Belgium · Battlefield Tours

Flanders Fields Remembrance Tour from Bruges

10 Hours Round trip from Bruges Moderate pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Full-day WWI remembrance tour from Bruges
  • 02 Visit Essex Farm Cemetery and Passendale battlefield
  • 03 See Tyne Cot Cemetery, the world’s largest Commonwealth cemetery
  • 04 Explore the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres
  • 05 Free time to visit the city of Ypres
  • 06 Attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate
  • 07 Travel with a professional multilingual guide

Explore the battlefields of Flanders on a moving full-day journey from Bruges, tracing the events and human stories of the First World War. With an expert guide, visit key memorial sites including Essex Farm, Passendale, the Brooding Soldier monument, and Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world.

The day also includes entry to the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres and free time in the city before attending the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate, a powerful daily tribute to the missing soldiers of the war.

It was in Essex Farm Cemetery that Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ' In Flanders Fields' in May 1915.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 10 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Moderate
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Bruges, Ypres
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Meeting point

Please meet your guide at the Bargeplein and look for a white Keolis bus

Essex Farm Cemetery

Used as a dressing station cemetery from April 1915 to August 1917. 

There are 1,200 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 103 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 19 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.

It was in Essex Farm Cemetery that Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ' In Flanders Fields' in May 1915.

Passendale

The cemetery now contains 2,101 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 1,600 of the graves are unidentified but there are special memorials to seven casualties believed to be buried among them.

Tyne Cot Cemetery & Visitors Centre

The world’s largest Commonwealth cemetery.

In Flanders Fields Museum

Located in the rebuilt Cloth Hall of Ypres, the museum presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders front region

Yprès

Free time to visit the city

Last Post Ceremony - Meningate

The highlight of the day will be the Last Post Ceremony, a daily tribute to all commonwealth soldiers and officers that were missing after battle.

Drop-off point

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Bruges 2 cities · 10 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Museum entrance
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Professional multilingual guide

What's Not Included

  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Please wait underneath the red roof next to public bathroom
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Bruges, BE
Tour start
Bruges, BE
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 10 hours finish where they began, in Bruges.

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