Passchendaele Remembered
Passchendaele Remembered
The 3rd Battle of Ypres
Our itinerary
Day 1 To the Ypres area for four nights.
Day 2 Messines and Mine Craters (included). We enter the strange underground world of the ‘tunnellers’ and start at Hill 60. Nearby, we also see the impressive Caterpillar Crater. At St. Eloi, we see further evidence of mining activity, we then visit the German trenches at Croonaert Wood and look at Major Cropper’s 250th Tunnelling Company and their handywork with craters at Spanbroekmolen, Peckham, Maedelstede and Kruistraat. We end the day at Messines’ war museum and the New Zealand Memorial Park. B
Day 3 Trenches and Bunkers (included). We examine the attack of the Guards and 38th (Welsh) Divisions, beginning at Artillery Wood and see the graves of great war poets, Hedd Wynn and Francis Ledwidge. We explore the ‘Yorkshire Trench’, then Steenbeek River and the fight for Langemarck. At St. Julien, we see the huge Cheddar Villa bunker and trace Edmund Blunden’s Royal Sussex Regiment’s advance. The craters at Hooge Château, Sanctuary Wood Trench Museum, with its preserved British trenches are next. We finally move into the later fighting at Polygon Wood, with the cemetery and Australian memorial. B
Day 4 Dugout Experience and Behind the Lines (included). We start at Zonnebeke, at the superb Passchendaele Museum. We then visit Tyne Cot cemetery, and later follow the Canadians’ route into Passchendaele. We end at Poperinghe, and Talbot House. Finally, we attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. B
Day 5 Ypres. Before making our way home and returning to Calais, we have free time for shopping in Ypres. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast
Your hotel
You’ll stay for four nights in a 3-star hotel situated in Ypres or the surrounding area, with continental breakfast included.
Your hotel will have a bar, and restaurant. All bedrooms have a T.V. and telephone.
5 days from only £279
What’s Included?
• 4 nights’ accommodation with continental breakfast
• Specialist Battlefields Guide
• 3 full-day battlefields visits
Note: Entrance fees to museums & places of interest are at extra cost.
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• Porterage at your hotels
• Smaller, more personal group
Prices are per person, based on two sharing.
Extras • Optional Excursions •
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Passchendaele Remembered- Executive Coach - Tour Ref: 5BBP
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| Apr 28 | 279 | Sep 15 | 289 |
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| Single Room | 105 | ||
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Passchendaele Remembered - Silver Service - Tour ref: 5BBPV
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| May 5 | 309 | Jun 2 | 315 |
| Jul 7 | 329 | Aug 25 | 329 |
| Sep 29 | 329 | Oct 6 | 319 |
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| Single Room | 105 | ||
