Battlefields - Somme and Ypres

BATTLEFIELDS - SOMME AND YPRES

 

8 - 12 May 2025

Thursday – Monday

5 Days

From £829

 

Our Battlefield Tours covers the key battlefield sites of the Great War across Belgium and France. Whether it’s visiting Flanders Field, walking the battlegrounds of the Somme, or standing on the front line of the Ypres Salient, there’s nothing more rewarding than visiting the battlefields of the First World War.

 

 

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

In Flanders Field Museum   |   The Somme Battlefields Guided Tour   |   Bruges   |   Historial de la Grande Guerre Museum

 

DAY ONE – Arrival

We depart from your home and travel to Dover for our ferry crossing to Calais.  On arrival we’ll continue to our hotel in Belgium.

 

DAY TWO – Flanders and The Somme

Accompanied by an experienced battlefields tour guide visit the main sites involved in the Ypres Salient including Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Cemetery in the world commemorating nearly 12,000 servicemen, Essex Farm where John McCrae wrote his famous poem and other important sites. In the afternoon we will visit the In Flanders Field Museum, located in the Cloth Hall on the town’s market square. This award-winning museum recalls personal stories of individuals during World War I through varied objects on display and the latest technological museum applications, including an interactive Poppy Bracelet. Dinner is taken at leisure (not included) at a local restaurant in Ypres before attending the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate, dedicated to the soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient during the Great War whose graves are unknown.

 

DAY THREE – Bruges

Today we have a day at leisure in Bruges.

 

DAY FOUR – Somme Battlefields

Today we travel to Peronne and explore the Somme Battlefields with an expert battlefields guide. Visit the Historial de la Grande Guerre Museum, located in the town’s castle. The museum's displays and films aim to show the visitor not only what life was like for soldiers on the front and behind the lines, but also the effect of the Great War on the civilians who were occupied by an enemy force. Following lunch at leisure (not included) in Albert, we visit other key sites such as the Thiepval Memorial and Beaumont Hamel Memorial Park.

 

DAY FIVE – Departure

After breakfast this morning we leave our hotel, take our ferry crossing and make our journey home with comfort stops en route.

 

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

• Luxury coach travel

• Home pick-up

• Ferry crossing

• 4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

• Porterage on arrival and departure

• Full day step on guide tour of Ypres

• Tyne Cot Cemetery

• Admission to In Flanders Fields Museum

• Full Day Guide – Somme

• Admission to Historial de la Grande.

 

HOTEL & APARTHOTEL ALIZE, MOUSCRON

The Hotel & Aparthotel Alizé Mouscron is a luxurious and contemporary hotel, situated close to the Market place and 15 minutes from Kortrijk, Ypres and Lille. It’s an excellent location. All the rooms have air-conditioning and a bed of 210cm long, a large flat screen television, radio & alarm clock, movable desk, tea & coffee facilities, direct telephone line, free WIFI, fully equipped bathroom with bath or walk-in shower, separate toilet, hairdryer, handkerchief, etc.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  As the UK is no longer in the European Union, there are changes being brought in by Europe it is ESSENTIAL that you read SECTION 14 of our BCH ABTOT Trading Charter (& Booking Conditions) this will inform you of all the up-to-date documents required for travelling into Europe. 

No date has yet been given by the EU but they are expecting it to happen sometime early 2025.  At this stage you need do nothing (June 2024).

 

Passport & Visa Requirements:   https://www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports

ETIAS Visa system:   www.etiasvisa.com

Health:  https://www.nhs.uk

 

JONES HOLIDAYS cannot accept any liability for the consequences of your failure to have the relevant documents when travelling into Europe, so please ensure that you read all the necessary information and apply for any documents required.

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

Luxury coach travel

Home pick-up

Ferry crossing

4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

Porterage on arrival and departure

Full day step on guide tour of Ypres

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Admission to In Flanders Fields Museum

Full Day Guide – Somme

Admission to Historial de la Grande.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  As the UK is no longer in the European Union, there are changes being brought in by Europe it is ESSENTIAL that you read SECTION 14 of our BCH ABTOT Trading Charter (& Booking Conditions) this will inform you of all the up-to-date documents required for travelling into Europe. 

No date has yet been given by the EU but they are expecting it to happen sometime early 2025.  At this stage you need do nothing (June 2024).

 

Passport & Visa Requirements:   https://www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports

 

ETIAS Visa system:   www.etiasvisa.com

 

Health:  https://www.nhs.uk

 

JONES HOLIDAYS cannot accept any liability for the consequences of your failure to have the relevant documents when travelling into Europe, so please ensure that you read all the necessary information and apply for any documents required.

 

HOTEL & APARTHOTEL ALIZE, MOUSCRON

The Hotel & Aparthotel Alizé Mouscron is a luxurious and contemporary hotel, situated close to the Market place and 15 minutes from Kortrijk, Ypres and Lille. It’s an excellent location. All the rooms have air-conditioning and a bed of 210cm long, a large flat screen television, radio & alarm clock, movable desk, tea & coffee facilities, direct telephone line, free WIFI, fully equipped bathroom with bath or walk-in shower, separate toilet, hairdryer, handkerchief, etc.

 

 HOTEL FACILITIES INCLUDE

General	Rooms	Accessibility
4 star	Tea/coffee making facilities	Lift
Bar	Television	Wheelchair accessible
Restaurant	Hairdryer
Lounge	Wi-Fi
Gym

 

DAYS	TOUR DATE	DEPARTS	TERMS	SUPPLEMENT
5	8 - 12 MAY 2025	THURSDAY	£829	£136 SINGLE
JONES HOLIDAYS INSURANCE			£68.30

 

 

Rooms are allocated on a first come first served basis and are limited. If no single supplement applies this is limited to the tour single room allocation and therefore additional cost may apply.  Prices displayed are per person unless otherwise stated. If door-to-door pick-up is included there may be additional charges for out of area. Itineraries and hotel inclusions may be subject to change. Seat numbers on the coach may be subject to change. Issues whilst on tour must be raised in the first instance with the driver. Covid-19 restrictions may apply. When making bookings you accept on behalf of yourself and your party the terms in our Trading Charter which can be found in our brochure, on our website at http://www.jonesholidays.co.uk/Jones-holidays-trading-charter, or a copy can be requested from our Sales office.  If your holiday is more than 56 days from departure, we offer a 7-day cooling off period where a full refund will be offered from the date of the initial confirmation invoice (with the exception of flight holidays).

Hotel & Aparthotel Alize, Mouscron Flanders Field Museum