WWI Small-Group Day Trip Somme Battlefields with John Monash Centre from Paris

This tour is awesome... every place we visited was significant and beautifully maintained. The tour guide was very knowledgeable

This tour was incredible. Long day but definitely worth it. Our tour guide was fantastic. The John Monash memorial was outstanding. Very emotional day and learnt tonnes! Highly recommend.

I fell ill on the morning of this scheduled trip, so unfortunately I couldn't go. I have now been ill for four days.

I attended with my husband, daughter and close friends. My husband is ex-RAN and our friend is ex-Army. We wanted to learn and pay our respects to all the Australians that had died on the Somme battlefields. We had a very remarkable day with our guide who was extremely informative. We attended not only Australian memorials but also English and Canadian. The John Monash Centre is truely worth a visit as were all the places we attended that day including the crater. It leaves you tired, weary and sad but we were all pleased we had learnt so much and paid our respects to not only the fallen Australians but the many other soldiers who had given their lives in battles sometimes even when they had no chance of survival,. Definitely recommend this tour, we did stop for a coffee in the morning and a baguette from a local patisserie for lunch which we ate in the a church garden. Can also do some memorabilia shopping.

We had a fantastic day touring the battlefields of the Somme and Villers-Bretoneux. Our tour guide Matt was full of knowledge and gave us a great insight into the area and history of the battles as well as events leading up to WW1. A tour that will live in our memories.

I would definitely recommend this tour. If you have limited time to see the battlefields this is a good way to do it It made it easy to cover a lot of history and large area in 1 day from Paris Our guide Julian was very informative and made the day enjoyable as well. It was good to get extra time at the John Monash centre.

We planned this trip to VB to pay homage to our fallen soldiers. As Australians we knew this was to be a great yet emotional experience and had been looking forward to it for some time. I think this tour definitely needs a little tweeking to take it to the next level. There needs to be more time at the John Monash Centre, especially, as with our group, when most or all of the group is composed of Australians. It is too rushed and does not allow sufficient time to see everything (even quickly) and then pay your respects at the graves. Some people in our group had actual relatives buried there and to think they were rushed in paying their respects saddened us. We basically had to run through to graves to make it to the bus on time after departing the JMC museum. For people who have come SO far to see this important site, being given less than one hour here was quite annoying to say the least. Unfortunately we were also not instructed by our guide that in order to view the interactive exhibits at the centre you need to download an app as well as have a pair of headphones. We only figured this out with about 15 mins left in the centre which only exacerbated how rushed we felt during our time here. There is probably too much time granted for lunch and the final museum and not enough time for the John Monash centre. If this was tweeked the day would be far more enjoyable. The other stops and memorials were great and moving and our guide Max did a good job of explaining the history of the area, the war and the Australian involvement in the war. In general, I think it was a very enjoyable day. Everyone on our trip had similar comments, so I hope the owners/managers please take this into account to take this day to the next level.

Although this tour was a very long one it was very interesting and informative. We had a great Tour Driver/Guide who had vast knowledge and was only too willing to answer questions and allow time for extended breaks at points of interest. Would rate this Tour as follows Driver /Guide 8/10, Tour 9/10, Value for Money 8/10. As previously stated the only problem being the long time getting to and from the Battlefields.

Loved this trip and our guide was so friendly and helpful

Loved this tour. Our tour guide was excellent, went out of his way to assist people with us to find their Great Uncles grave and was very informative. Would highly recommend.