Battlefield Educational Tours

Our Battlefield series of Educational tours offers students a unique experience. Spanning Europe, these highly educational tours take in sites of both World War I and II. Visit Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, attend the Last post at the Menin Memorial Gate, explore the Arnhem War Museum and the Imperial War Museum, we can offer these excursions and so much more within our tours. Students will end these tours with a strong appreciation for the Allied war efforts and a greater understanding of war and the sacrifice of life given by soldiers from both sides in World War I and II. Previous Students have commented that Remembrance Day holds much greater meaning after doing a Battlefield Tour.



Belgium and France

10 Day Educational Battlefield Tour

This exclusive tour highlights some of the major sites of the First and Second World Wars. Visits include Ypres where you will visit the Menin Gate, Vimy Ridge, Dieppe, war fields, military cemeteries and the D-Day landing sites. In Ypres you can attend the Last Post in the evening at the Menin Gate. Whilst in Normandy you will stay at our very own 18th Century Château, near Bayeux. This was used by the German High Command during the War. Now, students have the opportunity to enjoy many and varied activities that we offer exclusively at the château. In Belgium taste Belgian Chocolates at a chocolate factory. Conclude the trip with three incredible days in Paris and a day trip to the Château de Versailles. Here is a detailed version of the Belgium-France trip itinerary!



Italy

11 Day Educational Battlefield Tour

Experience all Rome has to offer, as well as an excursion to Pompeii, before heading to the sites of World War II battles at Cassino. Visit the cemeteries of both Allied and German soldiers. Find out why Winston Churchill called the town of Ortona ‘Little Stalingrad’. Visit old bunkers and museums commemorating the German Army’s Gothic Line at Casinina. Explore Florence and it’s famous art. Visit the Uffizi Gallery, one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. This tour combines all the history and learning experiences of World War II with the art, culture and excitement that can be experienced in Rome and Florence. Here is a detailed version of the Italy trip itinerary!

 


UK, France, Belgium and Holland

11 Day Educational Battlefield Tour

This school tour takes in major sites from both World Wars. In England visit the Imperial War Museums and other famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace. A visit to Canterbury to see the Cathedral provides a great change of pace from London. Make the short trip across the English Channel to France and experience the sites of the D-Day landings. With a visit to Mont Saint-Michel, and the walled port of Saint Malo there is plenty to explore on the French Coast. Tour Vimy Ridge; the memorials, the tunnels and the cemeteries. In Belgium a visit to Ypres will provide students with a real understanding of the loss of life experienced in War at the Menin Gate. In Amsterdam a different perspective can be experienced with a trip to Anne Frank House. Here is a detailed version of the UK-France-Belgium-Holland trip itinerary!

 

Holland and Germany

10 Day Educational Battlefield Tour

Experience Amsterdam with a walking guided tour; explore the canal streets and the amazing collection of Museums this unique city has to offer. A fun visit to ‘Madurodam’ – the ‘smallest village in the Netherlands’ is a really fun day excursion. Anne Frank House provides a different view of World War II, from the perspective of a Jewish family living in occupied Holland. Arnhem is a place of great importance and one of heavy losses during World War II, especially during Operation Market Garden. Learn all about The Battle of Arnhem at the Arnhem War Museum and the Airborne Museum. In Germany students will visit the Obersalzberg Documentation, the only permanent exhibition worldwide dedicated to the Nazi period. A visit to the Eagles nest, Hitler’s mountain retreat, provides another view on the happenings of World War II. Here is a detailed version of the Holland-Germany trip itinerary!

European WW I & II Battlefield Tour Itineraries

Belgium and France battlefields itinerary
Italy battlefields itinerary
UK, France, Belgium and Holland battlefields itinerary
Holland and Germany battlefields itinerary

 


Belgium and France Battlefields

10 Day/ 8 night tour


Day 1 – Overnight flight to Brussels


Day 2 – Ypres


Day 3 – Ypres

Tour the military cemeteries

Flanders Field Museum

Last Post Menin Gate


Day 4 – Vimy Ridge

Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park


Day 5 – Normandy

D-Day Landing sites


Day 6 – Longues-sur-Mer

American cemetery and memorial

Pointe due Hoc Ranger Monument

La Cambe


Day 7 – Paris

Private guided coach tour: Pont-Neuf, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Arc De Triomphe, Chaillot Palace, Eiffel Tower and more!

