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THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
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The Netherlands
16 April - 20 April 2010

HOLLAND
PROVISIONAL ITINERARY

Day 1 Friday 16 April
  Depart London for Dover-Calais ferry. Drive through Belgium and Holland to Nijmegen.
Day 2 Saturday 17 April
am Personal cemetery visits.
pm Visit Groesbeek National Liberation Museum.
Day 3 Sunday 18 April
am Service of Remembrance.
pm Free time or local excursion to Arnhem.
Day 4 Monday 19 April
  Full day excursion in northern Holland
Day 5 Tuesday 20 April
  Travel to Calais via Ypres in Belgium.
pm Ferry Calais-Dover. Return to London
 
Map of tour
 
John Frost Bridge Arnhem, photo Keith Wiseman

Tour Code R2NL01

Perhaps no country in Europe suffered more or resisted the German invasion as tenaciously as The Netherlands. On this Remembrance Tour we learn the moving history of Operation Market Garden and the tragic failure at Arnhem - 'A Bridge Too Far'.

We honour the brave men and women of the Army and Royal Air Force who gave their lives as we hear of the epic advance of the ground forces in support of US, British and Polish airborne troops. 

Poignant cemetery visits are organised by the hospitable Dutch people, who have never forgotten the Allied efforts to liberate them from Nazi occupation. 

Highlights include:
  • Personal visits to any cemetery on the Dutch mainland, courtesy of local Dutch drivers
  • Personal visits on request to war cemeteries at Rheinberg where many RAF crews are buried or Reichswald Forest, the largest cemetery from WW2, in Germany
  • Service of Remembrance with our Standard Bearer at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
  • Arnhem tour featuring 'A Bridge Too Far', The Old Church and the Airborne Cemetery at Oosterbeek
  • Visit the Hartenstein Museum Oosterbeek, formerly the 1st Airborne HQ of General Urquhart
  • Visit the National Liberation Museum Groesbeek
     

COST

£529 per person sharing
£158 single supplement
£50 deposit

All entrance fees included (except optional visits).

ACCOMMODATION & MEALS

4 nights hotel accommodation in Nijmegen on a half board basis, plus one lunch.

TRAVEL

  • Executive coach from Central London
  • Return crossings Dover-Calais with P&O Ferries
  • Transport by coach throughout tour

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