Australian Battlefields Private Tour in Fromelles and Flanders from Lille
9 Ratings
- Live Guide
- Instant Confirmation
- Day Trip
- Pickup Service
- Private Tour
- E-Ticket
- 12 hr
Explore Flanders and Fromelles, and delve into Australia’s World War I history on this 9-hour small-group battlefield tour from Lille. Travel through Flanders and Fromelles with a guide, and discover key sites of interest including the Cobbers’ Memorial, the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele, and the VC Corner Cemetery — France’s only exclusively Australian WWI cemetery. Learn of the thousands of Australian soldiers who laid down their lives, and see the many ways in which the Commonwealth War Graves Commission mark their sacrifice. This tour includes round-trip travel from your Lille hotel.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Museum of the Battle of Fromelles
The museum explains the battle and how the remains of these 250 soldiers were found and exhumed.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
Stand in the cemetery where the soldiers are now resting.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Australian Memorial Park
Stand on the German and look towards No Man's Land.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery
The only exclusive Australian cemetery in FRance
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Driving through the city and seeing the pub where Mlle was.
Stop At: Messines Ridge
Stand on the battlefield where Australian troops were launched in the Battle in June 1917.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hill 60
Stand on the Hill and see the memorial to the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie and the Caterpillar Mine Crater.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Battle of Polygon Wood
Stand at Polygon Wood Memorial to the 5th Australian Division also the place where Dawn Service is held on ANZAC Day.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery
Stand in CWGC's largest cemetery
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ypres Cloth Hall
Stand onYpres square and see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some of the nice buildings, you have some free time in town.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Menin Gate Memorial
Stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post before heading back to your hotel
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Museum of the Battle of Fromelles
The museum explains the battle and how the remains of these 250 soldiers were found and exhumed.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
Stand in the cemetery where the soldiers are now resting.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Australian Memorial Park
Stand on the German and look towards No Man's Land.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery
The only exclusive Australian cemetery in FRance
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Driving through the city and seeing the pub where Mlle was.
Stop At: Messines Ridge
Stand on the battlefield where Australian troops were launched in the Battle in June 1917.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hill 60
Stand on the Hill and see the memorial to the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie and the Caterpillar Mine Crater.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Battle of Polygon Wood
Stand at Polygon Wood Memorial to the 5th Australian Division also the place where Dawn Service is held on ANZAC Day.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
Spend some time in the very best WW1 museum
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery
Stand in CWGC's largest cemetery
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ypres Cloth Hall
Stand onYpres square and see the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and some of the nice buildings, you have some free time in town.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Menin Gate Memorial
Stand under the Menin Gate to attend the Last Post before heading back to your hotel
Duration: 1 hour
