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In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS
The Salient Tour
The Battles of Ypres 1915 - 1918
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A three-day/two-night tour of the battlefields of
the Ypres Salient in the First World War. We explore the area around Ypres
visiting the battlefield sites and discussing the events that took place. This
is a tour for anyone interested in getting a flavour of the horrors of trench
warfare in the 1914-18 Great War.
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Day One
We start our tour at the Dover Ferry Terminal in the morning and cross the English Channel.
Drive from Calais to Ieper book into our tour hotel before taking lunch at one of the excellent restaurants in Ieper’s main square.
Visit the Flanders Field Museum and Menin Gate Memorial during the afternoon, before attending the Last Post Ceremony that evening.
Day Two
We begin with a visit to the Dressing Station and CWGC Cemetery at Essex Farm before moving on to the Yorkshire Trench to see the preserved trenches where we discuss the Race to the Sea and First Battle of Ypres.
From Yorkshire Trench we move on to visit the French memorial at Pilkem to discuss the first major gas attack of the war. We continue with the theme of the Second Battle of Ypres visiting the St Juliaan Canadian Brooding Soldier memorial and the site of Kitcheners Wood before returning to Ieper for lunch.
In the afternoon we visit Mount Sorrell 'Hill 62' Canadian Memorial to discuss the events that took place before stopping off at the excellent Sanctuary Wood/Hill 62 Museum. This rounds off our day and we return to our tour hotel.
Day Three
We begin with a visit to Polygon Wood to discuss the actions of the Australians in the vicinity during the Third Battle of Ypres. We follow this by driving to the Passchendaele area to continue with this theme before paying our respects at the Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery and Memorial.
We round off our tour with a visit to the excellent Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 before heading back to Calais.
On our return to Calais we offer you the opportunity to call in at one of the many wine warehouses to top up on your supplies before entering the ferry port to catch our return ferry to Dover.
Arranging your set date tourYou can enquire about one of our set itinerary battlefield tours by emailing us at enquiries@inthefootsteps.com detailing which tour you are interested in together with your preferred dates and grade of hotel. We will check availability and get back to you as quickly as possible with a proposal. |
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