Battlefield tours, war graves tours
& wartime history holidays
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TourRadar» Specialist war history tours covering: World War I and World War II, the Falklands War ... MORE
Civil War Tours
based: Connecticut, USA
Re-live America's military history with civil war battlefield trips, including custom tours. Tours spend two to four days touring a battlefield in the company of battlefield experts. Typical tours include: the Battle of Gettysburg, the Maryland and Atlanta Campaigns, and Fort Donelson.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | USA |
National Holidays Featured Site
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Guided European battlefield holidays by coach, including: the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Beaumont Hamel, the In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, Essex and Tyne Cot Cemeteries; with opportunities to show respect at the Menin Gate for the Last Post.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | Europe |
Titan Travel
Escourted holidays with expert guides and historians, to the European battlefields of the World Wars, and a South African tour to historic battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | Europe | South Africa|
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A range of specialist war history related and battlefield tours, holidays and trips from a number of different suppliers. Tours covering: World War I and World War II, as well as more contemporary conflicts like the Falklands War.
| historical tours | battlefield tours/war graves tours | Worldwide |
Waterloo Battlefield Tours
based: Waterloo, Belgium
Tailor-made trips offered by a specialist in the battle of Waterloo and experienced Waterloo battlefield guide. Tour programmes are created to satisfy guests Waterloo campaign interests and will include a detailed exploration of the battlefield sites and museums.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | Belgium |
Battlefields By 4x4
based: UK
Guided battlefield tours in Northern France, for owners of four wheel drive vehicles. Tours designed for small groups of 4x4 vehicles to visit the iconic cemeteries, memorials and battlefields of WW1 and WW2.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | 4 wheel drive/4x4 | France |
Battlefield Journey
based: Bedfordshire, UK
Bespoke tailor-made guided walking/hiking and cycling tours of the battlefield of northern France and Belgium, for individuals or groups.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | France | Belgium |
British Sky Tours
based: East Sussex, UK
Day and overnight battlefield tours by private plane, comfortable car and easy walking.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | light aircraft | Europe |
Catswhiskerstours
based: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Scotland tour guide offering history tours, Scottish battlefield tours and genealogy research trips.
| historical tours | genealogy/family history | battlefield tours/war grave s tours | Scotland |
Normandy Sightseeing Tours
based: Normandy, France
Specialists in guided sightseeing tours in Normandy and North-West France as either private or a group tours. Including Normandy battlefield and D-Day landing beaches tours.
| sightseeing | battlefield tours/war graves tours | France |
Vietnam Battlefield Tours
based: Texas, USA
Quality, professionally staffed tours to the battlefields of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
| battlefield tours/war graves tours | Vietnam | Laos | Cambodia |
FRANCE/BELGIUM: Discover the battlefields by coach
A battlefield tour by coach, exploring the key WWI sites of Flanders and the Somme. Visiting places such as Essex Farm Cemetery, Tyne Cot Cemetery, the Menin Gate, Vimy Ridge and Thiepval. Also visiting fascinating war museums like the In Flanders Field Museum at Ypres and the Historial Museum at Peronne.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal
A Boer War battlefield tour in South Africa including visit to to Spion Kop battlefield site with expert guides who'll recount the struggles between Zulu warriors, Boer guerillas and British redcoats. The tour includes a historical talk on the war by Paul Kruger, with a visit to his farmstead and museum.
In contrast, the tour will journey through the countryside of the Garden Province to the Drakensberg Mts near Durban. It will visit the cultural village and living museum of Shakaland ('the greatest Zulu experience in Africa'), and will embark on game drives to seek out the 'Big Five'.
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FRANCE: WW2 D-Day, landing beaches & Normandy battle
A tour visiting some of the beaches where the D-Day battles took place as well as numerous museums and cemeteries that are a tribute to the Allied forces, such as the D-Day Museum, Memorial Museum For Peace, Airborne Museum, the American Military Cemetery & Memorial and the Memorial Pegasus Museum.
Places visited include Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Juno Beach Center, German artillery bunkers, the remains of the Mulberry Harbor and the Arromanches Circular Cinema which uses archived images to tell the story of the Battle of Normandy.
This section deals with battlefield tours, holidays and travel to battlefields, iconic cemeteries, war graves, and memorials to the fallen in Europe and Worldwide. Both guided and self-guided tours that visit the major sites of conflict in the most notable wars and battles across history.
While tours to the sites of First World War (WW1, Great War) and Second World War (WW2) battles predominate, we list tours covering any notable battle throughout history – this includes Waterloo, the American Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War, the Crimean War, Vietnam, and the Falklands War ...
Tours may be by coach, train or self-drive; we also list specialist tours such as cycling or walking tours, or tours by motorcycle or 4x4 vehicle. Most tours will be led by experienced guides and sometimes by war historians.
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