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The Cloth Hall at Ypres
Fromelles and Ypres Day Tour from Arras and Lille
Fromelles and Ypres Day Tour from Arras and Lille
VC Corner, Fromelles
Fromelles and Ypres Day Tour from Arras and Lille

Fromelles and Ypres Day Tour from Arras and Lille

By The Battlefields Experience
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is £180 per adult
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  • 13h
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Overview

Visit Fromelles and Ypres, and delve into Europe’s World War I history on this fully guided day tour from Arras. Explore famous WWI battle sites including Fromelles and the Pheasant Wood cemetery and Cobbers’ Memorial. We follow the path of the War through 1917, Messines Ridge and Hill 60, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele and the Tyne Cot Cemetery. Explore Ypres at your leisure, then take part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate before your onward travel to Lille or return to Arras. This is a long and emotional day and can be taken alone or added with another of our day tours. There is an opportunity to follow in a relatives footsteps or lay a wreath at the Menin Gate Ceremony in the evening.

Activity location

  • Musee de la Bataille de Fromelles
    • Rue de la Basse Ville, 10 rue d'Eglise
    • 59249, Fromelles, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Gare d'Arras
    • Place du Maréchal Foch
    • 62000, Arras, Hauts-de-France, France

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Fromelles and Ypres Day Tour from Arras and Lille
  • Activity duration is 13 hours13h13h
  • English

Visit Fromelles and Ypres, and delve into Europe’s World War I history on this fully guided day tour from Arras. Explore famous WWI battle sites including Fromelles and the Pheasant Wood cemetery and Cobbers’ Memorial. We follow the path of the War through 1917, Messines Ridge and Hill 60, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele and the Tyne Cot Cemetery. Explore Ypres at your leisure, then take part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate before your onward travel to Lille or return to Arras. This is a long and emotional day and can be taken alone or added with another of our day tours. There is an opportunity to follow in a relatives footsteps or lay a wreath at the Menin Gate Ceremony in the evening.

Language options: English
Starting time: 09:00
Price details
£180.14 x 1 Adult£180.14
Total
Price is £180.14
Until Tue, 30 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedDrop-off in Ypres, Lille, or Arras
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned minivan

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Musee de la Bataille de Fromelles
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Hear about the battle and the storey of the mass graves at Pheasant Wood in this excellent museum and visitors centre
Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
  • 15m
We will pay our respects to the soldiers recovered from the mass graves at Pheasant Wood and re buried in this new cemetery
Australian Memorial Park
  • 15m
See the famous Cobbers Memorial on the German front line
VC Corner Australian Cemetery
  • 10m
Visit the only all Australian Cemetery in France
The Ploegsteert Memorial
  • 5m
See where the 3rd Division will prepare for the Battle of Messines and hear about the 1st Australian Tunneling company who dug the Catacombs here.
Christmas Truce Memorial (Pass by)
Learn about the Christmas Truce of 1914.
Messines Ridge (Pass by)
Learn of the successes of this offensive as we drive along the ridge
Hill 60
  • 30m
See the preserved battlefield, the Bunkers and the two mine craters that the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company blew on the 7th June 1917
Battle of Polygon Wood
  • 30m
Visit the Wood captured by the 5th Division on the 26th September 1917
5th Australian Division Memorial
  • 10m
See the 5th Division Memorial in the New Buttes Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery
  • 30m
Visit the largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the World and hear of the terrible Battle of Passchendaele, the final phase of the third battle of Ypres, here you will see the two Australian VC.
Menin Gate Memorial
  • 2h
At 1800hrs we arrive in Ypres, time to eat before the Last Post Ceremony at 2000hrs. You may lay a wreath here if you wish- please let the guide know.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMusee de la Bataille de Fromelles
    • Rue de la Basse Ville, 10 rue d'Eglise
    • 59249, Fromelles, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGare d'Arras
    • Place du Maréchal Foch
    • 62000, Arras, Hauts-de-France, France

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