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Some of the most important battles of the WWI took place around Ypres.
This tour is designed to save you the hassle of getting by train or taxi to Ypres and give you an overview of the Ypres salient 1914-18.
You'll discover the main sites surrounding Ypres : battlefields in the Messines area, monuments, memorials, cemeteries... including the Essex Farm cemetery (site of the creation of the poem "in Flanders Field" by John McCrae), Bozinghe (trenches), Langemark (German cemetery), and Tyne Cot cemetery (the largest and most impressive Commonwealth military cemetery). You'll also see the centre of Ypres.
A "Memory" that will be told by your guide... It is close to Lille and it is to be discovered.

The Flanders Battlefield tour Lille-Ypres-Lille is held every Saturday from April 2nd to December 10th 2011.
Departure from the Lille Tourist Office from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm (4 hours).