The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino
Following the landings at Salerno in September 1943 during Operation Avalanche, Winston Churchill saw Italy as the ‘soft under-belly’ of the Third Reich. However, it became a costly WW2 battlefield with thousands of casualties involving iconic battles like the landings at Anzio and the fighting for Monte Cassino. We see the role of troops from many nations, including a visit to the Polish Cemetery at Cassino and the huge sacrifice made by the Indian Army. Amazing terrain and fascinating battlefield sites.
Tour Includes
- 11 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 9 evening meals
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Convenient local joining points
12 days from £1,949pp
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Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to northern France for an overnight stay.
To the Cremona or Parma area for an overnight stay.
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Today, we look at Operation Shingle, the landings at Anzio, and the subsequent fighting in the Bridgehead. WE begin at Campo di Carne and the infamous flyover, scene of heavy fighting in 1944. We then visit the Beachhead Cemetery before visiting the Anzio War Museum. After lunch in Anzio, where you have time to walk to the memorial at the Harbour, we see Anzio War Cemetery and finish at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, where the US dead from Sicily to the Liberation of Rome are buried.
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We depart Pomezia for Cassino, and here we look at the fighting for Cassino in 1943 and 1944, visiting the Mignano Gap to see the war museum and Italian Cemetery, and then follow the Allied advance to the ‘Winter Line’. After lunch, we visit Cassino War Cemetery and the Cassino Memorial, visit the memorials along the Rapido river and then travel into the Liri Valley to look at the final battles for Cassino and the attack on the Hitler Line. We then check into our hotel in Cassino for a three-night stay.
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We begin our tour at Salerno where Operation Avalanche brought American and British forces ashore in September 1943. We see Salerno War Cemetery and then drive along the beachhead from the British to the American sector. We have the lunch period in Paestum, where fighting took place among the Greco-Roman Ruins, and then travel back via Caserta to visit Caserta War Cemetery and the grave of England Cricketer, Hedley Verity.
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This morning we journey up to Monte Cassino and see the Polish Cemetery and battlefield area where they fought for the capture of the monastery, and then visit the Monte Cassino Monastery with its impressive views. After lunch, we have a walking tour of Cassino Town seeing where the fighting was in 1944, and then travel to Minturno War Cemetery to see where the British soldiers killed on this part of the Italian front are buried.
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Leaving Cassino, we cross the mountains to the Adriatic coast and see the Sangro River War Cemetery overlooking the valley where fighting took place in 1943. After lunch, we look at the Canadian advance on Ortona, seeing the Sterlin Castle battlefield and the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery. We have time in Ortona itself to see where the street fighting took place in December 1943, and then we depart for an overnight stay in the Teramo area.
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We continue along the Adriatic coast to where the Gothic Line battles were fought in September 1944, seeing the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery and Rimini Ghurka Cemetery. After lunch, we travel up to the Bellaria / Cesenatico area for an overnight stay.
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We depart and cross the area of the final battles in Italy in 1945, pausing for lunch before we continue to our overnight hotel in the Austrian Tyrol.
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Travel through Germany to Belgium for an overnight stay.
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Return home.
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Accommodation
You will stay overnight in a hotel in the Parma / Cremona area and then for two nights in a hotel in the Pomezia area.
You will then stay for three nights at the 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca in Cassino.
Thereafter you will stay overnight in the Teramo area, overnight in the Bellaria/Cesenatico area and overnight in Austria.
Hotels throughout the tour will be 3-star and 4-star.
First and final overnight stays in northern France and Belgium will be in city-style hotels.
Hotel Sonnschein
A warm welcome awaits you at the family run Hotel Sonnschein. Situated in its own gardens and parkland, the hotel is located on the edge of the quiet village of Niederau in the Wildschonau Valley. All bedrooms are beautifully furnished with en-suite facilities, television, and a hairdryer. The spacious restaurant, bar and sun terrace provide the ideal meeting place to relax. Leisure facilities include both indoor and outdoor swimming pools (subject to season), table tennis, mini-golf (small charge), sauna, steam bath and whirlpool.
Hotel Facilities
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General
- English Speaking Staff
- 4 Star
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool (Seasonal)
Room
- TV
- Hairdryer
- Extra Pillows and Blankets
- Safe Box
- Fridge
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Shower and Bath
- Telephone
- Balcony
Service
- Bureau de Change
- Free WiFi (Public Areas)
- Laundry Service
Food & Drink
- Vegetarian Meals
- Gluten Free Menu
- Vegan Menu
Accessibility
- Disabled Rooms Available
- Wheelchair Access
- Ground Floor Rooms on Request
Transport
- Bus Stop Nearby
Hotel
- English Speaking Staff
- Bureau de Change
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
Best Western Hotel Rocca
The Best Western Rocca Hotel is a 4-star hotel in Cassino, situated close to the world-famous Montecassino Abbey.
Hotel Facilities
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General
- English Speaking Staff
- 4 Star
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
Room
- TV
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Hairdryer
- Extra Pillows and Blankets
- Safe Box
- Air Conditioning
- Fridge
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Shower
- Telephone
- Free Wifi
Food & Drink
- Vegetarian Meals
- Gluten Free Menu
Accessibility
- Disabled Rooms Available
- Wheelchair Access
Service
- Room Service Available
- 24 Hour Front Desk
- Laundry Service
Transport
- Bus Stop Nearby
Hotel
- English Speaking Staff
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
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