70TH ANNIVERSARY NORMANDY D-DAY TOURS
Guided WWII European Liberation Events
The year 2014 is a big year for war touring in Europe. This year will mark 70 years since the most significant wartime events in France, Belgium and Holland during the Second World War. From the Longest Day landings on the beaches of Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, the second half of 1944 presented so much of the story of American and Allied fighting in northern Europe. Anniversary events will be held all across the region, from massive ceremonies of the D-Day landings attended by heads of state to celebrations in the smallest villages of the Alsace, from St Mere Eglise on the Normandy coast to Pfaffenhoffen on the edge of the Rhine. Not to mention the departure and training sites in Britain. You can head to the continent and follow your own trail of the march of armies, or you can join an organized tour.
Tours International has been operating tours for veterans, their families and World War Two enthusiast since 1987. They are the official tour operators for several military units. To celebrate the events of 70 years ago, they are offering a choice of three and insightful commemorative tours. 5 Day and 8 Day Tours feature all the key sites of the Normandy Beach Landings plus attendance at the significant ceremonies, and a 14 Day extended tour continues on to the sites of the Battle of Bulge. The longer tours begin in England from the underground bunkers of the Churchill War Rooms, (see Churchill War Bunker) to the St Paul's Cathedral and the American Memorial Chapel, to the tank museum of Bovington and the Imperial war Museum.
England and Normandy - 8 Day Tour
June 1 – June 8, 2014
7 Nights in 3 and 4 star hotels, dinners and lunches, and attendance at D-Day Ceremonies, with 3 days in England and 5 days in France. Tour of London including Houses of Parliament, Tower of London and visits to significant war museums and sites in the South of England and to the beaches, museums and war sites in Normandy, with lots a chances for shopping and other activities. Prices are $2,450 per person in a double room, $3,750 for a single room.
Liberation of Europe - 14 Day Tour
June 1 - June 14, 2014
Arc de Triomph), the military museum of the Invalides and Napoleon’s Tomb (see Invalides and Napoleon Tomb), the Sacre Coeur and leisure time, then train from Paris to Brussels, and coach tour to the Ardennes for the battle of The Bulge sites from Henri Chappelle Cemetery, Baugnez, Malmedy, Vielsam and Bastogne (see Battle of the Bulge War Sites). If time, a visit to the Gen. George Patton burial site in Luxemburg (see General Patton Grave). Prices $4,500 per person in a double room, $5,800 for a single room.
Longest Day – 5 Day Tour
June 4 – June 8, 2014
The 5 Day tour is just the D-Day in France version of the tour with arrival from Paris rather than London, including all the Normandy sites, activities and ceremony attendance. Prices are $1,600 per person in a double room accommodation and $2,500 in a single room. With this shorter more budget minded tour you could rent a car and head out on your own across the France and Belgian countryside to see some of the WWI sites of the Somme and Flanders as well. 2014 also marks the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of the War to End all Wars after all.© Bargain
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SEE ALSO:
AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETARIES IN FRANCE
FLANDERS
FIELDS MONUMENTS
EUROSTAR "CHUNNEL" TICKETS
PARIS/LONDON
