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30 reviews of 3-Day Small Group Tour of French and Belgian WWI Battlefields from Lille

Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the 3-Day Small Group Tour of French and Belgian WWI Battlefields from Lille. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by adrian b, October 2012

The guide was very knowledgeable and he clearly took account of the nationalities in his group. Seeing the locations and the level of human sacrifice was very moving. We thought the price was very "full" since it cost nearly as much as the entire weekend including travel and accomodation costs. AB Northampton

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Geoffrey M, October 2011

Found the trip met my expectations and gave me a good idea of what our troops went through. The guide was knowledgable and able to paint a very good picture of what happened. All in all I enjoyed the experience greatly and would recommend it to others.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Susan L, May 2011

Very much enjoyed this holiday, if enjoyed is the right word when dealing with something as heavy as WWI. Really helped fill me in on the background and physically being there and seeing it made it real for me. Our guide Tony Wade was a fount of knowledge and didn't trust any source without carefully evaluating it first, with characteristic humour. Seeing I was the only Irish person on the tour, he took time to show me some of the Irish monuments, such as that tower at Messines that Kevin Myers keeps going on about! I would say that if you need to buy provisions, stock up in Lille or the airport, because there isn't much opportunity later on. I would definitely recommend this trip. Susan

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Rowan M, November 2010

I found the tour very interesting and worthwhile. Our guide, Mark was extremely knowledgeable. I liked the flexibility of the tour - Mark was happy to take us to a particular spot if it was of interest to a guest, even if it wasn't on the itinerary. My one disappointment was not seeing trenches, but I understand that the Somme tour shows that aspect. I didn't go on it because I thought the connection with Eurostar from London would be too fine. It turns out that the guide would have waited and that any luggage could be taken along. I think this should be made clear. We were a small group and the flexibilty allowed for us to all have dinner together, with Mark happily taking two of us back to Lille later in the evening. That was a nice touch.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Anonymous, August 2010

The tour was good. Jeff was an interesting and knowledgeable guide. Our only wish was that we had stopped at more sites rather than just driving by them.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by James S, United Kingdom, April 2009

The sites visited were well chosen and the transport was good and safely driven. For this one, take your own lunch as it's a fairly full day. Verify departure time and meeting place by phone as there can be ambiguity.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by James S, United Kingdom, April 2009

If you have anywhere you particularly want to look at, make it known to the driver, otherwise he might not stop. A good tour with good transport and well driven. Take your own lunch or buy a sandwich at the Hooge Crater Museum. Verify departure time and meeting place by phone as there can be ambiguity.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Anonymous, March 2009

Very good.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Caitlin W, United Kingdom, October 2008

It started off badly with the tour waiting an hour and 15 minutes for people from the Eurostar. This meant a late arrival back at Lille - a problem if on trains - but also we lost a significant amount of time that we could have been on the battlefields and wandering about. This aspect was most disappointing, and not many options for food for lunch - a few hastily thrown together sandwiches without much topping - so bring your own. But a good experience to see the battle sites

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by CHERYL S, Canada, June 2008

The tour was great, however the non-air conditioned van was uncomfortable. It was difficult to hear most of the driver's commentary, since there were no headphones or speaker system.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Richard H, Canada, June 2008

An overall enjoyable day! The guide was knowledgeable and friendly, and we got to see things we may not have bothered to search out if we were doing it ourselves, as the whole battlefields area is so large. The only down side was the omission on my part to specifically request a stop that I presumed would be on the tour. The tour was also only one day of a possible three or four day tour. We were basically the interlopers in other peoples' tour.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Anonymous, June 2008

Very interesting and moving experience to visit a place that is considered sacred.

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4 star rating: Recommended

Reviewed by Jeffrey Z, USA, June 2007

The meeting place instructions were extremely confusing. There is no Lille International station, but there is a Lille Europe, which is where we were supposed to meet. Also, the Viator instructions did not say where in the train station the group was to meet. As it turned out, we were supposed to meet in front of a coffee shop. That would have been nice to know.

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2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better

Reviewed by David J, United Kingdom, July 2009

We joined an already existing group of two days who had, by the time we joined, some knowledge of the battle fields of WW1 but the guide helped us catch up. Being a small group was helpful. What would have helped more would have been to have a map of the battlefields and the journey we were making through them so as to get our bearings.

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2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better

Reviewed by Margaret E, Canada, October 2007

Tour was very poorly organized and we were left sitting on the bus for one and a half hours at the start of the trip waiting for other passengers to arrive. Day one and two guide was not very informative or knowledgeable about the topics. Day three we were again left waiting for an hour for the tour to start and in the end did not have enough time to see the mines at Vimy with an English speaking guide which was one of our main reasons for taking the tour. Very disappointing.

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