Flanders Fields Remembrance Tour from Bruges
About This Tour
Explore the battlefields of Flanders on a moving full-day journey from Bruges, tracing the events and human stories of the First World War. With an expert guide...
Duration: 10 Hours · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Moderate · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Bruges, Ypres · Languages: English
Know before you go: STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY; Please wait underneath the red roof next to public bathroom; Not wheelchair accessible; Not suitable for pets; Infants must not sit on laps; Infant seats unavailable
About Bruges
Bruges
Whether it’s Bruge’s great Gothic Belfry Tower, mysterious churches containing vails of Christ’s blood, or irresistible double-cooked Belgian fries, local guides here always have something up their sleeve!
What's Included
- Museum entrance
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional multilingual guide
Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Meeting point Please meet your guide at the Bargeplein and look for a white Keolis bus Essex Farm Cemetery Used as a dressing station cemetery from April 1915 to August 1917. There are 1,200 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 103 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 19 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. It was in Essex Farm Cemetery that Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ' In Flanders Fields' in May 1915. Passendale The cemetery now contains 2,101 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 1,600 of the graves are unidentified but there are special memorials to seven casualties believed to be buried among them. Tyne Cot Cemetery & Visitors Centre The world’s largest Commonwealth cemetery. In Flanders Fields Museum Located in the rebuilt Cloth Hall of Ypres, the museum presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders front region Yprès Free time to visit the city Last Post Ceremony - Meningate The highlight of the day will be the Last Post Ceremony, a daily tribute to all commonwealth soldiers and officers that were missing after battle. Drop-off point
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Bruges, BE · Tour start: Bruges, BE — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
