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10 Days / 9 Nights
Availability : September 12
Start: Brussels, Belgium
End: Paris, France
 
Fall Battlefield Tour: 2 nts Ypres, 2 nts Arras, 1 nt Dieppe, 3 nts Juno Beach, 1 nt Paris

Flanders – Vimy – Somme – Dieppe – Normandy – Paris

THE FULL & ORIGINAL CANADIAN BATTLEFIELD TOUR

This is the original Canadian battlefield tour, built upon throughout the years but maintaining a simple goal – an extraordinary introduction to some of the famous Canadian battlefields and memorials of the First, and Second World War.

On this original tour program, you get a well-rounded and all encapsulating introduction to both great conflicts in our recent human history. Discover how they are linked to each other, and how they have impacted the world we live in today. This tour is guided by our experienced and knowledgeable battlefield guide, and includes visits with some of our favourite battlefield friends.

10 DAYS / 9 NIGHTS

Maximum Tour Capacity: 30 Travellers per 50 seat coach

Contact DHTour at 1-888-597-3519 or 905-639-9954 or dhtour@dhtour.ca to book.

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Tour Details

Highlights:

  • A visit to Vimy Ridge
  • Explore the Canadian and American beaches of the famous Normandy D-Day invasions in WW2
  • Beaumont Hamel: The largest fully intact, First World War battlefield in the world. It has been kept as it was and maintained by Canada
  • Visit the seaside town of Dieppe and take in where so many Canadians fought and died in what was called Canada’s largest casualty day in WW2
  • Witness the breathtaking Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate led by the dedicated Ypres Fire Department & World Community honouring those who fought in the Great War
  • ​View the German Cemetery of Langemark as well as Lochnagar, one of the Great War’s largest craters

Pick Up Location & TIme

Brussels International Airport
(Google Map)
TBA – Meet your tour manager in the arrivals lounge.

 

 

Drop off Location & Time

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (Google Map)
TBA – drop off at airport

 

 

Price Includes

  • 9 nights accommodations in Superior Tourist Class (3 - 4 Star Hotels)
  • Full-Time Experienced Battlefield Tour Manager & Escort
  • Transportation in fully air-conditioned, ozone filtered executive coaches
  • Daily breakfasts, 2 lunches, 8 dinners
  • Online Custom Map Kit & Tour Resource & Info Guide
  • All Entrances as per your Itinerary
  • All surcharges, fees, and departure taxes

Meals

  • 9 breakfasts
  • 2 lunches
  • 8 dinners
  • 0 teas

Price Excludes

  • Airfare - this is a land only itinerary
  • Transfers
  • Lunches (L), Some Dinners (D) + and drinks with dinner
  • Gratuities owed to tour staff (may we suggest 5EUR per person, per day)
  • Porterage (luggage handling to your room available upon request)
  • Travel Insurance
What to Expect

With over 30 years of experience we provide you with a seamless travel program using trusted accommodation and restaurants that we personally know and love. As well, you’re receiving reliable and insightful information from an experienced and knowledgeable source, gaining one of the most in-depth understandings of the areas you’ll be exploring.

Following the footsteps of our fathers, The Battlefield Tours has had the honour of leading our Canadian Veterans through the Battlefields of Europe. Unique to mainstream tours, the Battlefield Tours are different: This is real history. 

Itinerary

Day 1 - Friday, September 12thA Warm Welcome to Flanders

Upon your arrival at Brussels International Airport, you will be welcomed by your battlefield tour guide, who will escort you to our coach and driver before we tour the short distance to West Flanders, Belgium. This afternoon we will take an orientation of the Ypres Salient Battlefields with visits to the German Cemetery of Langemark, and the Brooding Soldier at St Juliento commemorate the first gas attacks against the 1st Canadian Corps in 1915. We end our introduction with a visit to Essex Farm Cemetery the place where John McCrae wrote the famous poem “In Flanders Fields”. Lastly, we stop in the medieval city of Ypres, also known as the ‘City of Peace’, for a brief orientation tour, before our welcome dinner together and an early night’s rest.  (D)

