DAY 1

Morning :

10.00 :You will visit the Historial and the guide will explain the events and mentalities of these days. An unprecedented experience, the result of an historical research campaign carried out il France, Great Britain and Germany.

12.00 : Lunch in Péronne : pack lunch (sandwich with ham or cheese - chips - 1 drink)

Afternoon :

1.00 :Remembrance tour of the Great War with an English speaking guide : Rancourt, chapel maintained by the French remembrance association, South African memorial and museum in Longueval, Pozières tank memorial, the Lochnagar crater Great Mine in La Boisselle.

5.00 :Back to Péronne

Dinner in a restaurant in Amiens

Accommodation in your hotel in Amiens in twin room

DAY 2

Morning :

Breakfast

10.00 : A ride in the small Froissy-Dompierre Tourist Train (tourist steamtrain), which will take you along the canal, up the hill (across the woods and through a tunnel), then down to the marshes, conducted coach ride in the Upper Valley of the river Somme and over the eel-ponds. Panoramas on the river, old mansion-houses...

12.00 : Lunch in Albert : pack lunch (sandwich-chips-fruit-cake-1 drink)

Afternoon :

1.30 : Somme 1916 Museum : a visit of the diorama about the Great War, in the shelters of Albert : underground galleries dug in the 16th century and turned into anti-aircraft shelters.

2.30 : Leave for the Newfoundland Memorial Park of Beaumont-Hamel, with its caribou overlooking the trenches. Then, the Ulster Tower, a memorial of an unusual type, and Thiepval, the major Brisith Memorial of the Battle of the Somme.

5.00 : End of our services

PRICE 2012

145€ per person with a minimum of 30 persons

The price includes :

- conducted visits and courier guide
- ride on the tourist train
- 1 dinner and 2 pack lunches
- accommodation in double room and 1 breakast
- extra : no charge for the driver and tour leader for a minimum of 30 persons

The price does not include :

- transport, insurance and tips
- extra charge for single room : from 42€ to 48€ per person per night
- taxes : from 0.80€/night/person