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Verdun Tourisme
Place de la Nation
BP 60232
55100 VERDUN
http://www.verdun-tourisme.com

Tarifs: 46 € per person - based on a group of 40 people

Presentation :

Arrive in Verdun between 9.30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Meet at the Tourist Office.
Morning: Guided tour of Verdun
Coach tour with panoramic views of the town’s main historic buildings, led by a local guide (e.g. Tour Chaussée, Victory Monument etc.) Stop at the citadel, a veritable underground town during the First World War. Tour of the reconstructions – the infirmary, theatre and bakery, a depiction of trench warfare, and the selection of the Unknown Soldier.
Lunch in a restaurant in Verdun.
Afternoon: Guided tour of the battlefield
Set off on your coach, with your local guide, to see a landscape dotted with shell craters that still bears the scars of the war and gain greater understanding of one of the bloodiest pages in the history of the First World War. Stop for a visit of the interiors of the major sites and monuments on the battlefield:
• Verdun Memorial, Museum of the Great War, with a collection of personal items, craft pieces and trench artefacts serving as reminders of the everyday hell experienced by the men who fought here.
• Fort Vaux or Fort Douaumont, designed by Séré de Rivières. The forts pay homage to the fights and struggles between French and German soldiers.
• Douaumont Ossuary, a national cemetery and a memorial to the victims of the First World War in Verdun in 1916.
• Bayonets’ Trench or the razed village of Fleury-Devant-Douaumont.

Tariffs

based on a group of 40 people
Free: 2 (driver + courier).

This price includes :

- A French guide throughout the trip.
- Admission to the places of interest and museums indicated in the programme.
- Lunch including drinks (1/4-litre wine + coffee).

The price does NOT include:
- Transport by coach.
- Extra charge for Sundays and public holidays.
- Extras.

Comments :

Validity:
01/02 to 15/12/09: daily