Accommodation: Ypres Area or similar

Day 2 - Saturday, September 13thExploring the Ypres Salient

We begin our day with a visit to the Tyne Cot Commonwealth Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth Cemetery, of any conflict, in the world. We will also explore the Battle of Passchendaele, with visits to the Passchendaele Museum, in Zonnebeke, and the Crest Farm Memorial, in Passchendale. After lunch, we will explore the Hooge Crater, and Hill 62 – a small area of the original battlefield and part of the Canadian Front Line. In the late afternoon, enjoy the chance to explore the historically rich city of Ypres at your own pace. We come together again for an early group meal in the heart of the medieval Ypres’ Grote Markt. Tonight, at 8 PM, we will witness the iconic and historic Last Post Ceremony, at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, led by the Ieper Fire Department & the Last Post Association. In this last Centennial Year remembering the First World War, the Last Post Association promises their daily act of homage to be among the most memorable acts of remembrance that we will witness on tour. (B, D)

Accommodation: Ypres Area or similar

Day 3 - Sunday, September 14thExploring the Last 100 Days of WW1

We say our farewells to Flanders, Belgium this morning and depart for the Northern battlefields of France – but first – we will make a significant stop at the St. Symphorien Cemetery near the city of Mons. This is where the first and last actions in the First World War took place. Consequently, this is also where the first and last Allied casualties of the Great War are laid to rest. We continue our story of the Last 100 Days with a visit to the city of Cambrai, where we will stop for lunch and orientation of the deeply rooted Canadian action, still visible in the scars of the city’s architecture. We continue further still, to Bourlon Wood, to see the memorial which commemorates the Canadian Corps’ crossing at the Canal du Nord on November 11th, 1918. The stairs leading up to the memorial are lined with ancient lime trees that were nursed back to health after having been devastated by shellfire during the battle for Bourlon Wood. We finish our day in the city of Arras, where we will enjoy a group dinner together before our overnight. (B, D)

Accommodation: Arras or similar

Day 4 - Monday, September 15thThe Battlefields of 1917: Vimy Ridge & Hill 70

Today we take a tour to Vimy Ridge Memorial Park. It was on Hill 145, on April 1917, that Canada truly became a nation in the eyes of the world. Its troops combined and stormed Vimy Ridge after all other allied forces had failed to do so. We will tour the tunnels, trenches and memorial, as well as the new interpretation centre, which opened in Spring 2017 for the 100th Anniversary. Enjoy a locally prepared picnic lunch en route. In the afternoon, we continue to see the new Canadian Memorial at Hill 70. Here we will be discussing the Battle of Hill 70 – sometimes dubbed as “Canada’s Forgotten Battle”. When our explorations of the battlefields are through, we head back to Arras to explore the French city at our own pace. With its many shops, cafes and restaurants, take the time to also enjoy dinner with a surprise this evening. (B, L, D)

Accommodation: Arras or similar

Day 5 - Tuesday, September 16thExploring the Somme Battlefields

We will depart from Arras this morning, journeying through the Somme region en-route to the city of Amiens. Our day will be spent exploring the Somme – making visits to the Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, as well the preserved battlefield memorial park at Beaumont Hamel – dedicated to the Royal Newfoundland and Labrador Regiment who lost so many men on that first day of battle. After enjoying a locally made picnic lunch at the Old Blighty Cafe we will continue on to view the Lochnagar Crater, among one of the largest craters on the battlefields of the Western Front. We will also visit the city of Albert, where we will explore the Somme 1916 Museum, hidden deep underneath the city’s Romanesque Basilica. We will then head to Amiens to discover the beginning of the Battle of Amiens from 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which ultimately led to the end of World War 1. Then onto the coast for our dinner and overnight.(B, L, D)

Accommodation: Dieppe or similar

Day 6 - Wednesday, September 17thDieppe

This morning, we will first explore the Blue Beach at Puys, where we can view the gun emplacements on the cliff tops, which, on Aug 19, 1942, were responsible for such terrible Canadian casualties. We will then visit the Dieppe Canadian Cemetery before travelling to Green Beach at Pourville. We will also view the main landing beaches of Red and White on the Dieppe seafront. Later, we will continue our journey to Normandy Landing Beaches for our hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight. (B, D)

