Cruise Lines Commemorate WWI and D-Day Landings 
03.02.2014
Cruise Lines Commemorate WWI and D-Day Landings
This year marks 100 years since the start of World War I and 70 years since the D-Day landings and in commemoration, several river-cruise lines have created a selection of special itineraries and excursions.
The waterways of Europe provide a unique, tranquil way to reflect on these times and an opportunity to visit the iconic locations which were the setting for some of the 20th Century’s most significant events. And a selection of specially designed cruise itineraries and excursions for can be found as follows:
AmaWaterways – new Normandy Beaches excursion
The ‘D-Day Remembered’ excursion, from Caudebec-en-Caux, has been added as part of AMA's summer programme on the River Seine. The excursion takes in the Gold and Juno beaches in the British and Canadian sector, visiting various monuments en-route such as the Canadian cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer (above) and Pegasus Monument in Ranville.
More info: call 0808 223 or visit www.amawaterways.co.uk.
River Cruise Line – new 4-day itinerary ‘Bruges, Ghent, Ypres & the Battlefields’
The new itinerary aboard the MPS Amsterdam (above) along the Dutch waterways includes a full-day excursion with visits to Tyne Cot Cemetery – the largest British war cemetery in the world, Sanctuary Wood – where visitors can explore a preserved trench system, and Ypres – stopping at the Menin Gate and in Flanders Fields Museum.
More info: call 0844 544 6581 or visit www.rivercruiseline.co.uk.
Shearings – three Battlefields itineraries
These new (in summer 2014) eight, nine or ten-day itineraries allow passengers to cruise along Dutch and Belgian Waterways to discover the Battlefields of Holland and Belgium with visits to Ypres, including the Menin Gate (above), Airbourne Museum and National Liberation Museum, Cologne and Antwerp.
More info: call or visit www.shearings.com
Tauck – exclusive commemorative dinner & evening in Ypres
Guests travelling on the Belgium & Holland in Spring River Cruise can enjoy an exclusive dinner and evening in Ypres, inside the historic Cloth Hall within the In Flanders Fields Museum. There are nine departures throughout April.
More info: call (in the US) 1800 788 7885 or visit www.tauck.com
Titan Travel – new Centenary Remembrance Tour, ‘Corners of a Foreign Field’
Expert guides take guests to the WWI Battlefields, memorials, landmarks and museums of Flanders, Artois and the Somme. Guests will visit iconic landmarks such as Vimy Ridge and Hell Fire Corner, and the preserved trenches in Newfoundland Park, as well as the memorial to The Last Fighting Tommy and the Thiepval Monument (above), which lists the names of 72,000 soldiers.
More info: call or visit www.titantravel.co.uk