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Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.
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2 Day Australian Tour - from Arras

By Sacred Ground Tours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is CHF 576 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

The only Australian guide operating on the Western Front.

Two leisurely filled days following Australian footsteps across France & Belgium. Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, Pozieres, Fromelles, Messines, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele…. etc

All Day Tours start / end in Arras and are run in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Our small group tours allow to visit the grave of a unique soldier or follow the actions of a relative.

For singles, couples and small groups. Shared basis - Maximum of 7 clients.

Tours are run in English.

Activity location

  • Serre Road Cemetery No.2
    • D919
    • Hebuterne, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Serre Road Cemetery No.2
    • D919
    • Hebuterne, France

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2 Day Australian Tour - from Arras
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d
    2d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 09:00
Price details
CHF 576.44 x 1 AdultCHF 576.44

Total
Price is CHF 576.44
Until Sun, 13 Apr
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntry Fees.
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation.

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Out in the Somme Day Tour
  • 13 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Serre Road Cemetery No.2
  • 20m
The largest Commonwealth cemetery in the Somme.
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
  • 30m
A WWI battlefield left as it was. Walk through authentic trenches used on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Thiepval Memorial
  • 30m
Over 73,000 missing British soldiers are commemorated, those with no-known grave.
Mouquet Farm
The fields here contain the highest concentration of Australia's fallen on the Western Front.
Tank Corps Memorial
  • 20m
Wind Mill Site, a sacred ground where many Australians fought.
Pozieres
An Australian village in the Somme.
1st Australian Division Memorial
  • 20m
The 1st Australian Division lost more men at Pozieres than any other battlefield in France and Belgium.
Lochnagar Crater WW1
  • 20m
An underground mine detonated to start the Battle of the Somme. The biggest scar on the land of the Western Front.
3rd Australian Division Memorial
  • 10m
Where General Monash and the 3rd Australian Division halted the German advance in 1918.
Australian National Memorial
  • 40m
Villers-Bretonneux, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in France.
Sir John Monash Centre
  • 1h
A "must visit" information centre showcasing Australian action across the Western Front.
Franco-Australian Museum
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
Victoria School in Villers-Bretonneux, where Australians are forever remembered.
Australian Corps Memorial
  • 20m
Le Hamel - where General Monash introduced tactics that took charge of the war.
Day 2: Fromelles - Ypres Day Tour
  • 14 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Fromelles
Where Australians were recently discovered in a mass grave.
Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
  • 20m
The newest Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery containing all the Australians found in the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Australian Memorial Park
  • 20m
Located on the Fromelles battlefield with the iconic Cobber's Statue.
VC Corner Australian Cemetery
  • 20m
Located on no-man's land at Fromelles. Where 1299 Australian missing from the disastrous Battle of Fromelles are commemorated.
Christmas Truce Memorial
  • 20m
The official site of the 1914 Christmas Truce.
Messines Ridge
The ridge blown apart by 19 Allied mines in 1917.
Hill 60
  • 30m
Walk through the massive crater created by an underground mine in 1917, represented in the book / film "Beneath Hill 60".
Brothers In Arms Memorial
  • 20m
Born from the fierce passion of a local Belgian, the memorial is dedicated to all the brothers that fought on the Western Front.
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
  • 30m
Polygon Wood, the site of the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Belgium and the location of the 5th Australian Division Memorial.
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Regarded as the best museum on the Western Front.
Tyne Cot Cemetery
  • 30m
The largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the world;
Menin Gate Memorial
  • 20m
Where the Commonwealth missing in Belgium a commemorated.
Ieper (Ypres)
  • 1h
Dinner is in the old town of Ypres.
Last Post ceremony
  • 40m
The very emotive Last Post Ceremony, performed by the locals every day since 1928. A perfect way the end a Western Front visit.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSerre Road Cemetery No.2
    • D919
    • Hebuterne, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESerre Road Cemetery No.2
    • D919
    • Hebuterne, France

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