Better Homes and Gardens Australia — December 2017

Photography Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, Getty Images

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rom food and wine to music,

architecture and faith-based

holidays, themed tours are the

ideal way to delve into the things we

want to know more about. Choosing

a tour that reflects a personal interest,

whether it be a topic of study or a

hobby, can be highly rewarding.

Of particular interest these days,

and not just for history buffs, are

battlefield tours. And while they

aren’t restricted to sites where our

brave Anzacs fought, those tours are

understandably the most sought-

after by travelling Australians.

and Flanders in northern France, to

Ypres Salient in Belgium, the quaint

villages and peaceful fields of today

were once the centre of great conflict.

France and Belgium, especially,

offer countless historic sites to

explore, as both countries were

heavily involved in both world wars.

Take a tour through the rolling hills

of Normandy and northern France

to relive the events of D-day.

See the beaches, now peaceful

and pristine, where Allied soldiers

began their final push into enemy

territory. See the bunkers from

The World War I, World War

II and Vietnam sites are today

remembrance fields, where history

played out on the battlefield. From

western Europe, Crete, Malta and

Gallipoli to Guadalcanal, Long

Tan and dozens of other solemnly

marked places, battlefield tours

are an excellent way to take part

in a commemoration ceremony,

or to learn about the important

events that took place there.

Tours of the Western Front explore

some of the most important battle

sites of WWI. From the Somme

Anzacs

Tour the battlefields of wars gone past and pay homage to the heroes of our history

in the footsteps of our

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