WWII Tour of

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Germany

14-Day / 13-Night European Tour

Highlights:
  • World War II Sites & Museums
    • Dunkirk Beach / Normandy Beach
    • Omaha Beach / Utah Beach / Gold Beach
    • Dachau Concentration Camp / Eagles Nest
  • Brussels, Bastogne in Belgium
  • Calais, Caen, Reims, Vimy in France
  • Luxembourg City in Luxembourg
  • Nürnberg, Munich in Germany
  • Dachau, Eagles Nest in Germany
Day 1: Brussels, Belgium / Sightseeing

We will pick you up at the airport in Brussels. You will take a 2-hour walking tour with an experienced guide that covers all the main sights of the old city of Brussels. You will see the Grand Palace and Town Hall, the Stock Exchange Building, the National Opera House, and Saint Nicholas Church. These are only a few highlights of your city tour.

Later in the evening, you will enjoy dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax.

Day 2: Brussels, Belgium / Museums

After breakfast, you will visit several museums in Brussels.

You will see The Arcades du Cinquantenaire, a monument erected in Brussels on the initiative of King Leopold II, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence in 1880.

You will visit the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History. From medieval armor to the F-16 jet: the museum presents 12 centuries of military history through uniforms, weapons, and heavy machinery. The Air and Space Hall has 130 airplanes and the Antarctica room.

Then you will visit the AutoWorld National Car Museum. The museum of vintage cars displays a collection of over 250 European and American automobiles from the late 19th century to the 1990s. It is notable for having collections of early and Belgian-produced vehicles.

Later, you will enjoy an oceanfront dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to enjoy the old historical city of Brussels.

Day 3: Dunkirk & Calais, France / War Museums

After breakfast, you will travel approximately 1.5 hours to Oostende, Belgium to visit the Atlantikwall Raversyde.

The Atlantic Wall Open Air Museum is a military museum near Ostend in Belgium that preserves fortifications of the Atlantic Wall dating to the First and Second World Wars. The wall consists of over 60 bunkers and two miles of trenches and is among the best-preserved sections of the defensive line in Europe.

Then you will take a short drive to Dunkirk Beach. The location of Operation Dynamo, the heroic WWII evacuation of over 338,000 British & French soldiers from the city's beaches between 26 May and 04 June 1940. You will visit the Dunkirk Military Museum 1940 and the Calais Museum of Memory 1939-4, with a 200-meter Nazi Bunker to explore! You will walk on the beaches of Malo-les-Bains, and Escalles which were also part of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

Then you will visit the nearby Blockhaus d'Éperlecques. The bunker was built by Nazi Germany under the codename Kraftwerk Nord West between March 1943 and July 1944. The site was originally intended to be a launching facility for the V-2 ballistic missile. It was designed to accommodate over 100 missiles at a time and to launch up to 36 daily. With a height of 22 meters high (72 feet), a width of 90 meters (295 feet), a length of 200 meters (656 feet), and walls 5 meters (16 feet) thick, it is one the largest bunkers built in WWII.

Later, you will visit the city of Calais which overlooks the Strait of Dover. The narrowest point in the English Channel, at only 34 km (21 mi) wide, and is the closest French town to England. You will visit the Port of Calais and the Calais Lighthouse, constructed in 1848 and stands 55 meters(180 feet) high.

Later in the evening, you will enjoy a dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax or find that perfect cup of coffee at a nearby café.

Day 4: Vimy, France / WWI Museums and Memorials

After breakfast, you will travel 1.5 hours to Vimy, France.

Here you will visit Sanctuary Wood Museum (Hill 62). This site is now one of the few places on the Ypres Salient battlefields where an original trench layout can be seen.

Afterward, you will then visit the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. The war memorial is dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as the place of commemoration for Canadian soldiers killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave during WWI. The monument is the centerpiece of a 250-acre preserved battlefield park where the Canadian soldiers made their assault during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Memorial's twin towers are 27 meters tall (88.5 feet).

Next, you will visit L'Anneau de la mémoire, known as "The Ring of Memory". The memorial honors the 576,606 soldiers of 40 different nationalities who died at Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Then to the Lens 14-18 - Great War I Museum. This WWI museum provides an in-depth introduction to WWI on the Western Front. Over 300 extraordinary photos, carefully selected by historians from French, British, and German archives, detail daily life and death in the trenches.

Later in the evening, you will enjoy a dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax or find that perfect cup of coffee at a nearby café.

Day 5: Caen, France / War Museums

After breakfast, you will travel approximately 3.5 hours to Caen, France.

Here you will visit the Caen Memorial War Museum. You will discover a museum dedicated to the history of WWII and D-Day in June 1944. Inside the museum, you will learn about exploring the causes, the consequences, the key players, and the decisive battles. There will be a section based on the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normand, another area is General Richter’s underground bunker, and then on to the Cold War area.

