Immerse yourself in history on the Vimy and Belgium Canadian Battlefield Tour. Explore historic sites, walk in the trenches, visit cemeteries, and attend the Last Post Ceremony in Ypres.
Immerse yourself in history on the Vimy and Belgium Canadian Battlefield Tour. Explore historic sites, walk in the trenches, visit cemeteries, and attend the Last Post Ceremony in Ypres.
- Canadian National Vimy Memorial - We are leaving towards Vimy Ridge where you will stand near the Memorial and have a view on the Douai plain. You will walk in the Canadian and German preserved trenches, go down in the Grange Tunnel, where Canadian troops stood hours before the battle and see the newly built visitor centre.
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- Canadian National Vimy Memorial - We are leaving towards Vimy Ridge where you will stand near the Memorial and have a view on the Douai plain. You will walk in the Canadian and German preserved trenches, go down in the Grange Tunnel, where Canadian troops stood hours before the battle and see the newly built visitor centre.
- The Ploegsteert Memorial - See Ploegsteert Memorial to the missing
- Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial - Stand on Hill 62 where Canadian soldiers fought at the spring of 1916.
- Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Memorial - Stand at the place, Frezeberg, where the regiment was nearly wiped out in May 1915.
- Tyne Cot Cemetery - Is the largest CWGC’s cemetery, 12 000 burials and the Memorial is bearing the names of 35 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
- Saint Julien Memorial - See the “Brooding Soldier” erected where the 1st gas attack took place at the spring of 1915.
- Langemark Cemetery - See a German Cemetery and feel the difference between this ones and the allied cemeteries.
- Essex Farm Cemetery - Where John McRae wrote the poem “ In Flanders Fields”.
- Ypres Cloth Hall - Stand on the Main Square and see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some other nice buildings in Ypres. You have some free time to wander in town.
- Last Post ceremony - You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post. After this service I bring you back to your hotel.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private tour
- Professional guide
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Local taxes
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private tour
- Professional guide
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Local taxes
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Explore the tunnels of Vimy, journey through the trenches where Canadian soldiers once held their positions in April 1917. Visit Europe’s largest cemetery under CWGC’s care, and observe the Brooding Soldier, the site of the inaugural gas onslaught. Witness the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. Stop by the medical station where John McRae…
Explore the tunnels of Vimy, journey through the trenches where Canadian soldiers once held their positions in April 1917. Visit Europe’s largest cemetery under CWGC’s care, and observe the Brooding Soldier, the site of the inaugural gas onslaught. Witness the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. Stop by the medical station where John McRae penned ‘In Flanders Fields’.
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
