Ypres & Somme WWI Battlefield Tour.
Battlefield and History Tours
Prices from £72*
Battlefield & History Tours specialise in Battlefield, History & Educational Tours around the world particularly Europe from across the centuries including WWI, WWII, Revolution and Empire and anything in between . With over 30 years experience in operating school groups we owe our success to the dedication of our staff, advisors, guides and experts.
We are an experienced team all sharing an interest in history and travel, committed to delivering quality planning and service, paying meticulous attention to detail and giving you total support, showing a genuine concern for the welfare and enjoyment of your students.
Our experience ensured that each tour you travel with Battlefield & History Tours will cover every eventuality and explore every opportunity.
Destinations in Europe
Belgium - France - Poland - Germany - Netherlands
Belgium
Ypres, Waterloo and the surrounding areas are filled with history and visits that bring stories to life. Ypres offers a rich variety of WWI sites - Tyne Cot Cemetery, Sanctuary Wood, Talbot House, Hooge Crater Museum, In Flanders Field Museum. Waterloo - Lions Mound, Wellington Museum and Napoleon's Last Headquarters to name just a couple of visits not to mention the chocolate and food
France
The Somme, Normandy, Paris all offer a range of subjects and topics. The Somme offers a rich variety of WWI sites - Wellington Quarry, Thiepval, Musee Somme and the trenches at Beaumont Hamel where students get a feel for trench life. Normandy offers a rich variety of WWII sites - Pegasus Memorial, Arromanches 360, Merville Batterie, Bayeux, American Cemetery not to mention the extensive beaches and Mulberry Harbour.
What they will learn
Subjects available: History, Cultural, Art, Architecture, Performing Arts, Archaeology, Engineering
Explore the developments of warfare from the cavalries of Waterloo, the trenches of WWI in Ypres and The Somme, industrialised warfare of WWII in Normandy and Dunkirk. History Tours to Berlin cover many topics from Adolf Hitler to 'The Third Reich' and 'The Great Powers & the Cold War'. History Tours to Poland leave a lasting impression, we remember the Holocaust and visit concentration camps in Krakow and Warsaw including Auschwitz.
A-Level
Challenges for Europe and the wider world, 1901+
GCSE
Conflict and tension: WW1
The Western Front
Inter-war years: 1918-1939
Developments in British warfare
Life in wartime Britain
Germany: democracy and dictatorship
Key Stage 3
Louis XIII
The French Revolution
The changing nature of warfare
Life in the trenches
Developments in British warfare
Life in wartime Britain
Challenges of German nationalism
Germany: democracy and dictatorship
Germany and West Germany
Primary
British history beyond 1066
What's included
• Return ferry / Eurotunnel crossing UK-France-UK
• Return Flights – British Airways / Easyjet
• Accommodation – Hotels, Hostels. (B&B, Half board, Full Board)
• Restaurant bookings
• Museums, cemeteries, theme parks and relevant sites
• Experienced UK guides or Local guides
• Executive coach transfers as per the itinerary
• Dedicated tour manager to assist throughout your tour planning
• 24-hour on call, emergency assistance
Final packs:
• A chronological description of the museums and battlefields to be visited during your tour with in-depth commentary on the significant details of each site
• A Student Activity Checklist providing you with suggestions of tasks
• Background information on the key features
• Sections linking the work on the field trip to the required subject
• Full colour pictures and maps of the sites
• Student Worksheets and Teacher’s Guides
Transport
Return ferry / Eurotunnel crossing UK-France-UK Return Flights – British Airways / Easyjet Executive coach transfers as per the itinerary
Accommodation
School Hotels Students will be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms, and staff in twins or singles (supplement may apply). All rooms are en-suite. Breakfast is served on site, and evening meals are taken at a nice restaurant in the town centre just two minutes' walk away. Packed lunches are available on request. Facilities can include a recreational room with TV, pool table, pinball machines, table football, free WiFi, a large garden, and a staff room with minibar and digital TV. Ypres & The Somme – The Menin Gate School Hotel, The Poppies School Hotel 1 & 2, The Salient School Hotel. Normandy – UNCMT Hotels Students will be accommodated in twin / multi-bedded rooms, and staff in twins or singles (supplement may apply). All rooms are en-suite. Breakfast is served on site, and evening meals are taken at local. Packed lunches are available on request. Ypres – Novotel Hotel Arras (Somme) – Express by Holiday Inn Caen (Normandy) – Campanile Caen Normandy – Bon Sejour / Les Tourelles / Les Tamaris / Berlin – The Loft Poland – subject to availability
Teacher checklist
Risk Assessments, Free Places, LOtC, ABTA, School Travel Forum, British Activity Providers Association, Adventure Mark, ATOL, D of E Award Approved Provider, Adventure Activity Associates, RYA Centre, RYA Centre, IATA, ETOA, Expedition Providers Association, ASDAN Centre
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Group usually start at a minimum of 10 with no maximum group size. For primary & middle schools we work on a 1:10 free place for a teacher. Please ask for details.
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