5-Day Break

• Day 1 – We travel to Belgium and the Ypres area for a four-night stay.
• Day 2 – Messines and Mine Craters (included). We enter the strange underground world of the 'tunnellers' and start at Hill 60. Nearby, we also see the impressive Caterpillar Crater. At St Eloi, we see further evidence of mining activity, we then visit the German trenches at Croonaert Wood and look at Major Cropper’s 250th Tunnelling Company and their handy-work with craters at Spanbroekmolen, Peckham, Maedelstede and Kruistraat. We end the day at Messines’ war museum and the New Zealand Memorial Park. B
• Day 3 – Trenches and Bunkers (included). We examine the attack of the Guards and 38th (Welsh) Divisions, beginning at Artillery Wood and see the graves of great war poets, Hedd Wynn and Francis Ledwidge. We explore the 'Yorkshire Trench', then Steenbeek River and the fight for Langemarck. At St Julien, we see the huge Cheddar Villa bunker and trace Edmund Blunden's Royal Sussex Regiment's advance. The craters at Hooge Château, Sanctuary Wood Trench Museum, with its preserved British trenches are next. We finally move into the later fighting at Polygon Wood, with the cemetery and Australian memorial. B
• Day 4 – Dugout Experience and Behind the Lines (included). We start at Zonnebeke, at the superb Passchendaele Museum. We also examine the final fighting phase of 1917 at Tyne Cot, the cemetery and new visitors' centre, then follow the Canadians' route into Passchendaele. We end behind the lines at Poperinghe, and Talbot House. Finally, we attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. B
• Day 5 – Before making our way home and returning to Calais, we have free-time for shopping in Ypres. B

B=Breakfast Br=Brunch L=Lunch D=Dinner

Accommodation
You’ll stay for four nights in a 3-star hotel situated in Ypres or the surrounding area, with continental or breakfast included.

Silver Service: All departures except June 4, will stay at the 3-star Novotel in the centre of Ypres, near the Menin Gate for four nights. The hotel has a lift, bar, and restaurant. All bedrooms have a T.V., hairdryer and air conditioning. 4th June departure will stop at a 3-star hotel in the Ypres area.

Extras
Optional Excursions.
Single room supplement £105.

Travel Insurance: Standard £26.95, Gold Upgrade £5.

Departure Dates and Prices

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Prices are per person, based on two sharing. Named accommodation may be changed if necessary by the tour operator. If this is the case you will be advised of all new details at time of enquiry. All holidays and prices are subject to availability and changes.

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