WW2 Arnhem & Rhineland by Overnight Ferry
5 days from £939pp
NEW About the tour: WW2 Arnhem & Rhineland by Overnight Ferry
Tour Introduction
Discover more about Operation Market Garden, A Bridge Too Far, and the fighting in the Rhineland which followed.
Tour Includes
- 2 nights overnight ferry in an inside low berth cabin
- 2 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- Extensive buffet breakfast and buffet dinner on board the overnight ferries
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Local joining points
- Porterage at the hotel
(Deposits from £50pp)
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your battlefield tour either online, or by telephone 01709 385 624, you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can -
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Tour Itinerary
For customers living outside of the UK, if you want to make a booking you will need to provide a UK postcode on our online booking system. If you are not able to provide a relevant UK postcode then you can enter the postcode for London Victoria Coach Station – SW1W 9TP. You should then be able to proceed to complete your booking.
If you do encounter a problem then you can speak to one of our friendly advisors who will be happy to help.
Please Note : After completing your booking, a member of our Customer Service team will be in touch to make sure everything is okay.
Either e-mail our Reservations Department or call on 01709 830 333 and they will check to see whether you can visit a particular cemetery on any of our Battlefield Tours, if we are not able to fit it into our itinerary then you could take some time out of the tour and do this independently by taxi or public transport.
Day 1
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service and we continue towards Newcastle for our overnight crossing to the Netherlands.
We have an included meal package on board, featuring an extensive buffet breakfast and buffet dinner. Afterwards, enjoy the variety of other facilities on board, including bars and live entertainment.
Included meals: Dinner
Day 2 - Airborne Drop Zones – Oosterbeek
We depart our ferry and travel to the ground west of Arnhem where the initial landings for Operation Market Garden took place in September 1944. We see the Drop Zone at Ginkel Heath with its memorials and then go into Oosterbeek for our lunchtime period.
We then visit the museum in the Hartenstein Hotel, which was the Airborne Headquarters in 1944. We look at some of the Oosterbeek Perimeter positions here, including the famous foxhole where the mortar crew was filmed, before ending the day at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery where the dead from the battle are buried.
We then continue to our hotel in the Arnhem area for two nights.
Included meals: Breakfast
Hartenstein Hotel (4)
Key Visits
- Arnhem War Cemetery
- Hartenstein Hotel
- Drop Zone Memorial Arnhem
Day 3 - Reichswald Forest & the Rhineland
This morning, we visit the Groesbeek Memorial which commemorates those who fell at Arnhem and in Germany who have no known grave. We then travel into nearby Germany to visit the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, the largest WW2 British War Cemetery in Europe, looking at the fighting during Operation Veritable and discovering some of the many stories of those buried here.
After lunchtime in Kleve, we go into the Rhineland and see where the British and Canadian forces took part in Operations Plunder and Varsity in March 1945 visiting Rees and Wesel, as well as the British 6th Airborne landing zones.
Included meals: Breakfast
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery (4)
Key Visits
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Kleve
- Groesbeek Memorial
- Rhine Bridge, Wesel
- Rees
Day 4 - Oosterbeek Church to Arnhem Bridge
We begin back in Oosterbeek, visit the Old Church used in 1944, and see where the evacuation took place at the end of the battle. We then examine the story of John Baskeyfield VC and see his memorial, before following the route into Arnhem visiting St Elizabeth’s Hospital and ending at the iconic Arnhem Bridge.
Enjoy lunchtime in Arnhem and some free time before we continue to Ijmuiden for our return overnight crossing to the UK. We have an included meal package on board, featuring extensive buffets for breakfast and dinner.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Arnhem Bridge (4)
Key Visits
- Oosterbeek Church
- Arnhem Bridge
- St Elizabeth's Hospital, Arnhem
Day 5
We disembark this morning and continue our journey home via an en route stop in York.
Included meals: Breakfast
York (2)
Key Visits
- York
Specialist Battlefield Guides
All of Leger’s battlefield tours are accompanied by specialist guides. Their individual in-depth knowledge of warfare will be informative, as well as enhance your overall experience, as they recreate a fascinating perception of the history and factual events of each battle. Discover the actual catalysts for war, the strategies employed and the final, inevitable outcomes, as well as experiencing the emotional human side of the front line.
Please note: On certain tours, you may get tour guides other that the ones listed below.
Hotel
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
All hotel rooms benefit from private bathroom facilities.
Some hotels have tea and coffee making facilities. Please check the tour pages for more information or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333
Most hotels have a lift, please call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 for more information.
Some hotels have ground floor rooms. Please email for information on individual hotels or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333.
Your hotels will supply towels in your room.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
You will stay for two nights at a minimum 3-star hotel close to Arnhem.
Overnight ferry accommodation is in an inside cabin with low berth.
Travel Options
Departure times given for each region are approximate. Please check your travel documents to confirm the actual timings.
Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £25pp (9 days duration and over) on all European tours. In addition to this seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £15pp (9 days duration and over). This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on feeder journeys to/from the U.K. port. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law. Central view seats are free.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
We guarantee that all passengers on the same booking will be seated together on the main tour coach. Seats on the transfer coaches to and from the U.K. port are not allocated.
Hot and cold drinks are served on the main tour coaches. Prices are approximately £1 or 1.25 Euro per drink. Prices will be confirmed by the driver. Drinks may also be served on the transfer coaches but this is not guaranteed.
Transfer vehicles are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure and will depend on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
All main tour coaches have on-board toilets. Transfer vehicles to and from the U.K. port may not have on-board toilets. When non-British coaches are used on transfers and tours (air holidays only) an on-board toilet may not be available. However, comfort stops will be made during long journeys.
All coaches feature air-conditioning. Should the air-conditioning system break down for a period exceeding 12 hours, compensation will be awarded up to a maximum of £10 per fare-paying passenger per tour.
Depending on the location of your pickup point, you may be picked up by coach (not necessarily the on you are touring on), minibus, taxi, National Express or Megabus service. You may then be taken to another centralised pickup location or service station. We operate a passenger interchange at Folkestone Services, where you will meet the tour coach you are holidaying on and then continue on with your outbound journey. Similarly, on the way home, you may also change transfer vehicles at another location, to take you to your final drop off point.
One medium sized suitcase per person, which should weigh no more than 20kg when full. We may refuse to carry larger or heavier cases. Hand luggage can be stored in the overhead racks aboard the coach.
It could be either - This will be confirmed in your travel documents.
When it comes to getting to the Battlefields, Leger Holidays make it easy, with a selection of travel options for you choose from.
Luxuria Coach
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Luxuria Features
- Deluxe armchair-style seats with leather exterior, central arm rests with cup holders and retractable calf rests give you a more comfortable journey.
- Every seat has its own, fully interactive, touch screen T.V. offering a wide choice of entertainment so you can control what you want to watch and when.
- There’s also a selection of double and single seats, including four seats face-to-face with tables. And with a total of 7 single seats available, these are ideal for passengers travelling independently.
- Plug sockets and USB points at each seat mean you can keep your devices fully charged throughout your journey.
- Onboard toilet.
Luxuria Seating Plan
Luxuria Virtual Tour
Travel Extras
With an overnight stay or the option to meet us at the interchange, our travel extras allow you to create a travel experience to suit your needs...
Join coach at Interchange
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On most tours if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Folkestone Services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines.
Excludes tours to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
