Private Full-Day Canadian WW1 Vimy and Somme Battlefield Tour from Bruges

Private Full-Day Canadian WW1 Vimy and Somme Battlefield Tour from Bruges

Stand in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood before the assault on Vimy Ridge and visit the Canadian and German trenches. You will see the scattered landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Thiepval Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial will also be visited.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Chemin des Canadiens Route D55, 62580 Givenchy-en-Gohelle France

Stand near the Memorial on Hill 145, go to the newly build visitor centre. You will go down in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood hours before the assault on 9 April 1917. Walk in the German and Canadian trenches.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Courcelette Canadian Memorial, Nord Route Nationale, 80300 Courcelette France

You will stand neat the Canadian Memorial on the battlefield where they fought at the fall of 1916.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France

See the huge crater cretad by an underground explosion on 1 July 1916.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Thiepval Memorial, Rue de L'Ancre, 80300 Authuille France

See the Largest memorial built by the CWGC it is bearing the names of 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave and have a look at the visitor Centre.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Rue de l'Eglise, 80300 Beaumont-Hamel France

Stand near the Caribu and walk on the preserved battlefields where New Foundlanders were slaughtered the 1st July 1916. Walk along Danger Tree, Y Ravine and the Memorial dedicated to the 51st Highland Division.

Duration: 1 hour