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Beer & Battlefields

Europe
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Board Basis: Bed & Breakfast
  • Tour Ref: D2TLEGBBB

Holiday Summary

  • Travel Type: Coach
Join us on a fascinating tour of some WW1 and WW2 battlefield sites of Belgium, tied in with visits to a selection of the best local breweries.
PRICE FROM ? £699 per person
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Itinerary

  • Day 1

    Local departure by coach, then to Ypres for a four-night stay. Your guide will discuss some beer recommendations en-route, together with running through the itinerary.

  • Day 2 - Poperinghe; Hop Museum & Kasematten Brewery

    Today we look at life behind the front and discuss the famous estaminets where soldiers got to drink the local beer themselves during the war. In Poperinghe we visit Talbot House and their Behind the Lines Museum. We also look at the subject of those ‘Shot at Dawn’ and visit the Death Cells. Lunchtime in Poperinghe followed by a visit to the Hop Museum to look at the whole history of this in the Flanders region and enjoy a tasting. We then go into Ypres and visit the Kasematten Brewery in the ramparts close to where the Wipers Times was published in 1916.

    Meals - Breakfast

  • Day 3 - Bierkasteel Van Honsebrouck, Brasserie Thiriez, Hooge & Trenches of Death

    This morning we start at the Bierkasteel Van Honsebrouck at Kortrijk, and after lunch at Hooge Crater Café, with time to explore the museum and trenches. We then make the short journey to Diksmuide to see where the Belgium Army was fighting during the Great War and see the fascinating Trenches of Death which snaked along the Yser Canal: a place where two armies opposed each other over a short stretch of water. We end the day with a visit to the Brasserie Thiriez in Esquelbecq, a French brewery frequented in the ‘phoney war’ by British Troops.

    Meals - Breakfast

  • Day 4 - Retreat To Dunkirk; Deca Brewery

    We spend today looking at the Battle of Flanders in 1940 and the Retreat to Dunkirk following the fortunes of the British Expeditionary Force, including the Wormhoudt Massacre site. After lunch at St. Omer we visit the Deca Brewery in Vleteren close to the Belgian front line.

    Meals - Breakfast

  • Day 5

    Return home.

    Meals - Breakfast

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Accommodation

You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Novotel Ypres. This excellent hotel is located in the heart of historic town of Ypres, only a couple of minutes-walk from the Menin Gate Memorial, where the 'Last Post' is sounded every evening. The hotel is a firm favourite within Leger’s Battlefields programme and makes the ideal base for exploring the rich military heritage of the area. The hotel has a small bar area and restaurant.


 

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