A weekend in Verdun, France should be on your top priority location to visit when learning about all World War One. Verdun is different from locations such as Albert in France and Ypres in Belgium, with historic ruins, fascinating forts and original trenches still to…
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Exploring Dark Tourism Locations Worldwide
During our travels we also like to explore the darker side of tourism, called dark tourism. Dark tourism can be defined as a tourist who is curious and intrigued to explore locations of abandonment, natural disasters or places of violence. Two top dark tourism locations…
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Remembering The Fallen of WW1: Gordon Flowerdew
Remembering The Fallen of WW1 was an important reason for our weekend away for many historical sites and memorials. We visited Ypres, Belgium and Albert, France as well as in search of a fallen WW1 soldier who fought and laid to rest in Northern France. A soldier…
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City Visit To Albert: Battle of Somme Guide To The WW1 highlights
Our city visit to Albert is the perfect Northern France base to seek out many memorable and historic locations of World War One. Such as the Lochnagar Crater, Somme Museum and the Thiepval Memorial. You can also explore the graveyards, other museums and many memorials surrounding the small…
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Weekend in Ypres: Full Itinerary Seeking The Historic Locations Of WW1
A weekend in Ypres is the perfect location base to seek out the historic and memorable locations of World War One. You can explore the WW1 no man lands battlefield locations and original trenches surrounding the small medieval city, as well as the museums like In Flanders…
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