Day 1 Channel crossing to Calais. Continue along the coast, past Dunkerque and Veurne, before travelling south past Ypres to Lille Tourcoing for a 3 night stay.
Day 2 Morning in Ypres with a possible visit to In Flanders Fields Museum. Then meet the included guide for a walk through Ypres, stopping at the Cloth Hall and Menin Gate. In the afternoon visit Tyne Cot Cemetery and return to Ypres with time at leisure around the Grote Markt, where there are a host of restaurants. At 8pm see the Last Post Ceremony before returning to Lille Tourcoing.
Day 3 A full day to the Somme. See Peronne, Lochnagar Crater, Thiepval Memorial and Newfoundland Park. After a rewarding day return to Flanders.
Day 4 Visit Poperinge which at one time was one of only two towns in Belgium not under German occupation. See Talbot House and the Town Hall. Time allowing a further short stop can be made at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and visitor centre, site of the largest evacuation hospital along the Ypres Salient. Finally proceed for a Channel crossing and home.
Additional Hotel Choices
We also offer the 4 star Hotel Alize, centrally located in Mouscron and the Novotel Ieper Centrum Flanders Fields, which is only a short walk from the Menin Gate..
All tours are tailored to your requirements and can be adapted for travel by coach and/or air as you prefer. Occasionally itineraries change. Please see our current brochure or contact us for the latest version.