You will travel next to Sword Beach and visit the Le Grand Bunker - Museum of the Atlantic Wall. The former Command and Fire Direction Post has been completely renovated to house a museum dedicated to the Atlantic Wall in Normand. You will explore the 5 levels of one of the largest bunkers built during WWII.

Later in the evening, you will enjoy dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax or take a walk on the historical beaches.

Day 6: Normandy Beach, France / War Museums

After enjoying breakfast, you will travel 30 minutes to Normandy Beach.

Here you will first visit the Airborne Museum located in Sainte-Mère-Eglise. The largest museum in Europe dedicated to the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions of the Normandy invasion in June 1944.

Next, you will visit the Utah Beach Landing Museum. The museum stands on the very spot where American troops landed on 6 June 1944. The museum guides you through 10 sections, from its preparation to the conclusion of D-Day.

Then to the Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument. Locatedon a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach. On June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot cliffs and seized the German artillery weapons. With a high cost of life, they successfully defended against determined German counterattacks.

The final you will visit is the Omaha Beach Museum. The museum is filled with weapons & artifacts tracing the US Army's D-Day landings on Omaha Beach.

After a busy day of museums, you will enjoy dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax and walk on the beach.

WWII Escorted European Tour of

The Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany

Cost:   Adults / $5,995*

            Students (ages 6-12) / $2,995

            Children 5 and under / Free

*Children under the age of 12 are required to share a room with an accompanying adult. There is a maximum of 2 children with 2 adults.

Prices are based on Double Adult Occupancy

Single room supplement of $750

Private Tour Supplement of up to $1,000 per person depending upon the tour requests and days.

The tour includes:

  • All ground transportation from flight arrival and departure in Munich.
  • Tour in private auto/minibus, with transportation to and from all tours and restaurants on the itinerary.
  • All accommodations are in a clean comfortable hotel, bed & breakfast, or country inn. (German 3-5 star standards).
  • Breakfast each morning.
  • Dinner each evening with two free drinks (beer, wine, soda, juice, or water only).
  • Free alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with European snacks are available while traveling between cities and tours.
  • Entry and tour fees for all sights are mentioned in the itinerary.
The tour does NOT include:
  • Airfare to and from Germany.
  • Meals other than those indicated in the itinerary.
  • Beverages other than those indicated in the itinerary.
  • Free time transportation or sightseeing.
  • Personal expenses for shopping, etc. 
Optional tours:
We have handpicked our tours to give you the must-see sites with a relaxed and enjoyable vacation. We understand that some people have different interests than others. We will try to accommodate special requests such as a special tour, a historical site, a river cruise, or just a special dinner. Please feel free to contact us.
Day 7: Normandy Beach, France / War Museums

After breakfast, you will continue your visit to the multiple war museums in the area.

You will start at the Juno Beach Museum. The museum is located behind the beach codenamed "Juno", the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944. Over 45,000 Canadians lost their lives during WWII, of which 5,500 were killed during the Battle of Normandy and 381 on D-Day.

The Gold Beach Museum covers the German defenses along the beach before D-Day. On 6th June 1944, the British 50th Infantry division and supporting armor landed here, as part of Operation OVERLORD.

Next is the Normandy American Cemetery. The cemetery site covers 172 acres and contains the graves of 9,389 American military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. On the "Walls of the Missing", are inscribed 1,557 names of the brave soldiers whose bodies were never discovered.

The final stop of the day is the Longues-sur-Mer Battery. The coastal battery was part of the Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. It was built by the German Navy in the beginning of 1944 and completed in only 4 months. Sitting on a 200-foot cliff, it consisted of four 150mm guns in concrete bunkers and one 120mm gun. The batteries were positioned directly opposite the Allied fleet and between Omaha and Gold landing beaches.

After dinner, the rest of the evening will be yours to relax with on the beach.

Longues-sur-Mer Battery, Normandy
Day 8: Reims, France / War Museum

After breakfast, you will travel approximately 4.5 hours to Reims, France.

You will visit the Musée de la Reddition"WWII Surrender Museum". The museum commemorates the end of World War Two in Europe. It is located at the actual site of the surrender at 2:41 am on Monday, May 7, 1945, where officers of both sides, including General Eisenhower, signed a declaration of unconditional surrender, ending World War Two in Europe.

After the museum, we will travel to Bastogne, France for the evening where you will enjoy dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to relax after a long day of travel.

Day 9: Bastogne, Belgium / War Museums and Memorials

You will enjoy breakfast at the hotel and begin your visit to Bastogne. A U.S. Sherman tank and a statue of General McAuliffe are reminders of Bastogne’s role during WWII’s Battle of the Bulge. Outside of town, the star-shaped Mardasson Memorial honors the U.S. soldiers who fought in that battle.

You will visit the Bastogne War Museum / GENERATIONS 45. A World War II museum focusing on the Battle of the Bulge. It showcases many artifacts from the events leading up to the battle of Bastogne.

