WWI Tour:

Battlefields of Ypres and Sightseeing in Bruges

No of nights:	3 or 4 nights
Key sites:	Essex Farm & Yorkshire Trench Dugout Langemark German Cemetery Tyne Cot Cemetery Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony Sights of Bruges Bray Dunes Beaches (Dunkirk)
Transport:	Car, minibus/coach & ferry
Dates:	2024 8–11, 18–21 March (Dover) 8–12, 18–22 March (Rotterdam) 10–13, 16–19 April (Dover) 10–14, 16–20 April (Rotterdam) 12–15, 19–22 May (Dover) 12–16, 19–23 May (Rotterdam) 8–11, 24–27 July (Dover) 8–12 , 24–28 July (Rotterdam) 24–27 September (Dover) 24–28 September (Rotterdam) 1–4, 21–24 October (Dover) 1–5, 21–25 October (Rotterdam) 1–4, 9-13 November (Dover)* 1–5, 8–13 November (Rotterdam)*
Cost:	£695pp via Dover/Calais £695pp via Hull/Rotterdam (Single supplement +£175) *Remembrance Day Tour Special Cost: £825pp (Single supplement +£175)

* The 8 – 13 November is a special 5 days, 4 nights or 6 days, 5 nights tour for Remembrance Day.

The town of Ypres (Ieper) is at the heart of the battlefields of Belgium and will always be home for the British Army of WW1 in the fight for Belgium.

If ever there were a corner of a foreign field that was forever England, it would surely be Ypres. This 4/5-day tour will take in the major sites of the Ypres battlefields and give us chance to explore the history of the First World War.

With a maximum of 15 guests, you will have a truly personalised trip, getting the most from your own personal guide and meeting others that are passionate about First World War remembrance.

Your Guide

Hello, I am Andy Oliver, your guide.

I am now retired from 22 years in the military service which took me around the world and the battlefields of the Western Front and Far East.

I have studied, toured, and guided on the Western Front battlefields for the last few years since retiring from the Armed Forces. I have built up an extensive knowledge of the Great War and I look forward to sharing it with you.

Tour Highlights

Essex Farm Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Menin Gate

Sights of Bruges

Bray Dunes at Dunkirk

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 - Meet and greet and travel to Ypres or overnight ferry

Pick up from a convenient location for you – we make our way to Ypres
Check into the Novotel in Ypres for the first of a two-night stay
Walking tour of the beautiful town of Ypres
Or we can meet up at convenient location for you at Hull train station or P&O Ferry terminal at King George Docks in Hull
Check into the P&O Ferries, Hull for the overnight ferry to Rotterdam

Day 2 - Ypres & Passchendaele

After a good breakfast we make our way to Essex Farm Dressing Station and cemetery, close to where ‘In Flanders Fields’ was written and see the grave of Valentine Strudwick, just 15 years old when he was killed
We visit the Yorkshire Trench which highlights the preserved trench system around the town of Ypres
Visit the German cemetery at Langemark and see the difference in styles of remembrance
Take in the Canadian Memorial at Vancouver Corner and discuss the use of gas in the First World War
Head to Tyne Cot, the largest Commonwealth War Graves site in the world
Walk through original trenches at Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood)
We return to the Novotel hotel or our first night stay
Attend the moving Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate
We finish off the evening with a meal at Captain Cook restaurant (meal included in overall cost)

Day 3 - Sightseeing in Bruges

We take our leave of Ypres and head for the sights of Bruges
At the end of the day, we check into the Radisson Blu hotel for the night
We see what the sights Bruges has to offer at night

Day 4 - Dunkirk and drop off or overnight ferry

We make our way back towards home, but before we leave the region, we visit the town of Dunkirk, and the beaches at Bray Dunes for an understanding of the evacuation of Dunkirk
Ferry home and drop off at a convenient location for you
Or we return to Rotterdam for the overnight ferry back to Hull

Price Includes

4 days, 3 nights or 5 days, 4 nights

Services of a full-time guide
Pick up & drop off from a convenient location
All transportation and return ferry crossing or overnight crossing, plus 2 or 3 nights in 3* or 4* hotels (based on 2 sharing)
Restaurant on night 1, 2, & 4
Breakfast every day
Any applicable entry fees
Welcome drink on arrival

Cost:
£695pp via Dover/Calais
£695pp via Hull/Rotterdam
(Single supplement +£175)

Remembrance Day Tour Special
Cost: £825pp (Single supplement +£175)