After crossing the channel to Calais, begin your Champagne Battlefields tour by visiting the memorial park in Vimy ridge, the site of the huge tactical victory for the Canadian Corps on the opening day of the battle of Arras. After paying homage to these brave soldiers, check into the 4* Hotel de l’Univers, where you will be staying for the night.

On day two of your Champagne Battlefields tour, head for the Champagne region stopping en route at the famous Thiepval memorial. This memorial to the Missing of the Somme bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men who lost their lives in the Somme region before March 1918 and have no known grave. You will then drive across the former battlefields of the Somme to the Museum of the Great War in Peronne. Here, you will learn about the First World War in a social context through the lives of the combatants and the civilians.

Type of Tour: Champagne and Battlefields Tour

Guide Price: From £723 to £723 per person

Accommodation: Hotel de la Paix (4*), Hotel de l’Univers (4*)

Number of Meals : 3 breakfasts + 1 dinner

Number of Winery Visit: 2 Champagne Houses

Number of Wines Tasted: Approximately 9

Tour Transport: Self-drive to the battlefields visits + taxi transfers to the vineyards + 1 visit and dinner on foot in Reims

Dates/Availability: Available throughout the year (from October to the end of March, the trip cannot start on a Wednesday or Friday in low season unless an additional night in Arras is arranged).