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Il tour privato dei luoghi più significativi della II guerra mondiale inizia con il prelievo dall'hotel nel centro di Bruxelles al mattino presto. La guida esporrà con passione e competenza i fatti e gli aneddoti storici riguardanti la battaglia passata alla storia con il nome di "Offensiva della Ardenne" e potrà personalizzare l'itinerario in base ai tuoi particolari interessi.

Viaggerai su un veicolo privato di lusso fino al cimitero americano Henri-Chapelle, dove riposano quasi 8.000 soldati. Le solenni file di lapidi sono un'immagine commovente. La tappa successiva sarà il monumento commemorativo tra Bullingen e Butgenbach, dedicato ai soldati della 1ª Divisione Fanteria (la più antica divisione dell'esercito statunitense) che si batterono valorosamente per respingere l'attacco tedesco. La divisione è soprannominata "The Big Red One" per la presenza di un grande 1 rosso sulle mostrine delle uniformi.

Proseguirai per il luogo del massacro di Malmédy, dove 84 prigionieri di guerra americani vennero uccisi brutalmente dalle SS. Durante il pranzo (a pagamento) nella piccola cittadina di Stavelot potrai rivolgere alla guida tutte le domande che vorrai. Dopo pranzo andrai a vedere un carro armato tedesco Tiger II abbandonato a La Gleize, un paesino che venne pesantemente attaccato durante l'offensiva delle Ardenne.

Attraverserai quindi la frontiera ad Hamm per visitare il cimitero americano del Lussemburgo. In questo luogo riposano le spoglie del Generale Patton e di 5.076 soldati americani.

Da lì andrai al cimitero di guerra tedesco di Recogne, dove sono sepolti quasi 7.000 soldati. Viaggiando attraverso Foy, tieni gli occhi ben aperti per vedere alcune trincee rimaste intatte sul limitare del bosco. La tappa successiva sarà uno dei luoghi più commoventi del viaggio: il memoriale Mardasson vicino a Bastogne. Questo imponente monumento celebra la memoria dei quasi 77.000 soldati americani che persero la vita o furono feriti durante l'offensiva delle Ardenne.

Se desideri approfondire le tue conoscenze storiche sull'offensiva delle Ardenne, puoi visitare la mostra interattiva al Museo della Guerra di Bastogne (a pagamento). A Bastogne vedrai anche un carro numero armato tedesco Sherman, ben conservato, e i monumenti dedicati ai due generali americani McAuliffe e Patton.

Dopo aver lasciato Bastogne, si attraversa la pittoresca valle della Mosa e si torna a Bruxelles in autostrada. Il memorabile tour privato di 12 ore nei luoghi della storica offensiva delle Ardenne si conclude presso l'hotel di Bruxelles intorno alle 20:00.

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Incluso

Servizio di prelievo da e verso l'hotel
Trasporto in veicolo privato
Guida professionista

Non incluso

Ingresso al museo della guerra di Bastogne (circa 12 euro)
Cibo e bevande
Mance (facoltative)

Extra

Si riceverà la conferma entro 48 ore dalla prenotazione, a seconda della disponibilità.
Il Bastogne War Museum è aperto da martedì a domenica (tutti i giorni in luglio e agosto)

Funzioni

Turismo

95%

Culturale

80%

Recensioni

4.5

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Emily L

5 | 2019-07-15

Jean and his wife Linda were amazing tour guides and we learned so much about the Battle of the Bulge. He has a standard tour route but does tailor it to what you would like to see - including Spa's F1 racetrack for my husband. We saw more than I ever thought we would in one day. Worth every penny. He is retiring after this year, so be sure to book this tour before he does! He also does WWI and Waterloo tours.

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Twylah B

5 | 2019-07-03

Jean was very knowledgeable and flexible with his itinerary. We got to see items off the normal path. It was humbling to walk through the woods and see foxholes still exist from the 101st Airborne group outside of Bastogne. I highly recommend it!

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Johanna V

5 | 2017-11-12

We were fortunate to have Jean and his wife Linda as our guides on this tour. It was a full day that was well organized to ensure that we were able to really experience the history of the area. Jean was very knowledgeable, experienced and organized in his approach to the trip. We covered a lot of territory and enjoyed the excursion.

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James M

4 | 2017-09-20

We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our guide was a very lovely man and went out of his way to take us to all that was important on this tour. The only thing we were a bit disappointed in was his English was a bit hard to understand at times. But apart from that a very good tour.

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William D

5 | 2016-08-30

Jean deserves a 6 or even a 10 rating on this tour!! He was everything I had read about and that much more. My Father was in the 101st Airborne at Bastogne when the famous Nuts response was uttered Jean was aware that our interests were to follow the path of my Father and he did an outstanding job making it happen. He was also great with his sense of direction to get us to the nearest pharmacy so I could buy some gauze to bandage my arm when I accidentally stepped off a curb. Through all of this, he was able to cover all the critical elements of the tour in a timely fashion. Thank you Jean for an outstanding job.

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Susan K

1 | 2015-08-12

We travel often and have taken lots of tours, both private and group. This was, without a doubt, the WORST tour we have ever had. If you are thinking of booking this tour, SAVE YOUR MONEY! This was more of a really expensive taxi service than a tour. His lack of knowledge and history regarding World War II made us speculate if he had just decided he could make money doing this tour, so went to the museum to pick up a couple of quotes that he could just parrot over and over, thus qualifying himself as a tour guide. His lack of real knowledge on the subject was breathtaking, He was like a museum audio tour and just kept repeating the same short factoids over and over, no matter what you asked. The day pretty much went along with him telling us a very brief and obvious anecdote about where we were going, then driving the rest of the way mostly in silence, then pulling up to the site, him pointing to it and saying, there it is, then driving on to the next place. Half the time we didn't even get out of the car, and these sites were sometimes an hour apart. It was a lot of silence, unless he was talking about himself. If this is the only tour you can find, you are better off just finding a ride to the World War II Museum. It is a truly great and well done museum, and only about 5 minutes from Jack's Woods if you want to go see the foxholes. Our guide almost made us miss the Museum too. He was uninformed about the last entry time as well as how long it should take someone with any real interest in the subject to go through it. We were so disgusted with his tour that we requested he take us to the museum about two hours earlier than he was going to. We actually got there about 15 minutes before the last entry, and whereas he had originally planned on us being there about thirty minutes, it realistically takes about two hours to do the different exhibits and displays. If you are looking for a Battle of the Bulge tour, you can certainly do better than this one.

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Brian L

4 | 2014-07-27

The tour guide was excellent. We had the choice to vary the tour and agreed to visit the Luxemburg cemetery to visit General Patton's grave. The tour guide also showed us around Luxemburg City, which was a bonus. I would recommend this tour.

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