What to do · Ypres (Ieper)
Guided minibus tour of the Ypres Salient
Information
- From
- €40 person
- Duration
- 4 h
- Season
- All year, daily
- Who it's for
- Adults and teenagers who understand English
The Ypres front is made up of dozens of cemeteries, craters and trenches scattered through the countryside, with no public transport between them. The most convenient way to see them without a car is a minibus tour with a local guide. Over the Top Tours, with a bookshop next to the Menin Gate, runs two a day.
The two routes
The morning tour, from 9:30 to 13:30, goes to the northern sector: Essex Farm cemetery, the German cemetery at Langemark, the Canadian Brooding Soldier, Passchendaele, Tyne Cot and the trenches and museum at Hill 62. The afternoon tour, from 14:00 to 17:30, goes south: the 1917 Battle of Messines, the mine craters, Hill 60, the Irish Peace Park, German trenches, the site of the Christmas truce and the Ploegsteert memorial. Each costs €40, in an eight-seat minibus, in English.
Tips
- Both in one day Morning and afternoon, with lunch in Ypres in between and the Last Post at 20:00, make a full day of the Salient.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a tour of the Ypres battlefields?
€40 per person for each, morning or afternoon.
In what language?
In English.
Where do they leave from?
From the Over the Top Tours bookshop, on the Meensestraat, next to the Menin Gate.
With teenagers
Who runs it
- Over the Top ToursMorning tour of the northern sector: Essex Farm, Langemark, Passchendaele, Tyne Cot and Hill 62 Visit their website
- Over the Top ToursAfternoon tour of the southern sector: Messines, mine craters, Hill 60, Irish Peace Park and Ploegsteert Visit their website
