InterCultural Consulting Group supporting intercultural opportunities Western Front Anzac Tour Itinerary update 2018 Thursday 12th April 2018 Tuesday May 9th 2018. Thursday. April 12th. Depart Brisbane International Airport 9.10am Singapore Airlines Arrive Singapore 3.30pm Private transfer to Marina Bay Hotel Singapore Welcome Dinner Friday April 13 th Free Day Singapore ( use of Hotel room until 9.00pm) Lunch and Dinner own choice. Singapore Flyer Champagne Flight Checkout 9.00pm Travel to Singapore Airport for Paris Flight Singapore Airlines Depart approx. 12.05am (Saturday morning) Saturday. April 14th
Saturday April 14 th Arrive Paris 7.30am Paris Private Transport pickup Transfer to Giverny and overnight Hotel (Village Hotel) Hotel Normandy Vernon. Free time Welcome Dinner. Sunday April 15 th Visit to Monet s Garden Depart for Normandy Visit Bayeux Tapestry Arrive Chateau de Beaulieu Overnight/Dinner Monday April 16 th Travel to Mont St Michel (World Heritage Site) Return to Chateau at Chateau overnight Tuesday April 17 th Travel to Normandy beaches Tour of WW2 beaches Return to Rouen (Overnight) Mercure Hotel Rouen at local restaurant Wednesday April 18 th Walking tour Rouen (Joan de Arc) Shopping Travel onto Amiens and Ibis Hotel Welcome Dinner Amiens.
Anzac Week on the Somme and in Vignacourt Thursday. April 19th Visit to John Monash Museum Villers Bretonneux Afternoon Free time to explore Amiens Cathedral etc Welcome Dinner Friday April 20 th Somme Battlefield Tour. Villers Brettoneux/ Victoria School Lunch at Tommies Pozieres (included) Le Hamel, Pozieres, Mouqet Farm Saturday. April 21st Vignacourt Morning Commemorative Ceremony Walk from Maison Des Australien to Cemetery Ceremony Return to Thuillier House Meal /Vignacourt Museum visit Cricket Match (we will play Arras and Lille) Mass in St Fermin s Church- Archbishop of Amiens Birrilee Choir and Concert Sunday. April 22nd. Morning Anzac Run Vignacourt. ( we walk) Day event -Vignacourt Town BBQ and events. Visit House of the Australiens
Mon Monday. April 23rd Free Morning Lunch at Corbie Free afternoon own choice Tuesday April 24 th Visit to Naours Caves. Lunch Included Return to Vignacourt for School visit. Vignacourt evening Official Live Bargara video cross for Anzac Day. Return to Amiens Wednesday April 25. Anzac Day attendance. Villers Bretonneux. 2.00am departure Bullecourt ceremony travel to Ypres in Belgium Menin Gate ceremony included Albion Hotel Ypres Thursday April 26.. free day. Lunch own choice. Albion Hotel
Friday April 27. Battlefield tour - the Salient ( Belgium) Passchendale visit Lunch at Hooges Crater ( included) Visit to PolyGon Wood,Fromelles, German Trenches, Tynecot Cemetery Albion Hotel Ypres Saturday. April 28. Village Markets this morning in Ypres A free afternoon to enjoy this beautiful city. Overnight Ypres Sunday. April. 29. This morning we are off to BRUGGE for a look at the truly beautiful walled Belgium. The Brugge Madonna is also located here. Return to Ypres for our last night. Monday. April. 30. ( Chateau de Jacques Chateau Stay in Champagne) This morning we leave Ypres bound for Epernay and Champagne. Visit Epernay Moet Champagne house Lunch at Mancy Mercier Champagne house Arrive Chateau de Jacques.
Tuesday. May 1st. Visit to Medieval Troyes Explore city Return to Chateau Wednesday. May 2nd. Visit Messiges WW1 French trenches Visit Verdun Lunch (own choice) chateau (included) Thursday. May 3rd. free day chateau/ perhaps a visit to Chalon En Champagne. BBQ lunch and Dinner included Friday. May. 4 th Depart by bus for Reims (every Monarch of France was Crowned here) Visit Reims Cathedral Visit Tattanger champagne and Veuve Cliquot Champagne( depending on availability) Return Chateau de Jaques Champagne region. included
Saturday. May 5 th Travel by Private transport to Paris. Hotel Relais Bosquet x 3 nights Afternoon Free Lunch and Dinner (own choice) Sunday. May 6th Paris Tour by private coach. Moulin Rouge show and Dinner Monday May 7 th Paris. Free Day (Versailles or Opera House optional visit) Shopping at Galleria la Fayette Eiffel Tower visit Dinner and Cruise. ( evening) Tuesday May 8 th Coach transfer to CDG Paris depart Charles De Gaulle for Australia Depart 12.10pm Arrive Singapore 6.50am ( 8 th May) Depart 9.40am Arrive Brisbane 7.30pm ( 8 th May)