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Some of the most important battles of the WWI took place around Ieper.
This tour is designed to save you the hassle of getting by train or taxi to Ieper and give you an overview of the Ieper Salient 1914-18.
You'll discover the main sites surrounding Ieper : battlefields in Messines aera, monuments, memorials, cemeteries... including Essex Farm cemetery (site of the creation of the poem "in Flanders Field" by John McCrae), Bozinghe (tranchees), Langemark (German cemetery), Tyne Cot cemetery (the largest and most impressive Commonwealth military cemetery). You'll also see the center of Ieper.
A "Memory" that will be told by your guide.
It is close to Lille and it is to be discovered.
The Flanders Battlefield Tour Lille-Ieper-Lille will be held every Saturday between February, 16th and December, 13th :
From February 16th to October 25th : from 1.00pm to 06.00pm.
From November 8th to December 13th : from 12.00pm to 5.00pm
No tour on September 6th & 20th and November 1st.
Departure in front of the Lille Tourist Office (Palais Rihour - Place Rihour).
End at Place de la République.
Price : 45€ / person
Tour only available in English.
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Flanders battefields coach tour Lille - Ieper - Lille
