Battlefields of the Two World Wars

You will visit the battlefi elds of the Ypres Salient and then Ypres itself where you can perhaps go to the In Flanders Fields Museum and see the touching last post ceremony at the Menin Gate. On day three we continue to the Somme Valley, where we will stop at Lochnagar Crater, Thiepval and its Irish Memorial and the wartime fortress village of Beaumont Hamel. In the evening there will be free time in the historic city of Rouen, dominated by its impressive Gothic cathedral. On the final day of excursions we move onto Normandy and World War Two. The excursion-packed day includes the Allies' first points of attack at Pegasus Bridge and St Mere Eglise, the landing beaches and Longuessur- Mer Gun Battery.

Day 1 - Belgium. Journey to your hotel in Belgium
Day 2 - Ypres Salient. Included full day excursion
Day 3 - The Somme Valley and Rouen. Journey to your hotel in the Rouen area. Included full day excursion
Day 4 - Normandy. Journey to your overnight hotel. Included full day excursion
Day 5 - France. Depart after breakfast. Included visit to Cite Europe shopping centre, in Calais, before returning home

You will stay for two nights at a comfortable hotel in Belgium, plus one night in Rouen and one night in Normandy. All hotels used will be within easy coaching distance of all the highlights of the tour and have well-furnished en-suite bedrooms as well as a bar and a dining room where continental breakfast and dinner will be included throughout your stay.