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The Great War Remembered Tour 2023
Duration
4 days
Max People
26
Min Age
12+
Pickup
Airpot
Tour Details
Tour Deposit: £100
Price Includes:
- Return flights from Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow with Aer Lingus
- Airport taxes and security charges
- 1 piece of checked in hand luggage 10kg baggage
- Executive coaching for the duration of your tour
- Euro Tunnel – Folkestone to Calais / Calais to Folkestone
- 4 nights’ hotel accommodation in the 4* Mercure Arras Centre Gare, Arras
- Breakfast
- Visits to Grandcourt Cemetery, The Ulster Tower, Theipval Memorial, Lochnagar Crater and Commonwealth War Graves
- Full day tour including The Irish Peace Tower, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Essex Farm
- Visit Ypres and the Passchendaele Memorial Museum
- Attend The Last Post Ceremony
- Free time in Arras
Flight Times:
- Departs Belfast City 08:55 / Arrives London Heathrow 10:15
- Departs London Heathrow 19:40 / Arrives Belfast City 21:05
Optional extra:
- Single Supplement Cost: £240 per person
Notes:
- Transfers Included : Yes
- Valid ID is Required for this tour
Included/Excluded
- Return flights from Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow with Aer Lingus
- Airport taxes and security charges
- 1 piece of checked in hand luggage 10kg baggage
- Executive coaching for the duration of your tour
- Euro Tunnel – Folkestone to Calais / Calais to Folkestone
- 4 nights’ hotel accommodation in the 4* Mercure Arras Centre Gare, Arras
- Breakfast
- Visits to Grandcourt Cemetery, The Ulster Tower, Theipval Memorial, Lochnagar Crater and Commonwealth War Graves
- Full day tour including The Irish Peace Tower, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Essex Farm
- Visit Ypres and the Passchendaele Memorial Museum
- Attend The Last Post Ceremony
- Free time in Arras
Tour Plan
On arrival at Belfast City Airport make your way to the Aerlingus Check-in area to meet your Tour Manager who will assist with check-in. Once you have checked-in and received your boarding passes proceed through security to your departure gate. On arrival in London Heathrow meet your tour manager at the baggage reclaim area. Join your coach and travel to Folkestone to take the Euro Tunnel to Calais before we make our way to the hotel in Arras, France.
This morning you have some free time to explore the town of Arras and learn of its history. Our hotel is in the centre with many restaurants, bars, shops, and the impressive Grand Place. This afternoon meet your local expert and visit the Commonwealth War Graves and enjoy a tour of Vimy Ridge Memorial battlefield and trenches where 60,000 Canadians lost their lives. Afterwards, time permitting, we will explore a few other Somme sites before returning to the hotel.
This morning after breakfast (departure time will be confirmed by your tour manager) we will meet our local expert and depart for a full day tour including The Irish Peace Tower, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Essex Farm, and site of the famous Christmas Truce. We explore Ypres at leisure before visiting the Passchendaele Memorial Museum. This evening we attend The Last Post Ceremony at The Menin Gate Memorial to the missing. Re-join your coach (departure time will be confirmed by your tour manager) and return to your hotel.
This morning after breakfast (departure time will be confirmed by your tour manager) we will meet our local expert and proceed to the Somme Valley. We will visit the Grandcourt Cemetery which marks the furthest point that the Royal Irish Rifles advanced behind the German Lines on the 1st July 1915. We will travel to visit The Ulster Tower, a memorial to the Officers and Men of the 36th (Ulster) Division – a replica of Helen’s Tower in Co. Down, and first official memorial to be erected on the Western Front. In the afternoon we will visit The Thiepval Memorial Museum and gravesite before visiting Lochnagar Crater. Later meet your coach (departure time will be confirmed by your tour manager) and make your way back to your hotel.
This morning after breakfast and checking out meet your coach (departure time will be confirmed by your tour manager) and travel to Calais for your return Euro Tunnel trip to Folkestone. On arrival in Folkestone, we will travel toward London Heathrow with a comfort stop en-route. On arrival at London Heathrow Airport check-in for your return flight home to Belfast City Airport.
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| Min - Max (Persons) | Adult Price | Children Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5 - 8 | £120.00 | £100.00 |
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