Private tour in Lille Claude V
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Book with a 20% deposit
up to 6 people
3 days
Private transportation
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Claude V.
Hi, my name is Claude, I was born and raised in Flanders Fields. The Great War became a passion...
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You will spend three days on the battlefields of France, the Somme and Belgium in Flanders, where th Canadian troops fought during the First World War. You will walk in the footsteps of the Canadians at Passendale, at Hill 62 or in the Ypres Salient. You will also stand near the Vimy Memorial, walk in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood hours before the battle. You will stand in the German and Canadian trenches on Vimy Ridge. I will bring you at the Newfoundland Memorial Park to see the Caribu and to walk on that battlefield where the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was wiped out in a few hours. You will understand why these battles were fought and learn about the soldier's daily life in the trenches and behind the lines.
Day 1; Visit Ploegsteert, its memorial, Messines, Hill 62 or Mount Sorrel where Canadians fought in 1916. Stand at the PPCLI Memorial, visit Passendale 1917 Museum, Tyne Cot military Cem, The Brooding Soldier at St Julien, see the German cem of Langemark. Visit Ypres the square, see the Cloth Hall and attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate. Day 2; Vimy, the memorial, the Grange tunnel, the trenches ND de Lorette Memorial, Cabaret rouge cem Bourlon Wood, Monchy le Preux and Vis en Artois Cem and Memorial. Day 3; Villers Bretonneux Victoria School, the Australian memorial, the Sir John Monash Centre. Le Hamel battlefields and memorial, see the Basilica of Albert, the Lochnagar Crater. Stand in Pozières, the Tank Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial. See Thiepval the largest memorial bearing 72 000 names. Ending the day in Beaumont Hamel where the New Foundland Regiment was nearly wiped out, See the preserved trenches, the Craibu Memorial.
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For transport I use a Merceds Vito Tourer fully equipped for tours.
Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
At your hotel or at the train station in Lille
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Includes all fees
Book with a 20% deposit
Size:
up to 6 people
Duration:
3 days
Transportation:
Private transportation
1
Includes all fees
Book with a 20% deposit
Size:
up to 6 people
Duration:
3 days
Transportation:
Private transportation
1
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