Panzers In The Ardennes
- Duration: 5 days
- Board Basis: Half Board
- Tour Ref: D2TLEGBPN
Holiday Summary
- Travel Type: Coach
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
5 Day Itinerary
Day 1
Local departure by coach, then to Belgium for a four-night stay.
Day 2 - Malmedy & Manhay 44 Museum
We start today at the Ardennes American Cemetery near Liège. There are more than 5,000 burials here from the fighting in the Ardennes in 1944/45, including GIs who fought in tank units. From here, we look at German armoured forces and see a King Tiger Tank at La Gleize, one of only a handful left in the world.
After lunch, we see an American M4 Sherman at Vielsam and at Manhay we visit the new War Museum and see an original Panther Tank used in the Battle of the Bulge.
We then end at Houffalize to see the newly restored Panther Tank, which fought in the town in 1944.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3 - Bastogne and Diekirch
Today we journey to Recogne to visit the German War Cemetery, where we will see the graves of German tank crews including Knight’s Cross recipients.
In Bastogne, we visit Bastogne Barracks for a tour of the many tanks exhibited here, as well as the tank workshops and displays relating to the 1944 battles in the area.
After lunch, we visit some of the Sherman Tank turrets which now circle the town of Bastogne, marking the old defensive perimeter from 1944/45.
We then cross into Luxembourg and visit the superb Diekirch War Museum which has a remarkable collection of armoured vehicles - perhaps the best in the Ardennes. We then travel back via Troisvierges and see a Pak43 88mm anti-tank gun.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 - Ardennes Blitzkrieg 1940
Today we look at the German Blitzkrieg in the West, following the route of German Panzers as they came down through the Ardennes in May 1940. We will take some of the routes they used down into northern France, and look at the battlefield around Stonne, one of the biggest armoured engagements. Here we see a Char B tank as well as a selection of other memorials.
After lunchtime in Sedan, we look at the Meuse River crossings by German Panzer formations, before crossing back into Belgium to visit the Hitler bunker at Bruly. This concrete bunker was used by Hitler as a headquarters during the Battle of France, and is now a WW2 museum.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Return home.
Meals - Breakfast
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Hotel Vayamundo in Houffalize in the Ourthe Valley. Situated amongst pine forest, the hotel offers a restaurant, bar and indoor swimming pool.The hotel provides the ideal place to unwind after a day of touring the battlefields.
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