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Full Day Private Canadian Battlefields Tour from Arras
The Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge has been known for being the marker of Canadian nationhood and identity; but what events led to this battle and what makes it such a special battle? Who were those soldiers and what was their daily lives like? In this 8 hours tour, we will talk about many aspects of WW1 and, in particular the CEF. This is a personalized tour where we accept only three people at a time. This allows for flexibility, should you need to pay your respect on your relative's grave or visit a particular place. Just let us know and we will do our best to assist you!
The Battle of the Somme Guided Day Tour from Arras
Picking up at Arras railway station or your hotel, the Somme day tour visits the momentous locations of the War's most infamous campaign, from the disasters of the 1st july 1916 to the attrition of the autumn. You will visit the must see sights, trenches, mine craters, learn about the weapons, communications and mining. In the morning we concentrate on the 1918 battles around Amiens and includes a visit to the Australian Memorial to the Missing at Villers Bretonneux and The Sir John Monash Centre. If you have a relative or a particular interest we can build that into your itinerary, using the latest GPS software you will literally walk in the footsteps of heros.
Full Day Private New Zealander Battlefields Tour from Arras
This tour will take you in the footsteps of the New Zealanders on the paved streets of Arras, down 20 meters deep tunnels beneath its magnificent squares; walking in trenches, and visiting moving WW1 sites in the Somme whilst learning all about the experience of the Kiwis on the Western Front.
Private Tour of the WW1 Somme Battlefields from ARRAS
This tour covers the major sites of the Battles of the Somme in 1916 and 1918, it's an easy day trip coming from PARIS for the day (1h by train). Our tours start and finish just outside the ARRAS train station. we will cover the sites of the major 1916 battle: the impressive "Lochnagar" mine crater, Pozieres, the Thiepval memorial to the missing and the preserved battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel. After a lunch stop at Albert and a visit to the Somme 1916 underground museum we will head to the 1918 battlefields: Villers-Bretonneux Australian memorial and the new John Monash centre (if open on that day) and the sites of the famous August 1918 allied counter-offensive. After this moving day we will drive back to ARRAS.
Full-Day Canadian WW1 Vimy and Somme Battlefield Tour from Arras
Explore Canada’s role in World War I on this full-day Somme battlefield tour from Arras. Explore tunnels and trenches used by Canadian forces during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 with a guide. Visit the Courcelette Canadian Memorial, Neuville St. Vaast Canadian N°2 Cemetery, and Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, and learn of the many lives laid down in battle. After lunch, visit WWI battle trenches at the Beaumont Hamel New Foundland Memorial Park. Tour includes round-trip travel from your Arras hotel.
Australian and New Zealand Battlefield Day Tour in the Somme from Lille or Arras
Le Hamel where Sir John Monash used for the 1st time tanks and infantry on a modern way, Albert and Thiepval Memorial and Pozières, the Windmill are the other places you will also visit that day.
Australian Battlefields Private Tour in Flanders and Fromelles from Arras
Explore Australia’s World War I history in Flanders and Fromelles on this 9-hour small-group battlefield tour from Arras. Travel through Flanders and Fromelles with a guide, and take in key sites of interest including the Cobbers’ Memorial, the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele, and the VC Corner Cemetery — France’s only exclusively Australian WWI cemetery. Learn of the thousands of Australian soldiers who laid down their lives, and see the many ways in which the Commonwealth War Graves Commission mark their sacrifice. This tour includes round-trip travel from your Arras hotel.
2 Day Australian Tour - from Arras
The only Australian guide operating on the Western Front. Two leisurely filled days following Australian footsteps across France & Belgium. Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Pozieres, Fromelles, Messines, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele.... etc All Day Tours start / end in Arras and are run in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Our small group tours allow to visit the grave of a unique soldier or follow the actions of a relative. For singles, couples and small groups. Shared basis - Maximum of 7 clients. Tours are run in English.
Introductory courses
Curious to discover the sensations of driving the Segway? Learn to pilot this fabulous machine on this 30-minute introductory course. The Saint-Omer public garden is a landscaped park which includes a regular garden installed in the old moat, a convivial space with kiosk, flowerbed and statue and an English garden punctuated by a waterfall and an animal park . The whole is crossed by a remarkable arboretum.
Afternoon tea in the Shabby Caravan
It only takes one reserved person and your slot is private for one hour, you can then come up to 4 in all and pay the balance of the drinks on site. In all simplicity, the coffee break caravan invites you to an exotic and original moment for a period of 45 minutes. Its layout and restoration, in a romantic and bohemian spirit, brings a feeling of well-being and calm. So Cocooning!