Zeebrugge cruise shore excursion
A Zeebrugge shore excursion gives you one day in Belgium, and from the cruise port that day can reach further than most passengers expect. Ypres and the battlefields of Flanders Fields are about an hour away by road. Bruges is twenty minutes. Dunkirk
Battlefield tour from Bruges
Bruges to Ypres is one of the most common day trips in Belgium, and for good reason: the medieval city where you are staying lies less than an hour’s drive from the front line of the First World War. Many visitors only realise how close the battlefie
American WWII tour in Belgium
American WW2 battlefield tours in Belgium usually mean the Battle of the Bulge. But the American war here began three months earlier. In September 1944 the US First Army crossed into southern Belgium and liberated much of the east of the country, inc
Canadian WWI battlefield tour
Canadian battlefield tours often begin with Vimy Ridge, and for good reason. But Vimy lies in France. The Canadian war in Belgium came before and after it: the first great battle of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at St Julien in April 1915, the fig
British WWI battlefield tour
For British visitors, WW1 battlefield tours nearly always lead to Ypres. For four years the British Army held a bulge of ground around the town — the Ypres Salient — overlooked on three sides by German positions on the low ridges. Regiments from ever