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Chemins d'Histoire Battlefield Tours

20 rue Gabriel Faure, 02100 St-Quentin, France
+33 (0)631318502
Ranked #1 of 1 tours in St-Quentin
5.0 of 5 stars 10 Reviews
Type: Tours
Owner description: Guided visits of various battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the First World War. Picardy, Somme, Arras, Ypres Salient.Tours can be full day or...... more » Owner description: Guided visits of various battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the First World War. Picardy, Somme, Arras, Ypres Salient.Tours can be full day or half day, and are entirely made to measure and according to your nationality (Australian, Canadian, American, South African, etc...). « less
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012

My husband and I have just spent 8 hours with Olivier Dirson in the Somme area touring the battlefields and cemeteries, and at our request, with an American involvement. Olivier is a delight and very well informed and precise in his explanations of the trench warfare and the front lines and secondary lines. I finally began to understand a little... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 December 2011
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We were very pleased to be met at our hotel in Amiens by Olivier Dirson, who knew who we were immediately and was very prompt in introducing himself and directing us to his well kept mini-bus, to commence our battlefields tour. We were spoiled to have his full attention on the tour, for although there was seating in the bus... More

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Brisbane, Australia
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 October 2011

My husband and two sons age 13 and 10 spent a day doing the Australian Tour of the WW1 battlefields. They had a thoroughly enjoyable day and Olivier the guide had a terrific knowledge of the various battlefields and a real passion for the history. Olivier tailored the trip to focus on the areas of interest and to pick up... More

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Brisbane, Australia
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 September 2011

I highly recommend Olivier. This is a big emotional day out. We took 3 teenagers, and although they switched on and off, we're sure they did appreciate some of the information, and certainly the memorials, cemeteries and landscape. Olivier was knowledgeable and interesting. He was able to find family members with very little warning, having good access to databases. His... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 July 2011
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To give a little background- I am an American high school history teacher with great interest in WWI, but not all my family was so interested. Thus I had to find a one day tour that I could do while they all stayed in Paris. There were not too many options that fit the bill. I found five companies that... More

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London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 March 2011
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I have just spent 2 days touring the battlefields with Olivier. What a fantastic experience. I was picked up from my hotel in Lille and driven to see numerous battlefields including the ones in Belgium and France. Olivier is a very kind and considerate man who knows his subject well and has a tremendous enthusiasm and passion for the 1914-18... More

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 July 2010
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We were picked up at our hotel in Amiens by our guide Oliver. He is a truly amazing and extremely interesting and knowledgeable person. He tailored our tour to follow the footsteps of scottish soldiers and researched the history of my husband's great grandfathers batallion. We were taken to all the major places of interest including the field in which... More

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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2010
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Our wonderful guide, Olivier, was recommended to us by our daughter who took a tour of the battlefields with him last year. She maintained it was a life changing experience, something she would never forget, and having recently taken a tour with Olivier ourselves, I would thoroughly agree. He is a truly charming, very knowledgeable guide, who goes out of... More

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Versailles, France
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2012
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Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 August 2011
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