Jersey – Occupation & Liberation & The Battle Of Britain Air Display By Air
- Duration: 8 days
- Board Basis: Mixed Board
- Tour Ref: D2TLEGJOC
Holiday Summary
- Travel Type: Air
PLEASE NOTE: Price is per person and based on two people sharing a twin/double room. Single room supplements and upgrades are not included.
Itinerary
Day 1
Fly to Jersey where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for a seven-night stay, then onwards to your hotel for a seven night stay. Tonight begins with a welcome drink and introductory talk.
Meals - Dinner
Day 2 - Jersey War Tunnels and St. Brelades Bay
We visit the Jersey War Tunnels – an enormous tunnel complex built by the Germans as an artillery barracks but converted into a first aid field bunker as an emergency stand-by in 1943. It is now an excellent museum telling the complete story, through interactive displays, of the Occupation. We have an included lunch stop at the St. Brelades Bay Hotel, a home to German Soldiers during the occupation. Continue this afternoon with a tour of St Brelades Bay with Jersey’s foremost military historian and acclaimed writer, Ian Ronayne.
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 - Liberation Day (May 7th 2020 departure)
Join the commemorations that take place today as Jersey celebrates 75 years since it was liberated from German occupation. Full details of the activities taking place will be updated on our website.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3 - Battle of Britain Day (September 9th 2020 departure)
This afternoon, enjoy the spectacular Battle of Britain Air Display which takes place over St. Aubin’s Bay with the dramatic backdrop of Elizabeth Castle.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 - Corbieres & Channel Island Military Museum
Guided by Ian Ronayne, we spend the day visiting a number of WW2 locations, some not usually open to the general public. We head out to the coast for a guided tour of the Noirmont Point Command Bunker, see the German fortifications at Corbiere, the Channel Islands Military Museum and Moltke Battery at Les Landes.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5 - Free Time
Free for you to relax and do as you please.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6 - Occupation Walk
A morning guided ‘Occupation Walk’ around St. Helier, taking in all the many historic sites, memorials and monuments. We end at the awardwinning Maritime Museum in St. Helier and the Occupation Tapestry Gallery where a guide will be on hand to talk about life during the Occupation. Free afternoon.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7
Free day to relax.
Meals - English Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8
Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK.
Meals - Breakfast