Lille Trip Overview
Explore Canadian World War I history in Vimy and Belgium on this battlefield tour from Lille or Arras. Follow a guide through Vimy’s WW1 trenches and discover sites of interest including Hill 145, the Canadian Passchendaele Memorial, the St. Julien Memorial, and the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery. See where John McRae wrote his famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. Then, finish your tour at the Last Post ceremony in Ypres. This tour of Canada’s WW1 sites includes round-trip travel from Lille or Arras.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 to 12 hours
Starts: Lille, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Explore Canadian World War I history in Vimy and Belgium on this battlefield tour from Lille or Arras. Follow a guide through Vimy’s WW1 trenches and discover sites of interest including Hill 145, the Canadian Passchendaele Memorial, the St. Julien Memorial, and the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery. See where John McRae wrote his famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. Then, finish your tour at the Last Post ceremony in Ypres. This tour of Canada’s WW1 sites includes round-trip travel from Lille or Arras.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Chemin des Canadiens Route D55, 62580 Givenchy-en-Gohelle France
You will stand at the memorial, will walk in the Canadian and German trenches, go down in the Grange Tunnel and will see the newly built visitor Centre
Duration: 3 hours
Pass By: The Ploegsteert Memorial, Rue de Messines Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton 7782 Belgium
You will drive along Ploegsteert Memorial and Hill 63.
Pass By: Messines Ridge, N314, Mesen 8957 Belgium
Driving through Messines and the battlefields of June 1917.
Stop At: Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Canadian Memorial, Hill 62, Canadalaan 26, 8902 Ieper, Belgium
Stand at Hill 62 or Mount Sorrel where Canadian troops fought at the spring of 1916.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Memorial, Grote Molenstraat 78, 8980 Frezenberg, Belgium
You will stand at Frezenberg where the Patricia’s were nearly wiped out in May 1915
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium
The largest CWGC’s cemetery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Saint Julien Memorial, Saint-Julien, Langemark, Ieper (Ypres) Belgium
Seeing the Brooding Soldier Memorial where the Germans used gas for the first time.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Essex Farm Cemetery, east side of the N369 Ieper – Boezinge Rd, Ieper (Ypres) Belgium
Where John McRae wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields”.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ypres Cloth Hall, Grote Markt 34, Ieper (Ypres) 8900 Belgium
You will stand on the main square of Ypres seeing the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some other nice builddings. You will have some free time to spend in town.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Last Post ceremony, Menin Gate, Ieper (Ypres) Belgium
You will attend the daily Last Post under the Menin Gate before heading back to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
