This tour covers the major sites of the Battles of the Somme in 1916 and 1918, it’s an easy day trip coming from PARIS for the day (1h by train). Our tours start and finish just outside the ARRAS train station.
we will cover the sites of the major 1916 battle: the impressive “Lochnagar” mine crater, Pozieres, the Thiepval memorial to the missing and the preserved battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel. After a lunch stop at Albert and a visit to the Somme 1916 underground museum we will head to the 1918 battlefields: Villers-Bretonneux Australian memorial and the new John Monash centre (if open on that day) and the sites of the famous August 1918 allied counter-offensive. After this moving day we will drive back to ARRAS.
we will cover the sites of the major 1916 battle: the impressive “Lochnagar” mine crater, Pozieres, the Thiepval memorial to the missing and the preserved battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel. After a lunch stop at Albert and a visit to the Somme 1916 underground museum we will head to the 1918 battlefields: Villers-Bretonneux Australian memorial and the new John Monash centre (if open on that day) and the sites of the famous August 1918 allied counter-offensive. After this moving day we will drive back to ARRAS.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Rue de l’Eglise, 80300 Beaumont-Hamel France
The preserved battlefield with its original trenches from the 1916 battle of the Somme
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Thiepval Memorial, Rue de L’Ancre, 80300 Authuille France
The Thiepval memorial to the missing of the Somme
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France
The “Lochnagar” mine crater, a huge underground mine was blown up there on July 1st 1916
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: 1st Australian Division Memorial, 268 Route d Albert, 80300 Pozieres France
The site of the “Gibraltar” bunker
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Musee Somme 1916, Rue Anicet Godin, 80300 Albert France
The Somme 1916 museum is located in a original tunnel under the town of Albert. A great and unique display of various scenes of the battle of the Somme.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Proyart, Proyart, Somme, Hauts-de-France
The German cemetery at Proyart where 4.600 german soldiers rest in peace.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sir John Monash Centre, Route de Villers Bretonneux Memorial National Australien, 80800 Fouilloy France
Discover the new Sir John Monash centre and its immersive room
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Australian National Memorial, Rte de Villers Bretonneux, 80800 Fouilloy, France
The Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux to commemorate the 11.000 australians missing in France in World War One.
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Western Europe » France » Hauts-de-France » Hauts-de-France
Commences: Arras, France
Duration: 8 hours
