WW1 Somme Battlefields - Private tour from Paris aboard a Van (2 pax) | 12 hours to 13 hours

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WW1 Somme Battlefields - Private tour from Paris aboard a Van (2 pax)
2 Adults x $878.87
$1,757.74
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, French
  • Private transportation
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Driver Guide
  • Admission to the Historial of the Great War Museum in Péronne
  • Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off in the following listed Paris districts only: 75008, 75007 and 75016
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities (optional)

Overview

Visit to the WW1 Somme Battefields main sites from Paris (Including Lochnagar crater, Thiepval, the Newfoundland Memorial Park, Delville Wood and the South African National Memorial). Travel with your own group of passengers (2 travellers) aboard a Private Air- conditioning Minivan. See the huge landmine « Lochnagar Crater » in La Boisselle. Walk along the last preserved WW1 original trenches at Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park. Discover inside the Thiepval museum the gallery devoted to the "Battle of the Somme" opens onto a panoramic mural by illustrator Joe Sacco. it depicts the harrowing day of 1 July 1916, hour after hour. Reproduced onto 60 metres of back-lit glass, it provides a panoramic view of the battlefield, a graphic narrative of military operations. Pay your respect to the fallen soldiers at the South African National Memorial located in the heart of "Delville Wood". Browse thousands of war-objects collected and displayed at the Historial of Peronne.

Itinerary

  • Lochnagar Crater

    Impressives sites such as the huge mine crater in « La Boisselle » detonated by the british tunneling companies in July 01th 1916. The Lochnagar Crater was created by a large mine placed beneath the German front lines on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, it was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines from the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The British named the mine after ‘Lochnagar Street’, a British trench where the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers dug a shaft down about 90 feet deep into the chalk; then excavated some 300 yards towards the German lines to place 60,000 lbs (27 tons) of ammonal explosive in two large adjacent underground chambers 60 feet apart. Its aim was to destroy a formidable strongpoint called « Schwaben Höhe » in the German front line, south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département.

    10 minutes

  • Ulster Memorial Tower & Thiepval Wood

    The Ulster Memorial Tower stands on what was the German front line during the Battle of the Somme, July to November 1916. It was erected on the site of the Schwaben Redoubt, a strongly fortified position, which the Ulster Division eventually captured from the enemy. It is opposite Thiepval Wood from where the 36th (Ulster) Division made its historic charge on the 1st July 1916, and is in close proximity to the village of Thiepval.

    30 minutes

  • Historial de la Grande Guerre - Musee de Thiepval

    At the entrance a large animated map, enriched with period photographs and film, shows the impact that the battles of the First World War had on the Somme. The gallery devoted to the Battle of the Somme opens onto a panoramic mural by illustrator Joe Sacco; it depicts the harrowing day of 1 July 1916, hour after hour. Reproduced onto 60 metres of back-lit glass, it provides a panoramic view of the battlefield, a graphic narrative of military operations. In the centre of the hall, a vast display pit covered by glass presents collection pieces and archaeological remains of the war. Short videos provide complementary information about the mural: commentary on the scenes presented, historical information, archive footage, and educational animations. At the end of the hall, a Maxim machine gun captured by a British regiment at Thiepval reminds visitors of how heavily the Germans defended this location: Thiepval ridge was an Allied objective of the 1 July 1916; it was not taken until the end of September. Opposing the multitude of Missing, the exhibition examines the creation of great heroic figures. This large hall presents a life-size replica of the aeroplane belonging to Georges Guynemer and portraits of First World War aviators. From 1916, the role of aviation in war had affirmed itself, encouraging the advent of great heroic figures. Individual heroes, like the “Knights of the Sky”, emerged in the face of the continuing death of the masses.

    30 minutes

  • Memorial Terre-neuvien De Beaumont-hamel

    Following, the guide is now taking you to visit the Newfoundland Memorial Park in Beaumont Hamel. Over there, quite a large portion of the battleground has been preserved and so while walking through the network of the now-serene originals trenches you will see the scars of the battle which still remain on the ground. The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On 1 July 1916 at 8:45 a.m. the Newfoundland Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment received orders to move forward. Of the 780 men who went forward only about 110 survived unscathed, of whom only 68 were available for roll call the following day.

