Loos, Arras and Vimy Ridge WWI Battlefields Small Group Day Trip from Lille

Lille, France

Join a small group tour from Lille for a unique experience at a reasonable price. Accompanied by either ex-army personnel or Battlefield Guides with postgraduate qualifications, you will gain a fascinating insight into the Western Battlefields of France. This French Battlefield Tour from Lille takes you to the line between Armentieres and Arras. It's a much neglected region but with a huge amount to see.

You will visit sites connected with the 1915 battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Neuve Chapelle, where the Indian Army gave a magnificent account of itself. You'll see where Adolf Hitler served and the bunker he is reputed to have used as a billet.

Australians will be particularly interested in seeing the Fromelles memorial and you will tour the Loos battlefield, site of the disastrous battle of 1915, and Vimy Ridge where you take a tunnel tour. Canadians will find this of special interest during the 90th anniversary commemorations.

Also see sites in and around the pretty city of Arras including (subject to opening) the recently discovered underground hospital and the French National memorial at Lorrette de Notre Dame.

USD $181.70

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Geoffrey M	October 2011
Found the trip met my expectations and gave me a good idea of what our troops went through. The guide was knowledgable and able to paint a very good picture of what happened. All in all I enjoyed the experience greatly and would recommend it to others.

Review by: Gordon S	May 2011
Excellent tour with a very knowledgable guide. It met my expectations especially the time spent at Vimy Ridge.

Review by: David J, United Kingdom	July 2009
We joined an already existing group of two days who had, by the time we joined, some knowledge of the battle fields of WW1 but the guide helped us catch up. Being a small group was helpful. What would have helped more would have been to have a map of the battlefields and the journey we were making through them so as to get our bearings.

Review by: Donald T, Canada	July 2007
We had an excellent tour guide for our small group of four people. We saw many places that we would have missed on our own.

Review by: Jeffrey Z, United States of America	June 2007
The meeting place instructions were extremely confusing. There is no Lille International station, but there is a Lille Europe, which is where we were supposed to meet. Also, the Viator instructions did not say where in the train station the group was to meet. As it turned out, we were supposed to meet in front of a coffee shop. That would have been nice to know.