Somme Battlefields Day Tour from AMIENS station

Somme Battlefields Day Tour from AMIENS station

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 (1h10 by train). Our tours start and finish just outside the AMIENS train station.

Our first stop is at Villers-Bretonneux to visit the Australian memorial and the new John Monash centre (if open on that day), then drive on the 1918 battlefields to discover the sites of the August 1918 allied counter-offensive. After a lunch stop at Albert, we cover the sites of the 1916 battle: the impressive "Lochnagar" mine crater, Pozieres, the Thiepval memorial to the missing and the preserved battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Australian National Memorial near Villers-Bretonneux, Route de Villers Bretonneux, 80800 Fouilloy, France

The Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux to commemorate the 11.000 australians missing in France in World War One.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sir John Monash Centre, Route de Villers Bretonneux Mémorial national australien, 80800 Fouilloy France

Discover the new Sir John Monash centre and its immersive room

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Monuments aux Morts, Rue Principale, Proyart France

The German cemetery at Proyart where 4.600 german soldiers rest in peace.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

The "Lochnagar" mine crater, a huge underground mine was blown up there on July 1st 1916

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: 1st Australian Division Memorial, 268 Route d Albert, 80300 Pozieres France

The site of the "Gibraltar" bunker

Duration: 20 minutes

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

The Thiepval memorial to the missing of the Somme

Duration: 30 minutes

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

The preserved battlefield with its original trenches from the 1916 battle of the Somme

Duration: 1 hour