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Itinerary for: Dunkirk and Fortress Europe (5BDKV/1)

Belgium Dunkirk
Ypres Battlefields

5-Day Break



  • Day 1 – Local departure by coach then onwards
    to Belgium for a four-night stay.

  • Day 2 – Dunkirk (included); Ypres and the Last
    Post Ceremony (optional). Discover the ‘miracle’ of the withdrawal at
    Dunkirk and visit the site of the old mole, including the area of the
    Dunes where the ‘small ships’ came to prominence. Then study the
    fighting in and around Calais – the ‘Last Stand’ – seeing the museum in
    Parc St. Pierre, the Citadel, Fort Neuilly, the Cathedral Bunker and
    Fort Lapin. In the evening, join our optional excursion to Ypres, to
    attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the magnificent Menin Gate
    Memorial. B

  • Day 3 – Coastal Defences (included). We examine
    the sites once containing huge guns and missiles designed to fire
    directly across to Britain. See sites at Sangatte, Cap Blanc Nez, Cap
    Gris Nez, the museum at Todt Battery with its immense Railway Gun and
    the V3 London Cannon site at Mimoyeques. In addition, you’ll visit the
    V2 complex at Eperlecques. B

  • Day 4 – Wormhout and Ostend (included). After a
    visit to the massacre site at Wormhout, we see the little known V1
    (‘buzz bomb’) fixed launch area near Hazebrouck. Continue to the Belgian
    resort of Ostend where the Atlantic Wall Museum summarises the strength
    of the Festung Europa – Fortress Europe. B

  • Day 5 – La Coupole (included). We explore this
    former V2 base and museum, then onto Calais and return home. B


Included Meals:
B=Breakfast


Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at
extra cost.






Notes


Prices are per
person, based on two sharing


Extras:



  • Optional excursions

  • Single room supplement £59

  • Travel insurance from £30.95