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Build-Up to D-Day 1944
This UK-based Battlefield Tour explores the build-up to the D-Day Landings in 1944. You will be accompanied by an experienced guide throughout, who will bring to life the events and locations leading up to D-Day. We visit various locations including the D-Day Museum, Bovington Tank Museum, Castleton D-Day Centre and the Tangmere Museum. On our final night, we have included a farewell dinner, where we can all enjoy a meal and recap on a most interesting and informative few days.
Tour Includes
- 4 nights hotel with English breakfast
- A farewell dinner
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Local joining points
5 days from £649pp
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Local departure by coach, then onto Folkestone Services. Here, we join our coach and journey to Portsmouth for a three-night stay.
From the comfort of your centrally located hotel, a wide choice of restaurants are within easy reach this evening.
Today we start in Portsmouth, at the heart of the D-Day preparations in 1944, with an included visit to the superb D-Day Story Museum. Here, you can see many important D-Day artefacts, the incredible D-Day Tapestry and an original Landing Craft Tank used in Operation Overlord. We also visit the Portsmouth Naval Memorial which commemorates many of those killed in the Naval operations for D-Day and Normandy.
In the afternoon, we visit the Gosport area to look at where the landing craft loaded men and tanks for the D-Day beaches. We will discuss the role of Haslar Hospital and visit a local cemetery where some of the wounded brought home from D-Day, who later died of their wounds, are buried.
We then visit the village of Southwick, home to Southwick House which contains the famous D-Day Map Room. As this is still located on property used by the Ministry of Defence, we will visit only if possible. Otherwise, we will see some D-Day Marshalling Areas in the locality.
Includes Breakfast
Key Visits
This morning, we travel into Dorsetshire and visit Tarrant Rushton Airfield to look at the story of the D-Day gliders. This is where they took off from and went on to land at Pegasus Bridge in Normandy on 6 June 1944.
Later, we have an included visit to the Bovington Tank Museum, with its world-renowned collection of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles, including many used on D-Day or in Normandy.
We also have an included visit to the superb Castleton D-Day Centre which tells the story of the American build-up for D-Day through exhibits and vehicles. This visit will help us understand how this area became one vast military camp in 1944, with troops departing for Omaha and Utah beaches.
Includes Breakfast
Key Visits
We depart Portsmouth and stop at the former RAF Tangmere in West Sussex, having an included visit to the excellent Aviation Museum here, and also seeing graves in the local cemetery.
After lunchtime in Chichester, we continue to Kent and the Chatham Naval Memorial, which commemorates many Naval and Royal Marines casualties from operations in Normandy in 1944.
We then continue to our overnight hotel in Kent and enjoy a fond farewell dinner.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Key Visits
We depart for Folkestone Services and return home.
Includes Breakfast
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Accommodation
You will stay for three nights at the Ibis Portsmouth Centre, followed by one night at Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel.
Ibis Portsmouth Centre
The Ibis Portsmouth Centre is located close to the Gunwharf Quays, The Spinnaker Tower and Guildhall. There is also shopping, nightlife venues, and the train station within a 5-minute walk away. The hotels facilities includes a restaurant, Wi-Fi/Internet access and a bar. All bedrooms feature a modern and cosy style room, Wi-Fi, TV and en-suite bathroom.
Hotel Facilities
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General
- 3 Star
- English Speaking Staff
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
Room
- TV
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Hairdryer on Request
- Extra Pillows and Blankets
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Shower
- Telephone
- Free Wifi
Food & Drink
- Vegetarian Meals
Service
- 24 Hour Front Desk
- Laundry Service
Transport
- Bus Stop Nearby
- Train / Tram Nearby
Hotel
- English Speaking Staff
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
Luxuria Coach
Stylish and modern, state-of-the-art Luxuria is the business class of coaches. Boasting comfort of the highest standard, sink into the deluxe armchair-style seats, stretch out with much more space around you, and enjoy a vast choice of entertainment on your personal touch-screen TV.
Luxuria Features
- Deluxe armchair-style seats with leather exterior, central arm rests* with cup holders, adjustable headrests and retractable calf rests on most seats to give you a more comfortable journey.
*Face to face seats are forward and rear facing with a table and will not have a calf rest. - Every seat has its own, fully interactive, touch-screen TV offering a wide choice of entertainment so you can control what you want to watch and when.
- There’s a selection of double and single seats, including six face-to-face seats with tables, and five single seats which are ideal for passengers travelling independently.
- Plug sockets and USB points at each seat mean you can keep your devices fully charged throughout your journey.
- Onboard toilet.
Silver Service Coach
More than simply your method of transport, Silver Service offers a coach with added comfort and facilities, such as deluxe reclining seats with leather headrests, an onboard entertainment system, and a spacious rear lounge so you can socialise with your fellow passengers.
Silver Service Features
- Specially designed reclining seats, with leather headrests, footrests and extra legroom.
- A spacious rear lounge where you can relax, socialise and get to know your fellow passengers.
- Our onboard entertainment and satellite navigation system makes your journey fly by.
- Free personal headphones mean you can tune into the music channel, listen to the radio or watch DVDs being played by your crew.
- Personal tables so you can enjoy your refreshments in comfort as you take in the passing scenery.
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