Itinerary for: Operation Market Garden  (4HMGV/1 )

4-Day Break

• Day 1 – Arrive at our hotel in Arnhem-Velp for a three-night stay.


• Day 2 – Ysselsteyn, and Nijmegen (included) and Groesbeek Liberation Museum (optional). Today we see the German Cemetery at Ysselsteyn, before passing through Son, Veghel and Uden to Grave for a brief stop. We then travel to Nijmegen, where you can spend time at leisure or join our optional excursion in the afternoon to the National Liberation Museum at Groesbeek, which overlooks the Landing Zones of the American 82nd Airborne Division and the Reichswald Forest. During the tour we also see the Groesbeek Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, which contains the memorial bearing the names of 1103 Commonwealth Servicemen (many lost at Arnhem) who have no known grave. B


• Day 3 – Oosterbeek & Arnhem (included). Today is devoted to exploring Heelsum and Wolfheze before continuing to the bridge at Arnhem, which was defended by the British 1st Airborne Division. We then see St. Elizabeth Hospital, the scene of bitter fighting, and Acacialaan, where Sgt. Baskeyfield won his V.C., before arriving at the 1st Airborne Museum. Housed in the Hartenstein Hotel at Oosterbeek, this was the headquarters of the Arnhem Division. B


• Day 4 – To Calais and return home. B

Included Meals: B=Breakfast

Notes

Prices are per person, based on two sharing

Extras:

• Optional excursions


• Single room supplement £59


• Travel insurance from £30.95

Operation Market Garden (4 Days) - Silver Service 
Tour Ref: 4HMGV/1

10 March 2011 - £329.00

27 October 2011 - £329.00

Operation Market Garden (4 Days)
Tour Ref: 4HMG/1

27 May 2011 - £299.00

22 July 2011 - £299.00

23 September 2011 - £299.00