WWI and the Battle of the Somme

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9 or 11 days
Brussels, Arras Region, Paris, with extension to London
Students will see traces of the many World War I battles that took place around Ypres. They will see locals express gratitude for those who gave their lives for Belgium’s freedom during the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. They’ll also experience the Wellington Quarries in Arras, where thousands of soldiers lived underground prior to the Battle of Arras in April 1917.

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Belgium

  • Day 2: Brussels

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Take a walking tour of Brussels

    Visit the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate

  • Day 3: Brussels • Arras Region

    Travel to Ypres

    Visit Ypres Salient Flanders Field Museum

    Visit Tyne Cot Cemetery

    Visit Essex Farm

    Visit Passchendaele Memorial Museum

    Attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate

  • Day 4: Arras Region

    Excursion to Canadian Battlefields

    Visit Passchendaele

    Visit St. Julien Memorial at Vancouver Corner

    Visit Sanctuary Wood Museum

    • Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

  • Day 5: Vimy • Arras Region

    Travel to Vimy Region

    Visit the Vimy Memorial

    Visit the Trenches

    Visit Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery

    Visit Neuville St. Vaast German War Cemetery

    Visit Notre Dame de Lorette

  • Day 6: Arras Region • Paris

    Visit The Wellington Quarry

    Travel through the Somme to Paris

    Visit the Thiepval War Memorial

    Visit the Somme Trench Museum

    Take a guided tour of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

  • Day 7: Paris

    Take a guided tour of Paris

    With your expert local guide you will see:
    • Place de la Concorde
    • Champs-Élysées
    • Les Invalides
    • Eiffel Tower

    Take a guided tour of Versailles

    With your expert local guide you will see:
    • State Apartments
    • Hall of Mirrors
    • Gardens

  • Day 8: Paris

    Take a walking tour of Paris

    With your Tour Director you will see:

  • Île de la Cité
  • Conciergerie
  • Sainte-Chapelle

    • Walking Tour Paris Incl. Notre-Dame

Visit the Louvre

Visit Notre Dame Cathedral

  • Day 9: Depart for home

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    • Day 9: Paris • London

      Travel by Eurostar train to London

      Take a Canadian-focused guided tour of London

      Visit Canada House

    • Day 10: London

      Take a guided tour of London

      • Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
      • Piccadilly Circus
      • St. Paul’s Cathedral
      • Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if available)

      Visit the Churchill War Rooms

    • Day 11: Depart for home

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