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A 3 days journey on the Battlefields of the Somme & Amiens

Discover the Somme through a 3 days journey in particular for those interested in the World War 1 and Amiens...

DAY ONE

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.

Peronne_Historial de la Grande Guerre_Nicolas Bryant
Mémorial franco-britannique de Thiepval

DAY TWO

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.

Albert_Somme 1916 Museum_gallery_nicolas bryant
Beaumont-Hamel_Newfoundland Memorial Park_Nicolas Bryant

DAY THREE

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

Price 2012

265€ per person with a minimum of 30 persons

The price includes :
- conducted visits and courier guide,
- ride on the tourist train,
- 2 dinners, 1 lunch and 2 pack lunches,
- accommodation (2 nights) and 2 breakfasts,
extra : no charge for the driver and tour leader for a minimum of 30 persons

The price doesn't include :
- transport and insurance,
- tips
- extra charge for single : from 42€ to 48€/person/night, taxes from 0.80€/night/person

Price without accommodation and dinners: 112€/person

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Information and booking :
Somme Tourism Board
Booking Agency
21, rue Ernest Cauvin
80000 Amiens
Tel. : +33 (0)3 22 71 22 74
Fax : +33 (0)3 22 71 22 69
Contact Richard : r.gambier@somme-tourisme.com

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