Albert-Somme

During your tour you will discover the Somme battlefields of July 1916. Starting from Albert - town entirely reconstructed - you will see a big mine hole, the remainings of a windmill and a German Blockhaus, former trenches and the biggest memorial for the First World War.

3 or 4 h 

Albert, La Boisselle, Pozières, Beaumont-Hamel, Thiepval

Work on Thiepval Memorial May 2020-December 2021. Access to Memorial is impossible!

You should spend your extra-time to include an unknown mine-hole, the grave of war poet Harry Fellows, a surviving tree and a red dragon. At the end of the tour meet a famous German pilot of the Great War.

4 h 

Beaumont, Contalmaison, Longueval, Mametz, Fricourt

The town of Albert has placed 9 statues in the centre to represent the different nationalities that fought in the Somme. Each soldier has another story and a cemtery closeby. Discover 9 lifes in 90 minutes and visit their graves in 6 hours.

90 minutes or 8 h

You can also follow the footsteps of your ancester, please send me over the information you hold and I create your personal itinerary in the Somme area and include the memorials on our way.

4 h +