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Battlefield Experience
Battlefield Experience
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Historical & Heritage ToursBeer Tastings & ToursSightseeing ToursPrivate ToursDay Trips
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Since the Coronavirus crisis we have installed a new routine: All cars are cleaned and sanitized after every tour. Drivers/guides are wearing a face mask, a bord of the vehicles are sanitizing gel, face masks and gloves. Drivers / guides clean their hands every time we stop and all safety rules are respected. Guided battlefield tours with an experienced guide. We offer you a first class service: tours can be adapted to your needs, Hotel pick-up and drop-off, lunches included, bottled water, and a booklet recording the tour. Security is important, we know all the places where we will bring you and can adapt to all the situations. The drivers are experienced and our vehicles are controlled every 6 months. We have a transport and a guiding license.
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Lisa B
Gosford, Australia2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Fantastique! Our guide Claude was extremely knowledgeable and professional. We travelled comfortably between all the separate battlefields, cemeteries, museums and monuments with a expert commentary. When I showed him my grandfathers war record, Claude was able to take us to the town where he was stationed as an artilleryman.
If you are looking for a personable and professional guide I highly recommend this tour.
If you are looking for a personable and professional guide I highly recommend this tour.
Written 2 October 2023
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Vacationer725766
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Sep 2023 • Couples
What a brilliant way to visit both Flanders and then the Somme battlefields of WW1 focussing on Australian sites and memorials over 2 days. Both Claude and Lucas were knowledgeable, interesting and very happy to meet all our requests. This private tour more than met all our expectations.
Written 28 September 2023
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Jenny S
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Sep 2023 • Friends
Four of us had a personalised, full day tour of the Somme from Ypres with Claude. His knowledge and friendliness made it the very best experience. He went out of his way to include places that were not on his itinerary but were important to us. It was the most memorable tour.
Written 14 September 2023
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maree r
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • Family
Claude was organised, knowledgeable and very friendly. Cool comfortable vehicle, good lunch spots. We enjoyed our experience very much.
Written 6 September 2023
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Julia S
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Jul 2023 • Family
We had a private tour of Vimy and Canadian battlefield sites including Passendale and Ypres.
We did this as a day trip from Paris and met Claude at Arras instead of Bruges. Claude was an incredibly knowledgeable guide, he kept our family (incl 20-y.o and 16-y.o) engaged throughout the very full day. Everything was well-planned and well-executed by Claude. He was amazing at putting us into the minds of the generals and soldiers giving us a true understanding of history that no book or class could. I can not recommend Claude highly enough! If you have the chance to do this tour you will not regret it and will have the experience of a lifetime!
We did this as a day trip from Paris and met Claude at Arras instead of Bruges. Claude was an incredibly knowledgeable guide, he kept our family (incl 20-y.o and 16-y.o) engaged throughout the very full day. Everything was well-planned and well-executed by Claude. He was amazing at putting us into the minds of the generals and soldiers giving us a true understanding of history that no book or class could. I can not recommend Claude highly enough! If you have the chance to do this tour you will not regret it and will have the experience of a lifetime!
Written 5 July 2023
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cidermanSlough
Farnborough, UK192 contributions
Jun 2023
I met Claude thirty years ago when he guided my infantry platoon around the battlefields of Ypres and beyond. So last week I was with Claude again with my 13 year old army cadet son and my New Zealand girlfriend. I advised what I wanted to see and Claude picked up on the NZ piece and wove that into the battle field tour. Claude is exceptional, humorous, has a relaxed style and his military knowledge combined with local history is astonishing.
Claude is the best tour guide I have encountered, I have done numerous staff rides/ battlefield tours and have run some myself but Claude just makes everything work, from accommodation to travel and hostelries. I cannot recommend Claude highly enough - he really is outstanding and adds detail to perfection - from the real site of the Christmas Truce football field to the crypt where it is believed Hitler was taken when wounded and many other sites so easy to miss or forgotten. 100% satisfied and I plan to do it all again with some of my old soldiers.
Claude is the best tour guide I have encountered, I have done numerous staff rides/ battlefield tours and have run some myself but Claude just makes everything work, from accommodation to travel and hostelries. I cannot recommend Claude highly enough - he really is outstanding and adds detail to perfection - from the real site of the Christmas Truce football field to the crypt where it is believed Hitler was taken when wounded and many other sites so easy to miss or forgotten. 100% satisfied and I plan to do it all again with some of my old soldiers.
Written 4 June 2023
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ClaudeV967
Thank you very much for the comment, it was a pleasure to meet you again and I am glad your family enjoyed the day.
Claude
Written 4 June 2023
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Tom F
11 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
We cannot thank Claude enough for the experience we had while touring the Canadian battlefields in France and Belgium. We spent 12 hours from pick up to drop off and visited many sites that were close to our hearts. The tour ofVimi was spectacular we had goosebumps the whole time we were there. We asked for a Canadian themed tour and we were definitely not disappointed.
Claude Is a virtual encyclopedia on world war one.
We would highly recommend this tour to anybody with any interest of the battlefields of world war one.
Thank you again Claude and it was a pleasure meeting you.
Claude Is a virtual encyclopedia on world war one.
We would highly recommend this tour to anybody with any interest of the battlefields of world war one.
Thank you again Claude and it was a pleasure meeting you.
Written 31 March 2023
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Colette P
Richmond, Canada131 contributions
Feb 2023
We booked this tour with Claude, he was so informative on the World Wars. Very pleasant tour guide, he took us to all the memorials that we wanted to see. Gave us insight on many happenings of the war. Pleasant driver clean van, answered all of our many questions along the way. We were with him for 12 hours and he was wonderful. If you ever want a GREAT Tour guide then Claude is your man. We cannot thank him enough for a once in a lifetime experience to Vimy Ridge , Flanders Fields, Battle Hill 62 Ypres, The Last Post and many more stops. We will most definitely be telling our Friends to look Claude up when in Brugges.
Written 12 March 2023
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ClaudeV967
Hi Colette, thank you very much for the nice review.
I am glad you enjoyed the day.
All the best, Claude
Written 13 March 2023
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Laurie J
2 contributions
Aug 2022
Best day of our vacation! My husband and I are so grateful to have visited, learned the history and heard stories of our great Canadians that fought for our freedom. Claude was an excellent guide. We enjoyed his knowledge, stories and company throughout the day. Outstanding tour!
Written 27 September 2022
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ClaudeV967
Thank you for the nice review.
Claude
Written 10 October 2022
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Mary K
Paris, Canada5 contributions
Sep 2022 • Couples
Canadians will love the visit to the monument at Vimy. We were very impressed with the entire tour. Thanks, Claude Verhaeghe, for all of your extremely valuable background information.
Written 25 September 2022
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ClaudeV967
Thank you Mark for the nice comment.
Claude
Written 10 October 2022
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Emrys H
Winchester, UK2 contributions
Hi. I am a wheelchair user. Is this resort suitable for me?
Claude V
Ieper (Ypres), Belgium69 contributions
Hi,
if you can come in our minibus I can place your wheelchair in the boot, I am using an Opel Vivaro. I can also organize a tour so you don't have to step out too much.
it is sometimes more dificult on certain sites.
Do not hesitate to send me a list of the places you want to visit and I will see what are the possibilities.
Kind regards.
Claude