GUIDED
VISITS OF VARIOUS BATTLEFIELDS, CEMETERIES
AND MEMORIALS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
WELCOME TO CHEMINS D’HISTOIRE
On
the
Hindenburg line in the town of Saint Quentin, Chemins d'Histoire will
help you discover the legendary places of the First World War.
Guided
by an ardent World War 1 enthusiast, you will discover well and lesser
well known places full of emotion.
We can offer made to measure
tours, based on a soldier, a unit, a nationality or a particular site.
EXAMPLES
OF THEMATIC EXCURSIONS
• Australian Tours - Villers-Bretonneux, Pozières, Mouquet Farm, Bullecourt, Fromelles, Ypres Salient ...
• The Battle of the Somme
• The Hindenburg Line, from St Quentin to Bony, and
Montbrehain, the last Australian battle
• Battle of Artois (including Vimy and Arras)
• Ypres, Messines, Passchendaele ... Flanders battlefields.
• The writers and poets of the First World War (Blaise
Cendrars, J.R.R Tolkien, Ernst Jünger...)
• Guided visits according to your
nationality (Australian, Canadian, American, South African,
etc...)
Tours can be full day or half day and are entirely made to measure.
Please do not hesitate to contact us to know more.
• Tours
TRANSPORT
• Chemins d'Histoire can pick you up at the train station,
bring you to your hotel, etc.
•
Need transportation provided
Our tours are done in a very comfortable air conditioned Citroën minibus.
CONDITIONS
•
Travelling in your own coach ?
Chemins d'Histoire can accompany groups travelling with their own
transportation.
Please consult us for help in planning your visit.
•
Our services include :
Transportation
between different sites, entrance fees into a museum (not available
on the half day Hindenburg Line tour) and a tour guide.
The
tours are accompanied by trenches maps, postcards, brochures and other
documents.
Chemins d'Histoire is a company complying all the legal requirements in force
We are Somme Battlefields' Partner,
a label created by the
Comité Départemental du Tourisme de la Somme,
Chamber of
Commerce of Péronne, the Somme 1916 Museum and the Historial
de
la Grande Guerre of Péronne. The purpose of the label is to
provide a reference guaranteeing a quality welcome throughout the
territory.
