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Canadian Somme and Flanders battlefield tour 2 days starting from Lille or Arras
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Zonnebeke
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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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
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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Stand on the places where Canadians made History !
The first day you will stand at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, Passendale, Crest Farm, Essex Farm and at the Menin Gate.
The second day you will stand in the Tunnel at Vimy Ridge, near the Memorial, in Courcelette and Thiepval, at Lochnagar Crater and you will visit the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Hotel drop-off
Professional guide
Bottled water
Lunch
Hotel pickup
Local taxes
Alcoholic drinks
Hotel
Canadian Somme and Flanders battlefield tour 2 days starting from Lille or Arras
(2) Reviews
Zonnebeke
About
Stand on the places where Canadians made History !
The first day you will stand at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery, Passendale, Crest Farm, Essex Farm and at the Menin Gate.
The second day you will stand in the Tunnel at Vimy Ridge, near the Memorial, in Courcelette and Thiepval, at Lochnagar Crater and you will visit the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Hotel drop-off
Professional guide
Bottled water
Lunch
Hotel pickup
Local taxes
Alcoholic drinks
Hotel
Itinerary
1
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot is the largest CWGC's cemetery, the memorial is bearing the names of 35 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
1 hour
2
Passchendaele Canadian Memorial
Seeing the last strong point captured by the Canadian troops during the Battle of Passendale, you will stand near the newly build "Canada Gate"
1 hour
3
Passchendaele Museum
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum.
1 hour
4
Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial
You will stand on Hill 62 where Canadian troops fought in 1916. See the PPCLI Memorial at Frezenberg where they suffered huge casualties at the spring of 1915.
1 hour
5
Essex Farm Cemetery
The place where John McRae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields".
15 minutes
6
Ypres Cloth Hall
You will see the Cloth Hall and some of the nicest buildings of Ypres.
You will have some free time in town before attending the Last Post.
1 hour
7
Menin Gate Memorial
You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post.
After the service I will bring you back to your hotel.
1 hour
8
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Leaving your hotel towards Vimy Ridge, you will go in the trenches where Canadian and German troops stood the morning of 9 April 1917, go down in the Grange Tunnel and see the newly build visitor centre. You will go at the Memorial see the 11 000 names of Cnanadian soldiers who died in France and have no known grave. You will see the Douai Plain and the area held by the Germans.
3 hours
9
Courcelette Canadian Memorial
You will see the Courcelette Memorial where Canadians fought at the fall of 1916.
15 minutes
10
Lochnagar Crater
See the crater, it is the result of an underground explosion triggered on the morning of 1 July 1916.
30 minutes
11
Memorial de Thiepval
Thiepval Memorial is the largest of the CWGC's memorials it is bearing the names 72 000 soldiers.
30 minutes
12
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
The place wher New Foundland soldiers were massacred. You will stand near the Caribu, seeing "Danger Tree" going rom the allied lines towards the German lines, passing near the Memorial to the 51st Highland Division.
Going back towards your hotel.