Tourist Information in france

Ypres

Tourist office situated in the Cloth Hall of the main square, Tel:(0032) 57 2007 32

Good restaurants and shops also around the main square, but please try the back streets for a walk, there is a very good book shop called The Shell Hole, well worth a browse.

For the choc a holic excelent shops around the square.

Arras

Tourist office situated in the town hall, in the Grand Place, beneath which are the tunnels of Arras. (0033) 03 21 51 26 95

Parking can be in the Grand Place, or if staying over night I would reccomend the undergound parking, cheap and safe.

Eating in Arras we have found some very good restaurants, our favourite being just of...

Good shopping around the squares.

Lille

Tourist office situated at 15-17 Rue du Nouveau Siécle

Reims

The ideal base for Verdun, set in the Champagne area you cannot go away without trying the local goods!

Tourist office, tel: 26 47 24 96

Verdun

Tourist office: Place de la Nation Tel: 29 861418, worth looking in prior to departure as the maps and literature available are very good.

Tommy Trench tours

Follow the links for D.I.Y Battlefield Tours

Maps & Guides give’s you info to help along the way.

Battlefields - Maps & locations.

Great War Links - other sites dedicated to WW1 & 2

In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still singing, fly - scarce heard amid the guns below. we are the dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie - in Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow..... In Flanders fields....