Private Canadian WW1 Vimy & Somme Battlefield Tour from Arras or Lille

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Stand in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood before the assault on Vimy Ridge, visit the Canadian and German trenches. You will see the scattered landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Thiepval Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial will also been visited.

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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Lille, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours



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Stand in the tunnels where Canadian troops stood before the assault on Vimy Ridge, visit the Canadian and German trenches. You will see the scattered landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Thiepval Memorial, Courcelette Canadian Memorial will also been visited.

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Stop At: Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Chemin des Canadiens Route D55, 62580 Givenchy-en-Gohelle France

You will visit the trenches where Canadian and German soldiers stood just before the assault. You will go down in the Grange Tunnel where The PPCL and the Black Watch stood. You will visit the newly built Visitor Center and will walk around the impressive Memorial on ridge 145.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Courcelette Canadian Memorial, Nord Route Nationale, 80300 Courcelette France

You will stand near the Canadian Memorial, a Granit stone at Courcelette.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France

You will see the crater cretaed by a mine explosion on 1 July 1916.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Thiepval Memorial, Rue de L’Ancre, 80300 Authuille France

See the Memorial and spend some time in the visitor Center.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Rue de l’Eglise, 80300 Beaumont-Hamel France

You will stand at the trenchesfrom where New Foundland troops went over the top on 1 July 1916, walk along the Danger Tree, stand near the Caribu and will have a sight on this preserved battlefield.

Duration: 45 minutes



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