Top Ypres Cultural Tours

Take a thorough tour through the history of the Ypres Salient and the battles of World War I that took place there with this small-group tour from Ypres. Travel with your guide to important memorials, cemeteries, and museums related to soldiers from different Allied nations, including the Christmas Truce memorial and Sanctuary Wood Museum. Places on this shared tour are limited to eight people.

Gain insight into World War I history and visit famous battle sites around the Somme on this full-day Canadian WWI battlefield tour from Ypres. Delve into tunnels used by British and Canadian soldiers before the Battle of Vimy with your guide. Gaze over the battle-torn landscape, where mine and shell craters dot the terrain. Visit Memorial de Vimy, and the Courcelette Canadian Memorial, and honor the fallen soldiers. Afterward, visit Thiepval Memorial to the Missing then finish at the Beaumont Hamel New Foundland Memorial Park.

Spend two hours on a joyful walking tour that aims to provide peaceful sightseeing to you and your family while you become familiar with some of the most remarkable sites in Tournai. Learn about the diversity and wealth of local religious heritage as you start the journey by visiting a centuries-old church that is often referred to as an exceptional heritage of Wallonia. Explore a historic roman tower and step back into the past as you discover the only cathedral in Belgium listed on UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stroll the city's center and hear insightful stories, anecdotes, and legends about Tournai's past. Explore every corner of the local Museum of History where the entire history and uniqueness of Tournai will be discovered.

Rather than try to navigate your own way through the Ypres Salient and find the important sites, let your guide do that for you on this private full-day tour from Ypres. Travel around the battlefields to cemeteries, monuments, and memorials, including the Brooding Soldier and Christmas Truce Memorial, and at the Sanctuary Wood Museum learn the local World War I history. This private tour is limited to eight people.

Participate in a private, easy-paced 2-hour walking tour and discover the Christmas charms of Tournai. Have fun and witness intriguing scenes in the Museum of the Arts of Puppetry where Christmas magic is exhibited in a unique, joyful way. Visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hear about its phenomenal heritage and climb to the top in order to experience fascinating panoramic views of the entire city that blooms in lights, bathing in special decorations and oozes with fairy tale atmosphere. Explore the city's main square where Christmas magic takes over every corner. Explore Belgium's only cathedral inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and witness extraordinary landmarks in its surroundings.

The exclusive tour only in the Christmas period! This special times brings magic in Turnai. Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most beautifully decorated places in Turnai. You will feel spellbound with the charming atmosphere, which you can feel only this time of the year! What is the story of the Christmas tree? Who was the first to decorate it in the world? What magical things can happen during the Christmas period? Have you heard about Christmas spells? You will hear miraculous Christmas legends about Turnai. You will visit the Christmas tree What makes it so popular? What local products must taste at Christmas? Fill your heart with the joy and experience magic of Turnai.

Enjoy the luxury of a private tour with your own personal guide and private transportation. Of course as a private tour we can be flexible with regards to your requests. I am a well established Battlefield historian and author and have been guiding in the area for several years. As an Expat Brit living in Belgium you can book me in confidence knowing there will be no language issues, I also have a great level of local knowledge which means I am able to recommend hotels, restaurants etc should you wish to know. Ypres Battlefield Tours are the perfect partner for your battlefield pilgrimage. I look forward to meeting you Roger Steward

I am a well established British Battlefield tour guide living in the Ypres Salient with over 12 years experience in guiding groups of all sizes. I am also a published author having written two books, one on the history of Langemark German Cemetery and one concerning the clearing of the battlefields post WW1. Between the years of 2014 and 2016 i was chairman of the Royal British Legion Branch in Ypres. I conduct my tours at a relaxed pace giving my clients plenty of space and time to explore the sites visited and contemplate the events that took place on the very ground they are standing. As this tour is a private tour i can be flexible in timings and also sites visited. On booking you will have full contact with myself in order to discuss any requirements you may have. We want you to get as much out of your day with us as possible. Ypres Battlefield Tours are your perfect partner for your battlefield experience. I look forward to meeting you. Roger

I am very flexible tours can be amended to go to visit some graves of your relatives. All tours are private. For transport I use a comfortable Mercedes Vito Tourer fully equiped for tours. I spent my life on these battlefields and I am guiding people since 20 years. I can provide a walker or a wheelchair.