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School WW1 trip to Ypres

Bring history to life and take the subject outside the classroom. On a tour to the WW1 battlefields in Ypres, your group will experience the living conditions in the trenches and the destructive power, waste and futility of war. Visit war museums, memorial parks and much more. During the WW1 tour you will watch your group relate to history and reflect on past times events. You can book a recognised guide for the WW1 tours, please ask when enquiring about the tour.

NEW “The Platoon Experience” where students spend a day in the life of an Australian soldier, participating in the Tyne Cot attack of 4 October 1917.

from £79 pp

2 days/1 night

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Includes:

Return executive coach travel (T.V/Video/W,C/Seatbelts)
1 night half board accommodation
Return Ferry/Eurotunnel crossing
Free staff place ratio 1:8
Detailed information pack
Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
Itinerary planning service
Motorway tolls and taxes
VAT

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The Platoon Experience

Your group will be put in the position of an Australian Platoon in 1917. Students will be fully dressed and equipped - rifle, luggage and uniform!Each member of the platoon embodies an Australian who was actually there then, walking across the very terrain 90 years ago. Bit by bit, students learn more about him as a person and at the end of the day, on Tyne Cot Cemetery, you’re informed abou...

In Flanders Fields

Housed in the former Cloth Hall in the historic heart of Ypres. In Flanders Fields is a perfect starting point for an exploration of the Ypres salient. This interactive museum allies artefacts with documentary film, audio-visual presentations and contemporary artwork to vividly portray the horror and brutality of the events of 1914-1918. An essential stop for even the shortest tour.

Tyne Cot Cemetery

within a kilometre of the farthest point in Belgium reached by the Allied forces, this is the largest military cemetery in the world with 11,908 graves. It takes its name from the German concrete bunkers, whose ruins still remain, which were thought by soldiers from the 50th Northumbrian division to look like Tyneside cottages.

Menin Gate

Situated on the Menin Road where men used to march from Ypres to the front lines, the Menin Gate is a memorial to some 55,000 British soldiers killed in the Ypres salient who have no known grave. The famous Last Post ceremony takes place here at 20.00 each evening.

Hill 62 Museum/Sanctuary Wood

Sanctuary Wood and its trench museum are today the most authentic and vivid portrayal of what is was like to live in the filth and mud of Flanders. The museum collection contains equipment removed from the battlefield in the vicinity. There is a room with many photographs on the walls and a large, rare collection of three dimensional photo images in viewing boxes.

Passchendaele

Even in the annals of the First World War, Passchendaele has become a byword for brutal, senseless slaughter. We highly recommend a visit to this newly-opened museum which gives visitors an oversight of the battle fought here in 1917 and offers them a chance to descend into a replica British dugout, complete with bunks, communication posts and an operating theatre.

Langemark Cemetery

One of only four German military cemeteries in Belgium, visiting Langemark makes for an interesting contrast with nearby Tyne Cot. Don't miss Emil Krieger's striking monument to the student battalions who were slaughtered here in 1914.

Essex Farm

Canadian doctor John MacRae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" at this dressing station, the remains of which can still be visited. At the nearby Essex Farm Cemetery, Rifleman Strudwick, at fifteen years of age the youngest British Soldier to be killed on the Western Front, is buried.

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Day 1	Travel to Ypres	Visit In Flanders Fields Museum and Hill 62's preserved trenches	Attend Last Post Ceremony
Day 2	Passchendaele Museum	Tyne Cot and Essex Farm	Return to school

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Day 1

Travel to Ypres

Visit In Flanders Fields Museum and

Hill 62's preserved trenches

Attend Last Post Ceremony

Day 2

Passchendaele Museum

Tyne Cot and Essex Farm

Return to school

We can tailor make your itinerary to include visits to the Ypres Salient and the Somme

Our dedicated itinerary planners will work with you to create your personal itinerary, request a quote above to find out more.

Ypres Lodge

The Ypres Lodge is a popular choice amongst school groups. It consists of 2 wings, the first has been recently renovated and is a purpose built annex adjoining Best Western Hotel Flanders Lodge. Students will be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins.

The new wing, open since July 09 offers 16 multi-bedded rooms, there are 2 showers per room and a separate toilet. Room facilities include television, cupboards, night cabinets and a table and chair. There is a room that groups can use in the evening that has both table tennis and pool tables.
There is a coffee shop for refreshments or snacks and meeting rooms, in addition to an auditorium equipped for video conferences at the Flanders Language Valley estate across the road.

Please note we are not able to guarantee which annex the group are placed in.

Hotel Menin Gate

This former textile factory provides a brilliant base for groups visiting the battlefields and is located 100m away from the Market Square in Ypres town centre. Students will be accommodated in 3-10 bedded rooms, staff in twins or singles (supplement may apply). All rooms are en-suite. Breakfast is served on site, with meals taken at a nice restaurant in the town centre (a 2 minutes walk away). Facilities include a recreational room with TV, pool table, pinball machines, table football, 10 internet computers (free of charge, a staff room with minibar and digital TV as well as a large garden.

The Poppies School Hotel

The Poppies School Hotel is a popular choice amongst school groups. It benefits from a central location in Ypres only a 3 minutes walk from the Market Square. The hotel accommodates up to 73 people in 16 rooms over 2 floors. Students will be accommodated in 2-8 bedded rooms, staff in twins or singles. All rooms are en-suite and the hotel operates on a sole occupancy basis. Facilities include a lounge and recreational room with TV, pinball machine, table football, pool table, 5 internet computers (free of charge) and an extensive courtyard.

Munchenhof Hotel

The 3 star Hotel Munchenhof is located by the market square in the centre of Langemark. The hotel consists of the main building and 2 purpose built annexes offering a total of 127 beds. Students are generally accommodated in 3-4 bedded rooms and staff in twins. Facilities include a bowling alley and disco rooms which can be reserved in advance for evening entertainment.

The warm and friendly welcome at this hotel makes it a favourite for school parties.