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FRANCE - Short Break
Battlefields of France & Flanders
4 days
from
£189
Highlights Include Poperinge The Somme & Vimy Ridge Thiepval Anglo-French Memorial Ypres Salient, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate & the Last Post Ceremony Flanders Fields Museum
A great value break visiting some of the most important sites of the First World War and the lovely town of Ypres. These historic and emotive locations contrast sharply with the modern towns that have evolved following the two monumental wars of the 20th century.
YOUR ITINERARY DAY 1 - Local departure and a mid-morning A crossing to Calais. En route to your hotel we stop in Poperinge, which during the Great War was a haven of peace behind the front line. Here we visit Talbot House, or TOC H as it was known in army signallers' code. Continue to your hotel in the Lille area for a three night stay. DAYS 2 & 3 - Free to relax and enjoy our A included excursions as follows: The Somme & Vimy Ridge - A full day excursion, including a visit to Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park. Amongst the preserved trenches, our guided tour recounts the disastrous attack of July 1st 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We continue to Vimy Ridge, a vital part of the German defence system, which was captured by the Canadians in April 1917. Ypres Salient, Tyne Cot & the Last Post Ceremony - A full day excursion featuring a visit to the infamous Ypres Salient before continuing to Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest British war cemetery in the world. Here you'll see the countless rows of graves from the notorious Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, together with the names of 35,000 missing soldiers. In the afternoon we also visit Ypres, devastated during some of the worst fighting of World War I but now beautifully restored. We stay until evening in order to attend the moving Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate. DAY 4 - Included return visit to Ypres and a visit A to the Flanders Fields Museum before continuing to Calais for a late afternoon crossing back to the UK. Return to your original departure point in the evening. YOUR HOTEL You will stay in a comfortable medium grade hotel such as the Ibis Lille Tourcoing on the outskirts of Lille. The hotel has a bar, restaurant, lift and all bedrooms are comfortably furnished with private facilities, telephone and TV.
What's Included
Return travel by air-conditioned executive coach Channel crossings by ferry or Eurotunnel Three nights' accommodation including breakfast Services of a Travelsphere Tour Manager Excursions as follows: - The Somme & Vimy Ridge - Ypres Salient, Tyne Cot & the Last Post Ceremony Visits to Poperinge and Ypres
We move to the Thiepval Anglo-French Memorial, which records the names of some 73,000 British and South African soldiers, missing or who fell at the Somme between 1916 and 1918.
HOLIDAY REF: HWBAT
Dates & Prices
Holiday ref: HWBAT
Areas A, E & F £199 `08 June 13 £209 Sept 5* £229 Sept 19 £199 Oct 3 £189 Areas B, C & D May 9 £199 May 23 £199 June 20 £219 Aug 29 £219 Sept 12 £219 Oct 3 £189
Deposit £50 per person Single room £45 * Our September 5th 2008 departure date coincides with the famous `Braderie de Lille' flea market. For insurance information, please see Important Information Booklet. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a twin or double-bedded room with private facilities FREE LOCAL DEPARTURES, OR JOIN AT THE PORT Join FREE at a local departure point. See page 6 for your relevant area or join direct at the port on any date shown above
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