RESERVATIONS

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Full Day Ypres Salient

Tour Operates: Sundays 21 March - 14 November 2010

'The Salient' struck fear into the Great War Tommy for being the hottest spot on the 70 mile front held by Imperial and Empire troops. Over a quarter of a million men gave their lives to hold this last bit of Belgium from the Germans. Although history records three great battles fought at Ypres, it was in fact a constant battle against shell, bullet, bomb, gas, water and rats.
from $A195

Tour Inclusions

  • Specialist Battlefields Driver/Guide
  • Transportation by 16-seat mini-coach
  • Entrance fees

Itinerary

Ypres Salient

Tour commences 10.15am at Lille Europe Station. Your guide will be waiting at the Meeting Point on the main concourse.

Follow a first class guide through the German trenches at Kemmel, ‘Shot at Dawn’ execution sites, the first gas attack zones, John McCrae’s Essex Farm site, the grave of double VC winner Noel Chavasse, Hooge crater and museum, the Passendaele dug-out and Tyne Cot cemetery. Walk the moonscape of the Hill 60 battlefield and see literally dozens of memorials to British, Australian and Canadian regiments. Sojourn in Ypres itself and visit St George’s Chapel, the Menen (Menin) Gate Memorial.

IMPORTANT! The Last Post Ceremony is included on the 2 or 3-day weekend battlefields tours only.

The tour returns to Lille Europe Station at around 6.30pm.

We recommend that you do not make onward connections before 7.30pm, in case of traffic delays.

Departures & Price Per Person in Australian Dollars
Tour
Per person
YPR ALL
Ex Lille
$195
Join tour from London including return Eurostar
$340
Joining tour in Lille
Tour departs from Lille Europe Station in northern France.

- Take Eurostar directly from London, Paris or Brussels to Lille Europe station
- Take TGV service directly from Paris CDG, Paris and other regions to Lille
- IMPORTANT! - Lille has 2 stations: Lille Europe & Lille Flanders - 10 minutes' walk apart
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