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Tour of the Somme Battlefields

By 14-18 Somme Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$689 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Explore the battlefields of the Somme 1916 with a local official guide
  • Enjoy a packed lunch on a day tour for a small additional fee
  • Memorials, cemeteries, stories, tactics
  • Easy going, respectful and honourable

Activity location

    • Arras
    • Arras, Hauts-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 5 Rue d'Hamel, 80300 Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, France | Bed and Breakfast address of the tour-guide and his wife, in the village of Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, in the Ancre Valley. www.14-18sommechambres.com www.1418sommechambres@gmail.com
    • West Flanders, Belgium

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Tour of the Somme Battlefields

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English
Starting time: 10:00 AM
Price details
NZ$689.20 x 1 TravellerNZ$689.20
Total
Price is NZ$689.20
Until Wed, 29 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    6 hour tour with battlefield historian Bart, official Somme Battlefield Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour of WWI battlefields of the Somme 1916
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Option for diversions to sites of your desires (within constraints of time)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Option for ancestry tours, subject to available information
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Packed lunch available for purchase
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entry fees for museums (if desired) are not included

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Bare feet, Party groups
  • Not suitable for: Children under 8 years, People with motion sickness, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Tour the World War One battlefields of the Somme with battlefield historian and cartographer Bart Metselaar'

Bart is an official Somme battlefield guide (Somme tourist board)

Bart will join you in your car at Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre at 10.00am. to start the tour.

For the tour, by request, but recommended, a lavish packed lunch is available for a small price (€10 p.p.)

Sidesteps are possible, according to your wishes are possible, but might need to drop another site from the itinerary.

If you have any family members who fought in the war, Bart can also help you trace their footsteps, subject to available information.

Location

Activity location

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    • Arras
    • Arras, Hauts-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 5 Rue d'Hamel, 80300 Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, France | Bed and Breakfast address of the tour-guide and his wife, in the village of Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, in the Ancre Valley. www.14-18sommechambres.com www.1418sommechambres@gmail.com
    • West Flanders, France