Climb the Eiffel Tower


Day 8 – Versailles

Discover the Château de Versailles

Cruise the River Seine on a bateaux mouches


Day 9 – Paris


Day 10 – Return flight home


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Italy Battlefields

11 Day/ 9 night tour


Day 1 – Overnight flight to Rome


Day 2 – Rome

Orientation tour


Day 3 – Rome

Guided tour of Rome: Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Colosseum, Piazza Navona, Spanish Steps and more!


Day 4 – Vatican City

St. Peter’s Basilica


Day 5 – Pompeii

Explore the UNESCO world heritage site

Cassino – the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II site


Day 6 – Caira

Commonwealth cemetery in Cassino

Polish Obelisk


Day 7 – Ortona

Moro River battlefield

Church at San Donato

Gully

Ortona – “Little Stalingrad”


Day 8 – Rimini

Explore the German Gothic Line


Day 9 – Florence

Guided walking tour: Arno River, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Repubblica, Duomo, Piazza della Signoria and more!

Guided Tour Uffizi Gallery


Day 10 – Florence

Guided Tour

Accademia Gallery

Return to Rome


Day 11 – Return flight home


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UK, France, Belgium and Holland Battlefield Tour

11 day/ 9 night tour

 

Day 1 – Overnight flight to London

 

Day 2 – London

Guided tour of London

London Eye

 

Day 3 – London

Buckingham Palace

Imperial War Museum

Tate Modern Gallery

 

Day 4 – Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral

Cross the English Channel to Calais

 

Day 5 – Normandy

Full day excursion to D-Day landing sites

 

Day 6 – Normandy

Mont Saint-Michel

Saint Malo

 

Day 7 – Abbaye d’Ardenne

Guided visit of Abbaye d’Ardenne, Mesnil Patry and Longues-Sur-Mer.

 

Day 8 – Vimy Ridge

Somme battlefield

Tour of Vimy Ridge

Ypres

 

Day 9 – Ypres

Tour the military cemeteries

Flanders Field Museum

Bruges – canal tour

Shopping

 

Day 10 – Amsterdam

Rijks Museum

Anne Frank House

Canal Tour

 

Day 11 – Return flight home

 
 

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Holland and Germany Battlefield tour
10 Day/ 8 night tour


Day 1 – Overnight flight to Amsterdam


Day 2 – Amsterdam

Guided Walking tour: Dam Square, Beguinage, Munt Tower, Flower Market and more!

Rijks Museum

Canal Tour


Day 3 – Amsterdam

Aalsmeer Flower Auction

The Hague

Carnegie Peace Palace

Madurodam

Anne Frank House


Day 4 – Valkenburg

Holten Canadian Military cemetery

Liberation Museum


Day 5 – Arnhem

John Frost Bridge

Airborne Museum

Arnhem War Museum

Canadian Military cemetery


Day 6 – Nuremberg

Documentation Centre Part Rally Grounds


Day 7 – Munich

City orientation tour – guided: Museum district, Marienplatz, Frauenkirche and more!

Optional activities:

  • Old Art Museum
  • Gothic Church of our Lady
  • Olympic Stadium
  • German Museum
  • Hofbrahaus

Day 8 – Berchtesgarden

Guided tour Documentation Center, Obersalzberg

Berghod, Hitler’s mountain retreat.


Day 9 Dachau

Visit the concentration camp

Sightseeing in Munich


Day 10 – 

Return flight home

 


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France

Capital city – Paris

Size of country – 210,668 square miles

Population – approx 65 million

Language – French

Currency – Euro

Time zone – GMT + 1 hour

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United Kingdom

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England

Capital City – London

Size of country – 50,346 square miles

Poplation – approx 52 million

Language – English

Currency – British Pound

Time Zone - GMT

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Italy

Capital City – Rome

Size of country – 116,346 square miles

Population – approx 60 million

Language – Italian

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Austria

Capital city – Vienna

Size of country – 32,377 square miles

Population – approx 8.5 million

Language – German

Currency - Euro

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Emergency Services – 112



Germany

Capital city – Berlin

Size of country – 137,847 square miles

Population – approx 82 million

Language – German

Currency - Euro

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Emergency Services – 112


Holland

Capital City – Amsterdam

Size of country – 16,158 square miles

Population – approx 16.5 million

Language – Dutch

Currency – Euro

Time Zone – GMT + 1

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Emergency Services – 112


Belgium

Capital City – Brussels

Size of country – 11,787 square miles

Population – approx 11 million

Language – Dutch, French, German

Currency – Euro

Time Zone – GMT + 1

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Emergency Services – 112


 



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