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LanguagesEnglish, French, Dutch
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview
Explore Canada’s role in World War I on this full-day Somme battlefield tour from Arras.
Explore tunnels and trenches used by Canadian forces during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 with a guide.
Visit the Courcelette Canadian Memorial, Neuville St. Vaast Canadian N°2 Cemetery, and Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, and learn of the many lives laid down in battle.
After lunch, visit WWI battle trenches at the Beaumont Hamel New Foundland Memorial Park. Tour includes round-trip travel from your Arras hotel.
What's included
Private transportation
Transport
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Guide
Alcoholic drinks
What to expect
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
3h
You will stand near the memorial and have a view on the Douai plain. Visit one of the tunnels, the Grange Tunnel, in which Canadian troops stood hours before the battle.
You will stand at one of the cemeteries on the ridge, see some preserved trenches and spend some time in the newly built visitor centre.
Cimetiere du Cabaret Rouge
30m
See where the Canadian Unknown Soldier was exhumed from.
Courcelette Canadian Memorial
30m
Stand on the battlefields where Canadians fought at the fall of 1916.
Memorial de Thiepval
1h
This memorial is the largest built by the CWGC, it is bearing the names 72 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
Lochnagar Crater
30m
See the crater, the result of an undergound explosion triggered on the morning of 1st July 1916.
Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel
1h
You will stand near the Caribu and walk on the preserved battlefield from the allied to the German lines passing near the "Danger Tree", "Y Ravine" and the memorial to the 51st Highland division before having a look the New Foundland Visitor Centre.
Meeting and pickup
Pickup details
Pick up and drop off possible at the train station only 50 minutes away from Paris.
Additional information
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum two adults per booking
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
