7 days · 6 nights
Belgium, France
Belgium, France
From Flanders to D-Day
Seven days of remembrance from 1914 to 1944: Ypres and the Last Post, Vimy and Arras, the Somme battlefields, Compiègne and the Armistice, then the D-Day beaches, Caen and Bayeux.
- Duration
- 7 days · 6 nights
- Departure and return
- Charleroi
- Countries visited
- Belgium, France
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day 1Ypres — welcome of your group at the airport or station, In Flanders Fields Museum, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Last Post at the Menin Gate, night in Ypres
- Day 2Vimy and Arras — Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Ring of Remembrance at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Wellington Quarry, night in Arras
- Day 3The Somme — Newfoundland Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel, Thiepval Memorial, Lochnagar Crater, Historial of the Great War in Péronne, night in Amiens
- Day 4Amiens and Compiègne — Amiens Cathedral, Armistice Glade and its railway carriage, night in Caen
- Day 5The D-Day beaches — Mulberry harbour at Arromanches, Omaha Beach, American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc, night in Caen
- Day 6Caen and Bayeux — Caen Memorial, Pegasus Bridge, Bayeux Tapestry, British war cemetery, night in Caen
- Day 7Juno Beach — Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Canadian war cemetery at Bény-sur-Mer, return to Charleroi, then transfer to the airport or station
Services
- Welcome and transfers at the airport or station of your choice
- Coach with driver throughout the tour, two drivers when needed
- 6 hotel nights with breakfast
- Optional: guide speaking the language of the group and of the countries visited, half board, cruises, tickets
Indicative programme: the order of visits may be adapted to opening hours, the weather and flight times.