 3rd Australian Division halted the German advance in 1918.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10
Villers-Bretonneux, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in France.
40 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Sir John Monash Centre
A "must visit" information centre showcasing Australian action across the Western Front.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
12
Victoria School in Villers-Bretonneux, where Australians are forever remembered.
40 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
13
Le Hamel - where General Monash introduced tactics that took charge of the war.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14
Where Australians were recently discovered in a mass grave.
Admission ticket free -
15
The newest Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery containing all the Australians found in the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
16
Located on the Fromelles battlefield with the iconic Cobber's Statue.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
17
Located on no-man's land at Fromelles. Where 1299 Australian missing from the disastrous Battle of Fromelles are commemorated.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
18
The official site of the 1914 Christmas Truce.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
19
The ridge blown apart by 19 Allied mines in 1917.
Admission ticket free -
20Hill 60
Walk through the massive crater created by an underground mine in 1917, represented in the book / film "Beneath Hill 60".
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
21
Born from the fierce passion of a local Belgian, the memorial is dedicated to all the brothers that fought on the Western Front.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
22
Polygon Wood, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Belgium and the location of the 5th Australian Division Memorial.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
23Passchendaele Museum
Regarded as the best museum on the Western Front.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included -
24Tyne Cot Cemetery
The largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the world;
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
25Menin Gate Memorial
Where the Commonwealth missing in Belgium a commemorated.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
26Ieper (Ypres)
Dinner is in the old town of Ypres.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
27Last Post ceremony
The very emotive Last Post Ceremony, performed by the locals every day since 1928. A perfect way the end a Western Front visit.
40 minutes • Admission ticket free
Out in the Somme Day Tour
Fromelles - Ypres Day Tour
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- 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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