D-Day Tour
A tour of the D-DAY beaches, UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, SWORD. Seeing the landscape, rather than […]
including Somme & Ypres
D-Day beaches & Normandy
Owen and Sassoon
printed & illustrated
We visit many of the major European sites, including YPRES, SOMME, LOOS, VIMY, D-DAY BEACHES, NORMANDY, FALAISE and WATERLOO. We also go to GALLIPOLI and CAPORETTO (now in Slovenia).
The wine tour to CHAMPAGNE pays particular attention to the story of each marque in the wars, and their deserved reputation for resistance to excessive German demands on both their vintages and estate workers.
We have art tours to BRUGES, VENICE, ROME (with MONTE CASSINO) and VICENZA (for Palladian villas), and a GREAT WAR POETS TOUR which visits sites where poets like Owen and Sassoon fought.
Our printed and ILLUSTRATED ITINERARIES offer not only details of what you will see and do (and when) but also much useful anecdotal and historical information. View the gallery…
A tour of the D-DAY beaches, UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, SWORD. Seeing the landscape, rather than […]
When planning a battlefield tour there are known unknowns. Like whether the mini-bus – guaranteed […]
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This tour, with the Dickinson family, also included sites in the ‘Island’ (between Nijmegen and […]
BIRD BATTLEFIELD TOURS enjoy combining art and war, and ANTWERP is both a majestic centre […]
Just back from a tour of ROME and its treasures, mostly classical and Renaissance. With […]
The American Civil War (1861-65) has been shamefully ignored by British schools, because it was […]
Our tour of Dunkirk, Cassel and the V1 and V2 bases in May concentrated on […]
In May and June we did three consecutive tours of the D-DAY BEACHES and the […]
Remembrance Tour, October 2021: In the Footsteps of Jim Cross and the 276th Brigade RFA […]
The SPANISH FLU, which caused perhaps 50 million deaths from 1918 to 1920 – over […]
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D-Day Tour | Sept 23-27, 2024 | + information |
I came away with a new appreciation for how you had planned and executed both of our tours, and how you had done exactly what I wanted – to give us the flavor of the combined bomber offensive, and a feel for the topography and geography of the Normandy invasion. All of this while enjoying your company. The evening meals and conversations were a delightful part of the overall experience on both tours.
The brothers Bird are keen historians and have an encyclopedic knowledge of the battlefields – especially the Normandy invasion sites. But they also have a good first-hand experience of commendable hostelries in the areas. They enjoy sharing their knowledge; and any ramble with them will be fun.
Having been on many of your tours over many years I can honestly say that I have never been stuck next to a bore at dinner (which is perhaps more than the lady sitting next to ME might say).
I enjoyed every minute of the tour and have returned the wiser and deeply moved by the experience. The only blip was the chap called Franklin I sat next to at dinner who banged on about train timetables.
Arrangements were perfect, and the brothers Bird were a constant source of lucid erudition…
As always your tour was expertly organised and guided and great fun, even in the rain.
More convivial still is that run by the epicurean-minded Bird Battlefield Tours, which takes small groups on a ‘wine and war tour’, blending a light serving of military history with some heavy feasting at the châteaux of some of the smarter vineyards. Bird Battlefield Tours also offers an Art and War tour, which involves spending a few days committed to culture and gastronomy in Istanbul before heading down to Gallipoli…