The Battle of the Somme Guided Day Tour from Arras | La Vacanza Travel

The Battle of the Somme Guided Day Tour from Arras

Duration: 8 hours
Destination: France, Hauts-de-France, Arras
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  • 8 hours
  • Arras
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Picking up at Arras railway station or your hotel, the Somme day tour visits the momentous locations of the War's most infamous campaign, from the disasters of the 1st july 1916 to the attrition of the autumn. You will visit the must see sights, trenches, mine craters, learn about the weapons, communications and mining. In the morning we concentrate on the 1918 battles around Amiens and includes a visit to the Australian Memorial to the Missing at Villers Bretonneux and The Sir John Monash Centre. If you have a relative or a particular interest we can build that into your itinerary, using the latest GPS software you will literally walk in the footsteps of heros.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Sir John Monash Centre, Route de Villers Bretonneux Memorial National Australien, 80800 Fouilloy France

Explore this amazing new visitors centre and learn about Australia's commitment to the Great War.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Franco-Australian Museum, 9 rue Victoria, 80800 Villers-Bretonneux France

You will see the Victoria School built with money raised by the people of Victoria. We will also visit the Museum above the school.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Australian Corps Memorial, 80800 Le Hamel France

Your guide will explain the tactics and battlefield where Monash commanded Australian and American troops on the 4th July, you will also visit the Memorial.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: 3rd Australian Division Memorial, Corner Mericourt l'Abbe Rd/ & Sailly-le Sec Rd, Sailly-le-Sec France

You will see the Memorial en route to Albert

Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France

Learn all about the mining in WW1, you will see the largest mine crater on the Somme as we begin to follow the path of the soldiers along Sausage Vally to the German second line at Pozieres

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 1st austalian devision memorial, 268 Route d Albert, 80300 Pozieres France

See the remnants of the Gibraltar Blockhouse, captured by the 2nd Battalion AIF on the 25th July 1916, learn about the offensives to take the German positions.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Windmill Memorial, D929, 80300 Pozieres France

The highest point on the ridge, you will see how important this position was and what it cost to take it. You will see the remains of the Windmill captured by the 2nd Division and the War Animals Memorial and Pozieres field of Remembrance. You will also hear abut the roll of Tanks and see the Tank Memorial.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Mouquet Farm, La Frm du Mouquet, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France

One farm, six weeks, ten thousand casulaties

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Memorial de Thiepval, Rue de L'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval France

You will visit the interpretation centre at Thiepval and see the British Memorial to the Missing for the 1916 Battle of the Somme

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Rue de l'Eglise, 80300 Beaumont-Hamel France

Here you will walk through preserved trenches from the 1916 Battle of the Somme, hear about the offensives on the 1st July and the 13th November when the area was captured. Your guide will explain the tactics used and why things went so badly on the 1st July.

Duration: 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • Pickup and drop-off in central Arras
  • Guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Entry/Admission - Memorial de Thiepval
  • Entry/Admission - Franco-Australian Museum

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks
  • Infant seats available
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Gare d'Arras, Pl. du Maréchal Foch, 62000 Arras, France


Departure Time

09:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

8 hours


User's Reviews

103owenb

24 Mar, 2024

Extraordinary visits - both fascinating and profoundly moving. We were also amazed by the depth and breadth of Rod's knowledge and stories!

885clivey

17 Mar, 2024

Did the Somme Full Day Tour on 11 March 2024 led by Jackie. Whole tour very well organised with an excellent itinerary that criss-crossed the front line of 1916 and later campaigns. Visited many of the places I’d only read about in books such as Blunden’s ‘Undertones of War’. Jackie explained the geography, contexts and consequences of the various actions at the places they had occurred, with the aid of anecdotes and online trench maps. Jackie has an incredibly detailed knowledge of the area and the Somme campaign and answered my many questions with patience and good humour. I came away with a much deeper understanding of the conflict at that time and place. If you are less familiar with this period, I’d recommend finding out as much as you can beforehand. The museum at Thiepval is a good explainer but comes later in the day. Finishing with the old trenches at Beaumont-Hamel in the rain was especially moving.

nicksH1563IF

15 Mar, 2024

A highly enjoyable day out, which takes in many iconic locations of the actual battle and other events that took place there, like the bringing down of the Red Baron. Our guide was great - all on time and to schedule but flexible enough for personal interests like family related locations to be added to the day if wished for. It must be added to that, that it was entirely possible to take more time in certain places if we so wished - I’m sure we did - and our guide was proactive in letting us know about all that. Highlights of any tour will always be subjective, but mine (no pun intended!) was the Lochnagar Crater - my attendance underlined the point that, no matter how many books you read, or documentaries you watch, you can only fully comprehend the awesome size of the crater, and then vainly attempt to gauge the corresponding explosion (as surely only a first hand witness could) by going there. This is true for all locations visited on this tour. I truly have no negatives; the tour delivered all that was promised, and more - hence the rating. I would certainly recommend it, and will be using another tour very soon.

I8228ZXpatrickc

10 Jan, 2024

This was the perfect experience for our first battlefield tour. Rod was extremely knowledgeable, had some funny jokes, and was able to customize the tour to make sure we visited areas that were of particular interest to us. Highly recommended!!

F2122PFchrisc

09 Dec, 2023

This tour was by some margin the most memorable one of my life. I visited with my wife and teenage boys on 1 June (my big apologies for the delay). Rob's Somme tour was remarkably compelling, thought provoking, bitterly sad and educationally top notch. My sons were (as never before) transfixed for the whole five hours and the profound experience I am sure will remain with them for many years. As one reviewer observed, Rod is a polymath, which is very much spot on. I would very highly recommend this tour to all ages. Regards and many thanks Chris Cronk

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Highly recommended tour with great detail and engaging stories. The battlefields come to life.

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