    1 hour

  • Delville Wood War Memorial

    You will pay your respects to the « South African Memorial" in Longueval. The location of the memorial marks the role played by South African forces in the Battle of Delville Wood (part of the Somme Offensive), the first action seen by the forces of South Africa in Flanders and France. Other battles commemorated here, include the participation of South African forces at the Battle of Arras and the Battle of Passchendaele. The memorial was designed by Sir Herbert Baker, assistant architect was Arthur James Scott Hutton, with sculpture by Alfred Turner. It consists of a flint and stone screen either side of an archway, with a shelter at each end of the screen.On top of the arch is Turner's bronze statue of two men and a war horse. The two male figures, symbolising Castor and Pollux, represent the two white races of South Africa.

    40 minutes

  • Historial de la Grande Guerre

    After lunch and to end that very moving day, you will get a free access to explore the «Great War Historial and museum" in Péronne. A 13th century medieval castle house the WW1 museum which display a a large exhibits of uniforms and weapons all worn, designed and used by the soldiers during the conflict. The historial of peronne museum also offers a permanent collection of Trench Artists such as « Otto Dix » who did testimony of the atrocities of the war with sketching some very graphic etchings. Museum Layout The Historial, Museum of the Great War in Péronne opened in 1992. A highly respected museum devoted to the history of the First World War, the Historial studies the full cultural, social and military scale of this important chapter of history. The central part of each gallery pays testimony to life at the front, that which concerned every population at war the most. Soldiers of various nationalities are represented by mannequins dressed in their uniforms with their weapons and personal effects by their sides. These bodies, lying in white marble pits cut out of the museum’s floor, symbolise the entire territory of the Somme riddled by trenches, and the common suffering of the men at war. Weapons and military equipment are displayed in the centre of the galleries; placed on the ground, in pits, they pay testimony to the common suffering of the soldiers. The lives of the civilians, each and everyone ‘mobilised’ by war, are studied in the wall cabinets, divided into three sections and respectively dedicated to Germany, France and Great Britain.

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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The Somme in one excellent day!

Published on Nov, 2022

We had a wonderful tour! Regis picked us up at our apartment in Paris and took us all over the Somme. He is very knowledgeable and explained both the big picture of what we were seeing along with enough detail for us to understand exactly what we were looking at and why it was important. As it was a private tour, we were able to see a lot in our single day and did not get tied down in a large group… our time was spent touring, asking questions and learning. We also had a great lunch at mid day that was just what we needed. Could not recommend him and this tour more! 5 stars!

The Somme in one excellent day!

Published on Nov, 2022

We had a wonderful tour! Regis picked us up at our apartment in Paris and took us all over the Somme. He is very knowledgeable and explained both the big picture of what we were seeing along with enough detail for us to understand exactly what we were looking at and why it was important. As it was a private tour, we were able to see a lot in our single day and did not get tied down in a large group… our time was spent touring, asking questions and learning. We also had a great lunch at mid day that was just what we needed. Could not recommend him and this tour more! 5 stars!

Wonderful experience

Published on Oct, 2022

This trip was amazing! Regis is knowledgeable and knows everything about the Somme battlefields. He answered all my questions and we had a great time. It was amazing to see all the monuments, graveyards and museums. I would recommended it to anyone.

Wonderful experience

Published on Oct, 2022

This trip was amazing! Regis is knowledgeable and knows everything about the Somme battlefields. He answered all my questions and we had a great time. It was amazing to see all the monuments, graveyards and museums. I would recommended it to anyone.

This was a truly wonderful tour of the Somme - highly recommended

Published on Oct, 2021

Many thanks to Regis for an outstanding tour of the Somme. We saw both sides of the battlefield, the English/French line and the German line so got a real feel for the distance the the men had to walk through the area called no-mans-land. Also saw probably the last German bunker still standing from WW1, the American and the German war cemeteries, and the most enormous crater caused by a shell ever seen in either WW1 or WW11. There was more including an art installation mural and throughout it all Regis offered information in a historically interesting and professional way. I strongly urge anyone interested in the history of the world wars to take this tour.

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