The Bastogne Barracks Museum is the former military barrack. Built in 1936, the barracks were used as a training center for the Hitler Youth. After the liberation of Bastogne, it was used as the American HQ for General McAuliffe commanding the famous 101st Airborne. The Barracks is one of the largest European collections of vehicles from the Battle of the Bulge.

Your next museum will be the 101 Airborne Museum. The war museum is located at the former Mess of the Officers of the 2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Ardennais in Bastogne. From May 1940 until September 1944, the building was occupied by the Germans for the Non-commissioned officers' quarters. The museum is a powerful testament to the sacrifice and invincible brave soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Bastogne.

Le Bois de la Paix (Peace Wood). Through each of its 4000+ memorial trees, it pays tribute to all the American soldiers and units that fought during the Ardennes Offensive.

The Bois Jacques Foxholes, originally dug by American soldiers during WWII, helped them to hide from the Germans who were encircling the woodlands and aided the soldiers with little protection from the icy winter battle. You will see the 101st Easy Company- Battle of the Bulge Memorial, and the War Cross.

In the evening you will enjoy dinner and then reflect on the days of the war in this now beautiful city.

Day 10: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg / La Wantzenau, France

After enjoying breakfast, you will travel 1 hour to Luxembourg City. Luxembourg is the capital of the small European nation of the same name. The city of Luxembourg served as headquarters for General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army.

You will visit the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial. The cemetery contains 5,070 service members, many of whom lost their lives in the Battle of the Bulge and in the advance to the Rhine River. The Cemetery consists of 17 acres of manicured lawn surrounded by 33.5 acres of woods. The cemetery is the final resting place of General Patton.

Afterwards, you will travel for 2 hours to La Wantzenau, France.

You will visit the MM Park (Musée Militaire Park France). The museum is a privately owned military technology museum that offers one of the largest collections of WWII military vehicles of this era in Europe.

Later, you will meet in the evening and enjoy dinner.

Day 11: Nürnberg, Germany / War Museums and Memorials

After enjoying breakfast, you will travel 4 hours to Nürnberg, Germany.

You will first visit The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds. It is in the north wing of the unfinished remains of the Congress Hall of the former Nazi party rallies. Its permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" is concerned with the causes, connections, and consequences of Nazi Germany.

Then to the Historische Kunstbunker and enjoy a WWII Bunker Tour. The bunker was originally built as a tunnel complex under Nuremberg Castle in the old city of Nuremberg. In the Middle Ages, it was a network of rock passages in the hard sandstone of the castle. In the summer of 1940, the stone cellar was renovated to protect the Nuremberg's artworks from Allied WWII air raids.

Later, you will meet in the evening and enjoy dinner and, the rest of the evening will be yours to relax.

Day 12: Dachau, Germany / Memorial

After enjoying breakfast, you will travel 1.5 hours to Dachau.

You will visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and was opened on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. Prisoners lived in constant fear of brutal treatment and terror detention including standing cells, floggings, the so-called tree or pole hanging, and standing at attention for extremely long periods. There were 32,000 documented deaths at the camp and undocumented thousands.

Afterward, you will walk the historical streets of Munich. You will see top landmarks and discover the stories behind great sights such as The Glockenspiel, The Hofbräuhaus (the world’s most famous beer hall), Frauenkirche, Viktualienmarkt (famous outdoor market), and The Royal Residence. You also see the New and Old Town Hall, The National Theater, The Feldherrnhalle (Memorial to Bavarian Generals), St. Jakobsplatz, and The Church of St. Peter. You will learn the real origins of Oktoberfest and the history of beer gardens in Germany.

After an afternoon of touring the city, you will have dinner at the world-famous Hofbräuhaus. Later, you will have free time to shop in the streets of Munich.

Day 13: Berchtesgaden, Germany / War Museum

After breakfast, you will travel approximately 2 hours to Berchtesgaden, Germany.

Here you will tour the Eagles Nest. The Kehlsteinhaus sits on a ridge atop the Kehlstein, a 6,017-foot peak of the Hoher Göll that rises above Berchtesgaden. It was used exclusively by members of the Nazi Party for government and social meetings. It was visited on 14 documented instances by Adolf Hitler Paid for by the Nazi Party, it was completed in 13 months. Twelve workers died during its construction. The drive along the Kehlsteinstraße takes about 20 minutes which climbs 770 meters in altitude over 6.5 kilometers. The drive along the Kehlsteinstraße takes about 20 minutes, leading through 5 tunnels with breathtaking views.

You will meet in the evening for your farewell dinner and the rest of the evening will be yours to pack for your return trip home.

*Normal opening times for the Eagle’s Nest are mid-May to Mid-October each year.*

Day 14: Munich, Germany

You will enjoy breakfast at the hotel, we will be happy to take you to the airport for your departure or you can continue your vacation in Europe.

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