SOMME DAY TRIP

Group size

≤ 16 Persons

Duration

~ 11 Hours

Mode of transportation

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Reservation required

Description of the tour

The full horror of 20th-century industrialized warfare was nowhere more intense than in the Somme in 1916. By the end of 1st July, some 57,000 Commonwealth soldiers had become casualties, by the end of the offensive in November, more than 1 million soldiers had been wounded, captured, or killed.

Come and join us for a day of remembrance and discover some of the areas that suffered severely in these violent and bloody battles of the Great War. You will start the day at the 1918 battlefields around Villers-Bretonneux, and pay your respects to the fallen at The Australian Memorial where you will also visit John Monash Centre. You will then be driven to the 1916 sites starting with the Lochnager Crater at La Boisselle, Pozières, and the Thiepval Memorial to the 72,000 British and South African soldiers who were killed and have no known grave.

You will finish this moving day with a tour around the Newfoundland Memorial Park at Beaumont-Hamel with its preserved trenches.

What is included

What is not included

Recommendations

The Meeting Point will be in front of "CLUB le DUPLEX"
Address: 2, bis avenue Foch (Club le Duplex) - 75116 Paris
Meeting Time: 6:40 am --- Departure Time: 6:50 am

Tour highlights

Meeting Point

Club Le Duplex - 2, bis avenue Foch - 75116 Paris
Meeting Time: 6:40 am --- Departure Time: 6:50 am

Visit the WWI Trenches, Battlefields, and Memorials of the Somme

See the landmine, Lochnagar Crater

British Memorial at Thiepval

Visit the Australian National Memorial and John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux

From

250€

/person

Frequently asked questions

01Are there toilets on board the buses and at your office ?

There are no toilets in our agency, vans or minibuses. There are restrooms at the cultural places visited and stops are regularly scheduled on the road on full-day tours.

02What is the recommended dress code ?

For our excursions, comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Also bring rain and/or cold gear for visits outside, to cellars and churches.

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