Messines Centenary Tour 2017
When nineteen mines exploded under the Messines Ridge, the largest man-made explosion to that date, was witnessed. Named The Battle of Messiness, the batte saw the British attack the Germans near Ypres. On this Centenary tour we walk the ground a century later and visit the infamous battlefield sites of Flanders and Ypres, join the commemorations of this significant battle and pay visits to museums and cemeteries.
Tour Includes
- 4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Travel by executive coach or upgrade to Silver Service
- Convenient regional joining points
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Itinerary
Please choose your preferred 5 day itinerary
Local departure by coach, then to Belgium for a four-night stay.
We start our tour in Ypres with a visit to the In Flanders Fields Museum before having lunch at Hooge Crater, with time to visit the museum. In the afternoon we travel down the Messines Ridge looking at where the mines were blown in 1917 visiting St. Eloi, Wytschaete and Spanbroekmolen as well as Messines itself and the Ploegsteert area.
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On the 7th June 2017 we attend any special commemorations, which may be in the early morning. We will also visit Messines battlefield sites during this day. We will also attend a special Last Post at the Menin Gate that evening.
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On our final day in Flanders we look at life behind the lines and travel to Poperinghe where we visit Talbot House, going in the hop-loft chapel and seeing the museum. We have lunchtime in the town, then visit the Death Cells and graves of those executed here by firing squad before seeing Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery with its visitors centre. We continue with our behind the lines theme and visit Bailleul, used extensively by British troops in June 1917, seeing the memorial to 25th Division and Bailleuil Communal Cemetery.
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Return home.
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Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at a minimum 3-star hotel in Belgium, such as the Mercure in Roeselare or the Alize Mouscron or the Horizon Ath Lessines in Ghislenghien.
You can also choose to stay at the 3-star Novotel in the centre of Ypres, near the Menin Gate.
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