Day 1 Thursday 30th April
Brussels (D)
On your arrival in Brussels you are met at the airport and transferred to your central hotel. Those travelling outside of the main groups will need to make their own way to the hotel. Tonight there is a group welcome dinner.

Day 2 Friday 1st May
Brussels – Waterloo - Ypres (B L)
This morning you board the coach and travel to the battlefield of Waterloo. On the 18th of June 1815, 191.300 soldiers fought one of the most decisive battles in the history of Europe in only one day. The Wellington army had 67,000 soldiers, Blucher's army 52,300 and Napoleon's army 72,000. A total of 48,500 men fell or were severely wounded on this day. After visiting the battle site you lunch in the township of Waterloo and visit the Museum. You then travel to Ypres and after booking into your hotel your evening is at leisure.

Day 3 Saturday 2nd May
Ypres (B L)
Commencing your tour of the battlefield and Memorials of the Ypres Salient you visit the Ploegsteert Wood Memorial, Shot at dawn soldier Pte McBride, Christmas Truce site, The Peace Tower, Messines and the Mine Crater, the reconstructed German Trenches at Bayonwald, Hill 60 Australian Tunnel Coy Memorial and the Hooge Crater and museum. Lunch is at Mount Kemmel and this evening you attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.

Day 4 Sunday 3rd May
Ypres (B L)
After breakfast you visit Polygon Wood, the 5th Australian Division Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the world, where two Australian VC winners, Capt. Jeffries and Sgt McGee are laid to rest, Broodseine where gas was first used and Poelkapelle where the youngest known soldier who was 13 years and 310 days old is buried. You lunch at Langemark and then visit Essex Farm, where the poem “In Flanders Fields” was written, Poperinge, the 'Shooting Post' and 'Toc H' and Lijssenthoek, the second largest Commonwealth Cemetery in Belgium. You return to Ypres and later walk the ancient Ramparts and visit the Flanders field Museum.

Day 5 Monday 4th May
Ypres - Amiens (B L)
After breakfast you depart Ypres for Amiens stopping on the way to visit VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Fromelles Australian Memorial Park. The central feature of the park is the statue of an Australian soldier bringing in a wounded comrade. This statue recognises the heroism of the many unknown soldiers who ventured out into no-mans land to bring in the wounded cobbers. The statue is by Peter Corlett of Melbourne and was inaugurated on 5 July 1998. It stands on the old German front line captured by the 14th Brigade and held overnight. It is a depiction of a 40 year old ex farmer from Victoria: Sergeant Simon Fraser of the 57th Battalion AIF. The Allied Command had refused to enter into any negotiations to bring in the dead and wounded. Over the next three days survivors of the 5th Division went out into no-mans land to retrieve their comrades. Whilst he was out on the battle field Fraser heard a wounded man shout out: Don't forget me, cobber. The injured soldier was rescued on Fraser's next venture out. A boxed lunch is provided and after booking into your hotel in Amiens your time is at leisure for rest or sightseeing, tomorrow will be a very early start.

Day 6 Tuesday 5th May
Amiens - Villers Bretonneux (B)
Today you depart for the Australian War Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux. This magnificent structure carries the names of 11,000 Australian diggers who lost their lives and have no known grave. You then visit the Victoria school noted for the sign over the playground…Do not forget AUSTRALIA. You will also have time to visit the school museum before return to your hotel.

Day 7 Wednesday 6th May
Amiens (B L)
Late morning you return to Villers Bretonneux to visit the Adelaide Cemetery and Australian Memorial Park at Le Hamel and the 3rd Division Memorial at Sailly Le Sec. You will also walk the Battlefields where Monash`s detailed tactics resulted in all objectives being taken in just 93 minutes

Day 8 Thursday 7th May
Amiens (B L)
After breakfast you retrace the footsteps of the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions who in 45 days, launched 19 attacks and lost 23,000 men in an area of about two square miles. You then visit Albert and Pozieres where you will see the 'Windmill', then onto Mouquet (Mucky) Farm, Fricourt German Cemetery and the Thiepval Memorial and visitor's centre.

Day 9 Friday 8th May
Amiens - Paris (B)
Late morning you take the coach to Paris and after booking into your hotel the remainder of the day is at leisure to discover this magnificent city.

Day 10 Saturday 9th May
Paris (B)
This morning you enjoy a half day city tour visiting the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee, Opera, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame. The afternoon and evening are at leisure to allow you to continue your sightseeing.

Day 11 Sunday 10th May
Paris (B)
Today your tour ends and you are transferred to the airport for your flights home. Those continuing the tour to Normandy will board their coach.

Normandy Extension

Day 11 Sunday 10th May
Normandy (B L)
This morning you board your coach to Normandy and book into your hotel. After lunch you visit Ranville Cemetery, Pegasus Bridge-the site of the British Glider and Airborne assaults, and Sword Beach.

Day 12 Monday 11th May
Normandy (B L)
This morning you visit Juno and Gold Beaches, Arromanches and the Mulberry Harbour. After lunch, your time is free to explore Bayeux.

Day 13 Tuesday 12th May
Normandy (B L)
This morning you travel to Omaha Beach, where the casualty rates in the early stages of the assault were some 50%. Then onto the unforgettable Omaha Cemetery, Point du Hoc-site of action of two ranger Battalions, then via Carentan to Utah Beach and Ste. Mere-Eglise.

Day 14 Wednesday 13th May
Normandy - Paris (B)
After Breakfast you return to Paris and after booking into your hotel your time is at leisure.

Day 15 Thursday 14th May
Paris (B)
Today your tour ends.

NB: B Breakfast L Lunch D Dinner

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