Accommodation: Juno Beach or similar

Day 7 - Thursday, September 18thNormandy Beaches

Today we will focus on the D-Day Normandy invasion. We will begin our morning with a visit to Pointe du Hoc where the cratered landscape of the German battery, taken by the US Rangers in 1944, can be observed. We will continue to Omaha Beach and the American Military Cemetery to discover the appalling difficulties required for landing on Bloody Omaha. After leaving Omaha, we visit La Chaos, the German offshore battery, which today sits relatively intact, even after 70+ years. This afternoon, we visit the Mulberry Harbors in Arromanches before heading back to Courseulles for another evening meal together. (B, D)

Accommodation: Juno Beach or similar

Day 8 - Friday, September 19thJuno Beach & The Battle of Normandy

We will begin our day with a visit to the Battle of Normandy Museum in Bayeux, offering the visitor an illustrative understanding of the decisive actions that were taken in the liberation of Western Europe in 1944. With a refreshed perspective, we head to the Canadian battlefields & beaches of Normandy. Our first stop will be to Verrieres Ridge to view the area where the Black Watch suffered severe casualties in “Operation Spring”. We continue on to the Juno Beach Center, dedicated to the 3rd Division landings as well as Canada’s full involvement during World War II. Before heading back for dinner, we will visit the Queens’ Own Rifles House, the first house liberated by Canadian forces when they stormed the beaches at Juno on June 6th, 1944. Our day will end with a solemn visit to the Beny-sur-Mer, Canadian Military Cemetery. Dinner on your own this evening. (B)

Accommodation: Juno Beach or similar

Day 9 - Saturday, September 20thJourney to Paris

After checking out of our hotel this morning, we will finish our tour of the Normandy region with visits to see the Canadian Memorial Garden in the Abbaye des Ardennes, as well as Pegasus Bridge – where the 6th British Airborne landed, captured and liberated the first house in Europe, the Café Gondree. We will then take the journey down to Paris. As we drive into the city, enjoy a coach orientation tour with our guide, before a river cruise of the Seine and a visit to the Notre Dame of Paris Cathedral. Tonight, we will enjoy an early farewell dinner together at the Jardin du Notre Dame. From here we will say farewell to some of our fellow travellers who are staying in Paris before heading up to Paris’ Charles du Galle International Airport for out overnight. (B,D)

Accommodation: Paris or similar

Day 10 - Sunday, September 21stOnwards to Your Next Journey!

This morning after breakfast you will take your independent travels onwards to your next journey. We are grateful to have you join us on this powerful journey to the battlefields. Safe travels!  Ask us about Paris Hotel Packages. (B)

Dates and Prices
Departure Date Double/Twin (pp) Single Rate
2025: September 12 $4,587 $5,562

TOUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

Initial Deposit: $500.00 (of which $300 is non-refundable) per person to guarantee your space is due immediately

Your Remaining Balance: Due 60 days prior to departure – Friday July 11th, 2025

 

Pricing

Pricing is per person (pp) based on twin/ double occupancy.
Rates are in $ CAD.

 


Contact DHTour at 1-888-597-3519 or 905-639-9954 or dhtour@dhtour.ca  to book.

Ask us for the best available pricing for your dates & choice of airline.

 

Notes

Rooms:

Please specify if you prefer a double or twin beds. Most rooms are doubles, and twins may be on request. Single rooms are in short supply and early booking is advised. All rooms have en-suite facilities. We will try to meet your request but cannot guarantee your preference will be met.
 

Luggage:
We ask that those of you on the motor coach tours, limit your luggage to one suitcase plus a carry on. Please be sure that you are aware of current airport and airline weight and carry-on restrictions.
 

Wheelchairs:
We are able to carry your folding wheelchair in the luggage compartment but not battery powered wheelchairs. Please advise the Battlefield Tours if you intend to bring one. If you are disabled in any way please ask our staff about the suitability of any particular tour or hotel.

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