We start with a local departure for our journey by coach via the cross Channel ferry or Eurotunnel to France. From here we make our way to our hotel. Accommodation has been reserved in the northern France area. All rooms have private facilities and there is a bar etc.
During your stay we have included these excursions:
- Dunkirk and ‘Operation Dynamo’. Accompanied by a guide we visit the sites of ‘Operation Dynamo’ in and around Dunkirk, including the Memorial du Souvenir
- Calais and la Coupole. With our guide we will visit Calais and see some of the scenes of the fighting in its defence. We learn about the story of Hitler’s secret rocket weapons at la Coupole – located in a giant underground bunker
- Arras. Explore Arras occupied by British forces during WWII until evacuated in May 1940 and then in German hands until it was re-taken in September 1944
Price Includes:
- Coach travel and Channel crossing either by ferry or Eurotunnel
- 4 nights bed and Continental breakfast accommodation at a good class hotel in Northern France
- Guided tours as detailed
- Admission to 'Operation Dynamo' Museum
- Visit to la Coupole - the V2 rocket launch site and underground city
Not Included:
- Personal expenditure, gratuites, admission charges other than specified
- Any charges hotel may make for use of facilities
- Single room supplement
- Travel insurance