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PRIVATE Australian Western Front Battlefields 3-Day Tour Ypres to Amiens
(3) Reviews
Ypres
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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This is a stunning private door to door tour, great if you have a ww1 ancestor that you would like to follow, if you haven't you will get goosebumps either way!
The tour is tailored to your every need you can turn the tour around and start in Amiens and finish in Ypres, I can even meet you at you at Eurostar Lille or Bruges and you can start your amazing unforgettable 3 day Australian battlefield tour!
Just be sure t let me know when booking
My own gt uncle was killed in 1915 at 'The Bluff' Ypres, my Gt grandfather was a 15-year-old who served at the Somme and was badly wounded in 1917 at Passchendaele
Complimentary water is supplied each day, meals and hotels are however at the custome...
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Complementary water is included each day
All meals are at customers own expense
All Accommodation is at the customers own choice and expense
PRIVATE Australian Western Front Battlefields 3-Day Tour Ypres to Amiens
(3) Reviews
Ypres
About
This is a stunning private door to door tour, great if you have a ww1 ancestor that you would like to follow, if you haven't you will get goosebumps either way!
The tour is tailored to your every need you can turn the tour around and start in Amiens and finish in Ypres, I can even meet you at you at Eurostar Lille or Bruges and you can start your amazing unforgettable 3 day Australian battlefield tour!
Just be sure t let me know when booking
My own gt uncle was killed in 1915 at 'The Bluff' Ypres, my Gt grandfather was a 15-year-old who served at the Somme and was badly wounded in 1917 at Passchendaele
Complimentary water is supplied each day, meals and hotels are however at the custome...
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Complementary water is included each day
All meals are at customers own expense
All Accommodation is at the customers own choice and expense
Ypres Battlefields, The Christmas Truce to Passchendaele
12 Stops
1
Messines Ridge
This tour covers the Ypres Salient from Messines to Passchendaele spanning 1914 to 1918, we follow the Australian soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917, if you have ancestors that fell in the battle I will tailor the tour where possible to include them
2 hours
2
Christmas Truce Memorial
We will stand and hear the story of the famous Christmas Truce in 1914 at Plugstreet Wood.
30 minutes
3
Spanbroekmolen Mine Crater
Here you will hear the story of the massive mine explosion on the 7th June 1917.
30 minutes
4
Hill 60
The 2nd of the 2 massive mines that you'll see, this one finished by the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
10 minutes
5
Battle of Polygon Wood
Here will walk through the woods and visit concrete bunkers that were here when the Australian soldiers captured during the battle, we will visit the cemetery and the Australian 5th Division monument
25 minutes
6
Broodseinde
Driving through following the line of the Australian advance
7
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Here we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried here.
1 minute
8
Essex Farm Cemetery
Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'
20 minutes
9
In Flanders Fields Museum
You will have 1 hour to explore the iconic 'In Flanders Fields Museum'
1 hour
10
Ypres Cloth Hall
Stand on the main square in Ypres see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and spend some free time in town maybe eat the National dish which is Flemish Stew
10 minutes
11
Last Post ceremony
Take part in the 'Last Post' ceremony at the Menin Gate which has been carried out every night at 8pm by the local fire brigade buglers since 1927 {Other than the NAZI occupation in WW2}
30 minutes
12
Langemark Cemetery
Here we will see how the Germans commemorated they war dead, walk amongst the 44,000 German dead buried here