Private tour in Ypres Claude V

New Zealand battlefield private tour in Flanders

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Hours icon 8 hours 30 minutes
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Claude V.

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Hi, my name is Claude, I was born and raised in Flanders Fields. The Great War became a passion when in 1981, Nelly and I purchased a bar and restaurant just opposite Ploegsteert Memorial to Missing. We still meet people coming from all over the world at our place. I started doing research with Ted Smith and Tony Spagnoly in the eighties, and then with many other authors and historians. I am now a specialized battlefield guide in the plains of Flanders in Belgium and the Somme area in France. Below you will find my standard tours but I can also build a custom tour, you provide the information and I'll do the rest. I like to talk about history of course but also about all what makes our daily life in France and Belgium. I am flexible, provide a high standard service, can bring a walker or a wheelchair to make your tour more comfortable. I am using digital maps and old pictures of the places you will visit. For the tours I use a Mercedes Vito Tourer fully equipped and fully insured for tour purposes. Guide license "GL70/2007.03 delivered by the "Commisariat Général au Tourisme. Transport license TLAB251 300/1. (mandatory in Europe) Official guide of the "Tourist Office of Comines-Warneton" Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Plugsreet 14-18 Interpretative Centre" Member of the "Royal British Legion" Somme Branch Member of the "Western Front Association"

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Overview of your Ypres tour

Leaving your hotel at 09:00 towards Messines. You will stand at the New Zealand Memorial on Messines ridge, the visitor center, the statue of the New Zealand soldier on the square and Messines Ridge Military Cemetery. Going to the crypt under the church where Hitler was, standing where Samuel Frickelton won his Victoria Cross. You will stand near one of the 19 mine craters detonated the the 7 June 1917. lunch. After lunch we are going to Nine Elms Cemetery where David Gallaher is buried, see the prison cells. driving towards Zonnebeke and Passendale, to visit Tyne Cot Military Cemetery and Memorial. It is the CWGC largest cemetery in the world. From Tyne Cot going to Gravenstafel where Gallaher was killed during the battle of Passendale. Having a look at the German Cemetery in Langemark and driving towards Ypres where you will have some free time before attending the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. We are leaving Ypres 20:20. I can create a customized tour for you in case you have special reque

Your Ypres tour itinerary

Starting in Ieper (Ypres) , driving to Messines, Poperinge, Langemark, S'Graventafel, Passendale and Ypres.

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Transport details
Type: Private Transportation / Category: Van

For transportation we use a fully insured Mercedes Vito.

What's included
Other: Your guide, transport in our vehicle, all taxes and insurances, entrance fees of the visited places, a lunch (a sandwich, soup, or omelette with a drink) and a booklet recording the event
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Private Transportation
Tickets: Entrance fees
What's not included
Other: Personal expenses. If you would like to start from another city, please send me a message and I will customize the tour for you
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Accommodation
Meeting location

Ypres, Flanders, Belgium

At your hotel in Ieper or in Lille

  • You can request a specific meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout.
Other details
Tour categories
History
Tour reference number
207349
Languages
French
Dutch
English
Activity level
Minimal
Accessibility
Kid Friendly
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Hours icon 8 hours 30 minutes
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Private tour for 1-6 people
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Hours icon 8 hours 30 minutes
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