4-Day World War I Battlefields Tour from Paris

As you travel through the idyllic French and Belgian countryside on this 4-day trip, it can be hard to imagine the bloodshed that once took place there. This moving 4-day trip brings home the enormous cost of war. As you visit battlefields and memorials, your knowledgeable guide puts the sites you see into historical context. With three nights of accommodations included, this historical adventure allows you to follow in the footsteps of brave soldiers who fought and died 100 years ago.

Please see the Itinerary below for details on each day of the tour.

DAY 1 - FROM PARIS TO YPRES BATTLEFIELDS AND LILLE.

Depart Le Méridien Etoile, at 09:00 bound for Flanders Fields. Visit the Ypres Salient battlefields, including Hill 60, Polygon Wood, the Passchendaele Memorial and Tyne Cot Cemetery. In the town of Ypres, hear the Last Post sounded at the Menin Gate. Continue to your hotel and join your Travel Director for a Welcome Drink.

DAY 2 - TIME FOR REFLECTION AT FROMELLES AND VIMY RIDGE, THEN ONTO AMIENS.

See the Australian cemetery of Fromelles, before continuing to the Canadian National Memorial at Vimy Ridge. Take in a visit to the trenches preserved just as they were during the Great War with a Local Expert, who tells stories of battles that raged the now silent pastures. Continue to Amiens and perhaps visit the impressive cathedral?

DAY 3 - (RELAXED START) THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE SOMME.

Meet your Local Expert to explore the key battlefields of the Somme. Visit the Lochnagar Crater, the South African and New Zealand Memorials at Longueval, Newfoundland Memorial and Museum and the Franco-British Memorial at Thiepval. Enjoy a lunch stop in Albert to see the church. Afterwards, explore Beaumont-Hamel on the way back to Amiens where you will have the afternoon at leisure. Maybe do a little shopping or spend some time in the historic Saint-Leu district?

DAY 4 - RETURN TO PARIS.

Visit the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux and the Franco-Australian Museum in the local Victoria School. Stop to explore Le Hamel and then continue to Péronne. On return to Paris, a stop is made at Charles De Gaulle Airport. For those departing in the evening, please do not schedule flights before 19:00. Alternatively the coach will drop you at Le Méridien Etoile.