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Add-ons before or after your tour
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One of the key things that we offer is flexibility: we are keen to help you enhance your tour experience by offering you the chance to visit somewhere that you’ve always wanted to see (either just before or after your tour with us). And bear in mind the possibility to do this in the context of our dropping you off somewhere interesting for the next leg of your vacation (or business trip). Starting the tour in one place and finishing in another is something we do often for clients.
A day in the county of Kent (+ night in Canterbury)
Before a Normandy, Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), or World War I tour
Take the train down from London to Canterbury (80 mins) and we’ll give you a personally guided tour of the city, time free for the Cathedral, then out to a country pub for lunch. In the afternoon we will visit the White Cliffs of Dover and Dover Castle, before dropping you off around 6 p.m. to enjoy your evening in Canterbury (and B&B or hotel accommodation).
Variations possible:
- Morning Battle of Hastings visit, lunch in Rye, afternoon walking tour of Canterbury
- Morning visit to Churchill’s country home at Chartwell (below left), afternoon walking tour of Canterbury
For more Kent ideas visit our Kent & East Sussex page, as well as our Kent & Canterbury photo galleries.
Bruges (Belgium)
Before or after an Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) or World War I tour
Enjoy a personally-guided day in this beautifully preserved city with its many canals, medieval houses, fine squares and museums, with a night’s hotel accommodation in the heart of the city.
Ghent (Belgium)
Before or after an Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) or World War I tour
If you’ve already done Bruges on a previous trip, then consider nearby Ghent - a ‘variation on a theme’ (arrival details just as per Bruges above - Ghent is the same distance from Lille); night in central hotel.
Paris
Before or after a Normandy or World War I tour
If you’ve never been to Paris before and would like someone to show you around, then we’ll meet you there - or take you there for an extra night at the end of the tour - and give you a walking/Metro/car tour that takes in the big sights, tells you the history, and lets you relax too. Night in central hotel..
Reims and the Champagne country
Before or after a Verdun (World War I) tour
Enjoy a personally-guided tour of the city, the Cathedral (13th century; stained glass, left) and the World War II Surrender Room (7 May 1945) - with an afternoon drive through the champagne fields and a cellar tour. Night in central hotel.
See also our Reims Photo Gallery
Loire Valley chateaux
2-night add-on after a Normandy tour
You need 2 nights extra for this more ambitious Add-On - the Loire chateau are a 3-hour drive south from the D-Day area of Normandy, and are themselves spread out over some 100 miles east-west. Our 2 nights (in two different hotels) would allow us to take in four of the major sites: Chenonceaux (below right)
Mont St Michel
Add-on after (or during) a Normandy tour
Enjoy a personally-guided tour of this medieval gem (right) - church, abbey and village set atop a small island out in the bay. You can do this as a day trip from the D-Day area (1 hour 15 minute drive each way; adds an extra night to your Normandy tour) - or as an overnight visit, staying in one of the few hotels on the island: a treat. 4 hours back to Paris (or Calais, en route back to the UK) the next day.
Rhine crossings & the Bridge at Remagen
After a Market-Garden and / or Ardennes
(Battle of the Bulge) tour
A 24-hour extension to our Market-Garden tour would allow a visit to Montgomery's March 1945 crossing points on the rhine (below right) either side of the Wesel.
Getting to/from Bruges before/after our tour: 50 minutes by train from Brussels - or, if coming by Eurostar from London, take the train to Lille (Northern France; just 1 hour 25 minutes from London St Pancras) and we’ll meet you there and drive you the 45 minutes to the city. (Because Bruges is in western Belgium, this is quicker than staying on the train an extra 40 minutes to Brussels and then getting the connecting train).
See also our Bruges Photo Gallery
See our Ghent Photo Gallery for a taster.
A 24-hour extension to our Battle of the Bulge tour would allow a visit to the famous bridge at Remagen, which U.S. 9th Armoured Division snatched on 7th March 1945 - the first place that the Allies crossed the Rhine. Additionally it would be possible to follow the routes of British, Canadian or U.S. units in February and March 1945 in the hard sturggle across the part of Germany west of the Rhine (Reichwald Forest; Eiffel; Mosel Valley; Trier).
See our Photo Gallery for a full appreciation of the delights of the French capital.
Blois, Villandry, and Chambord (below left). In addition you would enjoy the beautiful scenery, small towns, and riverside drives. Drop-off in Paris - 2 hours away.
The Rhine valley
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