![]() ![]() See how forced labour built this vast structure and how it was put out of action by RAF Bomber Command. Day 4 On the way home visit the truly amazing V2 rocket site at La Coupole. A Unesco World Heritage Site, where French princes stayed before their coronations – and where they threw sumptuous banquets afterwards. Day 3 Visit the Motor Museum (Musée Automobile de Reims-Champagne) and then in the afternoon visit Palais du Tau. Day 2 Visit the battle sites of this epic battle including Fort Douamont, the Douamont Ossuary and the destroyed village of Fleury, which was captured and recaptured 16 times in two months by the French and Germans. During the Battle of Verdun, which lasted over 300 days in 1916, more than 60 million artillery shells were fired by both sides many containing poisonous gases. Visit the famous cellars of Mercier Champagne and learn how they add the fizz to Champagne, and understand one of the most successful drink marketing campaigns. I am Interested Book Now Itinerary Day 1 Take the Eurotunnel and drive to Epernay. To actually walk over the hills where the longest battle of WW 1 blazed and so much carnage took place is. TO SECURE YOUR PLACE TO VERDUN & CHAMPAGNE PLEASE GET IN TOUCH OR PAY A 10% DEPOSIT ON THE BUTTONS BELOW. The Verdun battlefield is a deeply moving place to be. This is a self-drive car tour and we will be using local guides. You are accompanied by a tour leader to ensure that your tour runs smoothly. A discount of 10% is available for bookings with two people sharing a room. Please note that this is the cost of a single occupancy in a single room as we wish to be open with the all-inclusive costs. The date is 22nd to 25th September 2022 The cost – including breakfast, lunch, dinner, hotel accommodation, Eurotunnel, museums and guide, but not drinks – is £1,350 per person. A huge battle which raged between the French and Germans during World War 1. Also visit the Champagne houses which began to spring up in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with the method used to make the beautiful sparkling wine is believed to have been invented by a monk called Dom Perignon and refined by the widow (veuve) Cliquot. We explored the battlefield in Verdun, France. However, it didn’t work out to plan as the Germans also had to throw in vast reserves as the carnage escalated. This was to be done by goading them into committing more and more reserves which the Germans would destroy. The Germans aimed to take the French out of the war by inflicting such huge casualties that they would be a spent force. Verdun & Champagne The battle of Verdun was the longest and one of the bloodiest of the First World War.
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