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CUSTOM BATTLEFIELD TOURS

Enjoy a private driver/guide to escort your clients throughout their journey, have a hop on guide join you. Take a look at all the elements of your trip and choose what fits your way of exploring the Battlefields. 

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PRIVATE
DRIVER GUIDE

Enjoy a private driver/guide to escort your clients throughout their journey

Metro

RAIL PASS & TRANSFERS

Take a train, and meet your guide at the train station before you start your tour

Driving

SELF-DRIVE
TOURS

Enjoy full flexibility with our insured & discounted rental plans - have a hop on guide join along. 

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TOURS for FAMILY + FRIENDS

Enjoy a small group tour with just your friends and family - private groups are the best way to go 

Virtual Conference

VIRTUAL
TOURS ONLINE

Connect with a private guide to escort clients through their journey, online

DESTINATIONS

Enjoy a private driver/guide to escort your clients throughout their journey,

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FRANCE

The most popular destination in the series, France is home to the largest WWI&II battlefields in the world

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VIETNAM

The American War in Vietnam is a battlefield story we should never forget - learn & discover

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NETHERLANDS

A strong link is celebrated between Canada & the Netherlands, see for yourself 

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FLANDERS

West Flanders Belgium, where poppies grow, have some of the most famous battlefields of WWI

OUR TOUR GUIDES

Enjoy a private driver/guide to escort your clients throughout their journey

Jo Hook

Jo Hook

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) Normandy, the Western Front and Gallipoli. I also cover certain British sites and can provide services with regard to the Battle of Britain and Britain on the home front during WW2

Diane Piuk

Diane Piuk

Diane’s tours take her mainly to the Somme, Artois region and Flanders in Belgium.

Salient Tours

Salient Tours

Ypres salient, Vimy, Somme, Fromelles, Normandy

Cindy Fradet

Cindy Fradet

Verdun

Damien Stewart

Damien Stewart

At Poland at War Tours, we offer tours to anywhere in Poland. Let us know where you would like to
go, and what you would like to experience, and we will be pleased to take you there.

Vic Piuk

Vic Piuk

tours from the Western Front’s most northern point on the
Belgium coast, down 800kms to its most southern end where France meets Switzerland. These
include the Great War Battlefields of Flanders, Artois, the Somme, Aisne, Marne, Champagne,
Verdun and the Vosges. He also focuses on the nationalities involved in the fighting, be they British,
Commonwealth, American, French and German.
Vic particularly likes to guide walking tours of the Western Front battlefields and also specialises in
the literature and poetry of the Great War. He has Slovenian heritage and has an extensive
knowledge of the Isonzo front in Slovenia and has guided groups there and in Italy.

Eva Ruttger

Eva Ruttger

Normandy - D-Day beaches and Mont Saint Michel

Carl Ooghe

Carl Ooghe

Europe

Edwin Popkin

Edwin Popkin

In The Netherlands: Operation Market Garden, The Island, Battle of Overloon, Battle of the Scheldt, fighting Brabant, Winter on the Maas (incl Kapelsche Veer), Liberation NL in the Achterhoek, Twente, Veluwe area
- In Belgium/Luxembourg: Battle of the Bulge
- In Germany: Operation Veritable/Blockbuster, Operation Plunder/Varsity/Flashpoint, Remagen, Patton’s Rhine Crossings

Alison Haslock

Alison Haslock

All areas of the Western Front.

Jon Haslock

Jon Haslock

Somme + Vimy

Brigitte de Cuyper

Brigitte de Cuyper

Somme and Pas-de-Calais area (Vimy area included). Basically Northern France.

OUR ACCOMMODATIONS

We like to partner directly with the best local hotels and self-catering accommodations.

