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Vimy
Vimy

Private Vimy and Belgium Canadian Battlefield Tour from Bruges

By Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
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Overview

Stand in the tunnels in Vimy, walk in the trenches where Canadian troops stood in April 1917. See the CWGC's largest cemetery in Europe, come to see the Brooding Soldier where the first gas attack took place. Attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. See the dressing station where John McRae wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields”.

Activity location

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedDriver/guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal taxes
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned minivan
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Activity itinerary

Canadian National Vimy Memorial
  • 3h
We are leaving towards Vimy Ridge where you will stand near the Memorial and have a view on the Douai plain. You will walk in the Canadian and German preserved trenches, go down in the Grange Tunnel, where Canadian troops stood hours before the battle and see the newly built visitor centre.
The Ploegsteert Memorial (Pass by)
See Ploegsteert Memorial to the missing
Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial
  • 30m
Stand on Hill 62 where Canadian soldiers fought at the spring of 1916.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Memorial
  • 15m
Stand at the place, Frezeberg, where the regiment was nearly wiped out in May 1915.
Tyne Cot Cemetery
  • 30m
Is the largest CWGC's cemetery, 12 000 burials and the Memorial is bearing the names of 35 000 soldiers who have no known grave.
Saint Julien Memorial
  • 15m
See the "Brooding Soldier" erected where the 1st gas attack took place at the spring of 1915.
Langemark Cemetery
  • 30m
See a German Cemetery and feel the difference between this ones and the allied cemeteries.
Essex Farm Cemetery
  • 15m
Where John McRae wrote the poem " In Flanders Fields".
Ypres Cloth Hall
  • 1h
Stand on the Main Square and see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some other nice buildings in Ypres. You have some free time to wander in town.
Last Post ceremony
  • 1h
You will stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post. After this service I bring you back to your hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCanadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECanadian National Vimy Memorial
    • Chemin des Canadiens, Route D55
    • 62580, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France, France

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