Press Release: In Flanders Fields – 3 Night Ypres Breaks from £159pp
Tuesday 15th July 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Visitors to Ypres today will find a relaxed café culture and impressive gothic architecture, but 90 years ago visitors to Ypres would have found shattered buildings, rubble and fierce fighting between the Germans and the Allies over the Western Front just 10 minutes drive from the city centre.
Railbookers are now offering Flanders World War I Battlefields Tours by minibus to discover the vast Tyne Cot Cemetery at Passchendaele, Sanctuary Wood trenches and Essex Farm where the Canadian soldier/doctor John McCrae wrote “In Flanders Fields”.
Visit Ypres with Railbookers and stay at the centrally located 3* Novotel Ypres Centrum from just £159 per person for 3 nights with the 3rd night free, including breakfast and return train travel.
“This is an excellent overview of the history of Ypres and a fascinating insight into the realities of life for soldiers and civilians during World War I” Alex Nott, Railbookers’ Marketing Manager.
After the tour pay tribute at the moving "Last Post" ceremony which takes place under Menin Gate at 8pm every evening.
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Notes to Editor:
Price quoted for the Novotel Ypres Centrum. Price valid for arrivals before 31 October 2008. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com Eurostar trains run from London St Pancras International or Ebbsfleet International to Brussels Gare du Midi (Zuid Station).
Eurostar runs from London St Pancras International to Brussels in approximately 1 hour 51 minutes.
Trains run from Brussels Midi Station to Ypres approximately every hour. The journey time is 1 hour 35 minutes.
Flanders World War 1 Battlefields Tour (bookable through railbookers):
Morning Tour - £29 per person
10am-2pm
The tour includes:
First Aid Dressing station at Essex Farm where "In Flanders Fields" was written by John McCrae
The German cemetery at Langemark
Village of Passchendaele
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Sanctuary Wood museum and trenches
ANZAC and Canadian sites
Afternoon Tour - £23 per person
2.30pm-5pm
The tour includes:
Visit to Hill 60
Bayernwald trench complex
Bedford House Commonwealth cemetery
ANZAC and Canadian sites
Morning and Afternoon Tour - £50 per person
Railbookers:
Railbookers tailor-makes short breaks and holidays to Europe by Eurostar and rail, including handpicked quality hotels.
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Press enquiries: contact Marion Leming on 0844 482 1011 or email us
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