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Normandy Beaches

St. Aubin sur Mer

Situate yourself on the seafront of Juno Beach. This 2** is a superior tourist class with a superb view and menu

St. Aubin sur Mer

★★ // Superior Tourist

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Normandy Beaches

Mercure Omaha

Breathtaking property outside of town with restaurant, spa, and sprawling golf course, overlooks the English Channel

Port en Bessin

★★★★ // Superior Tourist

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Arras

Au Détour des Places

In the heart of Arras are 2 newly renovated self-catered apartments - T2 sleeps 4 and the T3 sleeps 6

Arras

★★★★ // Apartment

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Ypres

the Albion Hotel

A family run hotel that has been in our heart for years, sitting in the heart of Ypres, steps away from the Menin Gate Memorial

Ypres

★★★ // Superior Tourist

EXPERIENCES
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the Somme Battlefields

BEAUMONT HAMEL NEWFOUNDLAND MEMORIAL PARK

The largest preserved Battlefield in the world. Thousands of people from archaeologists, historians, to students from all nationalities travel to see this battlefield, which is proudly managed today by Veteran Affairs Canada.

  • Visits take approx. 1.5-2.5 hours

  • Washroom facilities & Interpretation Center on-site

  • Free Entrance

  • Some pathways are Mobile Accessible

  • Managed By Veteran Affairs Canada

TYPES OF TRANSPORT
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Executive Coaches

Large Groups & Organizations

Coaches come in the various sizes & include all fees:
- 22 Seater
- 38 Seater
- 50 Seater

- 60+ Seater

Country Drive

Licensed Car

F.I.T // Up to 3 travellers p car

Private Car with liscensed Driver-Guide for up to 3 people is a way for individuals to see the Battlefields. Meet your driver at either your hotel or train station for the day.

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Mercedes Sprinter

Small Groups 6-19 pax

Serves best for groups with 6-19 passengers. There's no washroom on board, but there's enough luggage for up to 19 people. A driver-guide can be incl. for <8pax

Safari Jeeps

SUV & Off-Road

F.I.T // Up to 4 traveller p suv

Subject to availability you can take a speciality guided tour with driver/guide in a private Sports Utility Vehicle. Similar to a private car, this makes for a great day tour 

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Executive Car

F.I.T // Up to 3 travellers p car

Choose a private executive car transfer for up to 3 passengers for an enjoyable + professional transfer to and from train stations or airports, or as otherwise instructed. 

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Self-Drive Car

Enterprise & AutoEurope

Take the driver's seat - with our self-drive itineraries meeting local battlefield guides and battlefield friends along the way + enjoy premium coverage. 

Map of the most popular Battlefield Sites

MORE INFORMATION:

  • Transportation Hubs: 
    [AIR]
    London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt

    [EUROSTAR] 
    Lille, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin

    [REGIONAL TRAIN]
    (Normandy: Caen), (Somme & Vimy: Arras), (Flanders: Kortrijk, Bruges, Brussels) (Netherlands: Antwerp, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Groningen) 

     

  • Countries Covered:
    France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy
     

  • Hotel Hubs:
    London, Portsmouth, Caen, Bayeux, Paris, Reims, Amiens, Arras, Ypres, Kortrijk, Nijmegen, Arnhem, Amsterdam, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Berlin

NEXT STEPS

- Request with: Name of Group, # of pax, dates, type of tour & wish list, + Meals & any other special requests

- Invoice issued with itinerary, terms & pricing
- $500 CAD Non-Refundable Deposit to confirm per person

- Custom online Battlefield Guide Kit submitted 30 days prior to travel [See our Map Kit Samples]

QUICK TIPS & TRICKS for selling the Battlefield Tours

  • Ypres, the City of Peace, (pronounced EE-PER) is spelt two different ways: Ypres, & Ieper. Like most places in West Flanders Belgium, (like Bruges/Brugge) this city has both a french and flemish name, which can be used interchangeably by travellers.

  • The best bookshop is at the Theipval Memorial Centre

  • There are exactly 300 Commonwealth Grave Cemeteries in France, and 300 Commonwealth Grave Cemereirs in Belgium dedicated to the First & Second World War 

  • Tours to the Grange Tunnel at Vimy Ridge are free but reservations must be made on-site on the day of the visit. Other tunnel tours include Wellington Quarries in Arras, or those more able-bodied travellers can enquire with us about a private visit underground with specialist guides to other, raw areas. 

  • What Regiment? It's helpful to find out more about the family's footsteps with a name & regiment - we can do the rest.

1-877-449-4652

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