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The Battle of the Bulge Experience - A day tour from Brussels
(33) Reviews
Brussels
Important Information
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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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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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The remine hours between the sites, are travel time, lunch break, coffee break
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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Come join me on a tour of the glorious history of the American army. The Ardennes offensive of Winter 1944, and the famous battle of the Bulge. This interactive tour tells the big stories of battle, tactics, and commanders and the small ones of the soldiers, their daily routine, their fear, freezing cold in the foxholes, and wet nights in the trenches.
Travelers often customize these tour locations, adding battle sites of their past relatives who fought in the Ardennes offensive.
If you have any questions or comments about this tour, do not hesitate to contact me, also on FB
Highlights
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Sparkling & still
Guide in-person
Chocolate tasting
2* Tour Souvenir
Lunch
Museum Ticket 27E (for all 3 sites)
Meeting Points
Departure
Place Général Mc Auliffe
Right next to the tank (the main monument)
Return
The Battle of the Bulge Experience - A day tour from Brussels
(33) Reviews
Brussels
About
Come join me on a tour of the glorious history of the American army. The Ardennes offensive of Winter 1944, and the famous battle of the Bulge. This interactive tour tells the big stories of battle, tactics, and commanders and the small ones of the soldiers, their daily routine, their fear, freezing cold in the foxholes, and wet nights in the trenches.
Travelers often customize these tour locations, adding battle sites of their past relatives who fought in the Ardennes offensive.
If you have any questions or comments about this tour, do not hesitate to contact me, also on FB
Highlights
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
12 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Sparkling & still
Guide in-person
Chocolate tasting
2* Tour Souvenir
Lunch
Museum Ticket 27E (for all 3 sites)
Meeting Points
Departure
Place Général Mc Auliffe
Right next to the tank (the main monument)
Return
Itinerary
1
Plaque et Stele en Hommage a Jean de Selys Longchamps
we will start our tour in the Gestapo HQ and the Baron De Selys Longchamps statue in Brussels.
who, as a RAF pilot, bombed the Gestapo HQ in January 1943, We will hear the story behind the man and the attack and why he was demoted in rank following his action
15 minutes
2
Citadelle
We drive 1 hour South of Brussels and stop near the Citadelle of Namur.
To see the breath-taking view of the capital of Wallonia on the Meuse river, and we understand why was so crucial for the German offensive
20 minutes
3
Dinant
A short beautiful drive along the Meuse river we shell stop in Dinant, the beautiful city of Adulf Sax, we see the cathedral and the famous Saxophone bridge
40 minutes
4
Celles
A short drive from Dinant we start taking small sideways, and we stop at the Tank of Celles, the furthest advance point of the Wehrmacht in the Ardennes offensive, We will hear the sad story of this particular tank and its crew
15 minutes
5
Bastogne
We stop at Place McAuliffe in the Center of Bastogne, near the famous tank monument.
15 minutes
6
Bastogne War Museum
We stop at the Main Museum of the Battle of the Bulge, The museum explains the context, causes, events, and consequences in an interactive and exciting way
* The Museum ticket cost 24E/PP, the same ticket let us enter other sites and attraction
2 hours
7
Bizory
After a lunch break, we continue our drive, We will see the famous church of Bizory (nicknamed "Misory" by the soldiers of Easy-Company) and the monument for E-Company nearby, built with the donation of Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg
20 minutes
8
Bois Jacques
We enter to the wood where E-company and other 506PIR companies stationed & fought
We will see the foxholes and the tranches; we feel for a moment the agony and pain they suffered during the cold winter of 1944 and the fear from German shelling from Foy.
During the visit we see some short films.
* Admission is included in the Museum ticket
30 minutes
9
Foy
We stop at Foy, the village that Easy Company had to take at high cost; we will see the bullet hall wall from the famous "Band of Brothers" scene.
20 minutes
10
Recogne (Bastogne)
The famous cemeteries site, we pay respect for the fallen soldiers from both side
15 minutes
11
BASTOGNE BARRACKS
We will enter the Barracks where General McAullief the 101 commander in Bastogne during the encirclement, set his HQ, Here he wrote his famous answer to the German ultimatum to surrender with “NUTS”
*Entrance included in the Museum ticket
45 minutes
12
Houffalize
On the way north we will stop at the old 506PIR monument to pay our respect.
Then we stop at the beautiful restored "Panther" tank monument,
This tank show us somethings about the German ingenuity and engineering, we also learn about the tragic end of the tank crew
