Arnhem - British Airborne

Depart London for our drive to Holland via France and Belgium.

We visit the Airborne Drop at Ginkel Heath, Wolfheze, Heelsum and Oosterbeek areas, the Hartenstein Hotel Airborne Museum, Schoonoord Cross-Roads, Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery and follow the route taken by John Frost into the famous 'Bridge Too Far', seeing en-route the Tafelberg Hotel, the home of Kate Ter Horst (the 'Angel of Arnhem'). Capture of the railway bridge and the actions around St Elizabeth Hospital. Polish drop zone at Driel

Morning at Ginkel Heath to watch Para drop (subject to weather) and wreath laying ceremony. We pay a visit to the Airborne Museum at Hartenstein, site of the HQ of 1st Airborne Division during the battle. Our day ends at the CWGC Cemetery in Oosterbeek,

Attend the Special Service of Remembrance at Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery, to pay our respects, along with the schoolchildren of the area. This afternoon we visit Nijmegen 82nd Airborne sector including the Bridges over the Maas at Grave and Maas-Waal canal at Heumen. Waal bridge and Valkhof near Nijmegen.

Return to UK with stop in the Belgian city of Bruges for personal sightseeing and shopping.