Itinerary

1. Day 1: Paris - Ypres

   • Meet the group at Paris Charles de Gaulle or Lille Eurostar with your Europe tour guide.

   • Drive to Somme Battlefields.

   • Receive an orientation at the Thiepval memorial and interpretation centre. Then, set out to visit:

     • Beaumont Hamel preserved the battlefield

     • Ulster tower

     • Lochangar Crater

     • Guillemont

   • Then, drive to Lille via Rue Du Bois and Le Touret.

   • Enjoy overnight in Ypres.

2. Day 2: Ypres

   • Receive an orientation at the Menin Gate.

   • Visit Flanders Fields Museum.

   • Enjoy lunch in the town square at your own expense.

   • Sightsee the battlefields of the Ypres Salient.

   • Visit Essex Farm Cemetery, where the poem ''In Flanders Fields'' was written.

   • Reach Messines Ridge, where the National Volunteers of the 16th (Irish) Division and 36th Ulster Division fought side by side.

   • Proceed to Spanbroekmoelen peace park and listen to the story of tunnelling.

   • Continue to Irish Peace Park, a memorial to the Irish who served in the conflict.

   • Return to your hotel.

3. Day 3: Ypres

   • Visit Passchendale Zonnebeke Museum.

   • Have lunch in Zonnebeke.

   • Proceed to St Julian Site of the first chemical weapon attacks.

   • Reach Langemarck German cemetery

   • Listen to the story of the Irish at Passchendaele and the death of Father Doyle.

   • Move to the Tyne Cot Cemetery

   • See the grave of Private John Conlon, the youngest recorded soldier to die in the war, aged fourteen. one of four brothers from Sligo to die in the war.

   • Attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate

4. Day 4: Ypres - Paris

   • On the way back to Paris, pay your respects to the Irish soldiers who fell on one of the most bloody days for Ireland. On 21st March 1918. The main attack of the German spring offensive, their gamble to win the war fell on the Irishmen of the 16th (Irish) Division, formed initially of national volunteers by the Home Rule politicians, and the 36th (Ulster) Division formed from Carson’s Ulster Volunteers.

   • Also, visit the other highlights of the remainings tour:

     • Epehy: The end of the 16th (Irish) Division.

     • Racecourse Redoubt

     • French national museum of the Great War Meaux

   • Take the flight to Dublin