Discover the Somme through a 3 days journey in particular for those interested in the World War 1 and Amiens...
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Morning : 10. 00 : The guide will be waiting for your party at the Historial in Péronne (Museum of the Great War). 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 in France, Great Britain and Germany. 12.00 : Lunch at the Musuem of the Great War 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 : the South African memorial and museum in Longueval, Pozières tank memorial, Thiepval, the Lochnagar Crater Great Mine at La Boisselle. 5.00 : Back to Péronne Diner in a restaurant in Amiens. Accommodation in Amiens in a twin room. |
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Breakfast Morning : 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 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) 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, Ulster Tower in Thiepval. Diner in a restaurant in Amiens Accommodation in your hotel in Amiens in double room. |
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Breakfast Morning : 10.00 : a conducted visit in a flat-bottomed boat in the Amiens floating gardens "Hortillonnages" on the branches of the rivers Somme. 11.15 : guided tour through the city in your own coach 1.00 : lunch in Amiens (main course-dessert-wine-coffee) Afternoon 2.30 : Guided visit of the Cathedral of Amiens, the biggest in the world, twice the size of Notre Dame de Paris 4.00 : Free time in Amiens and end of our services |
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265€ per person with a minimum of 30 persons
The price includes :
The price doesn't include : Price without accommodation and dinners: 112€/person |
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