Ecosse Tours: Great War Battlefield Trips direct from Scotland, UK

Great War Battlefield Trips

Ecosse Tours is a Scottish based company conducting regular Great War tours to the battlefields of France and Flanders, and Second World War tailor made tours to Normandy in France and Arnhem in the Netherlands. All our coach tours start and finish in Scotland.

Working in conjunction with Megabus you can get free return coach travel to the main Ecosse coach departure point in Glasgow from Aberdeen, Aviemore, Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Kinross, Perth, Pitlochry and Stirling. For tailor made tour groups we will always try and arrange a local pick up if at all possible.

On our Great War tours you will travel by executive coach throughout, relaxing on the overnight P&O cruise ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge. Breakfast and evening meal is included on both outward and return journey on the ferry on all our tours. There is a great choice of bars and onboard entertainment. Arriving relaxed and refreshed you will travel south to the Somme for your first day on the tour. You will have three days touring the battlefields. Staying in Arras, a beautiful medieval town you then travel up the old front line to Ypres in Flanders for the rest of the tour. The Western Front that saw so much death and destruction is one of the loveliest places to visit. There is a great deal to see and all in a backdrop of peace and serenity. You will be spellbound by the idyllic scenery of the many chateaux, abbeys, cathedrals, museums, valleys, lakes, rivers and forests.

Our tailor made tours can be for the Great War or the Second World War. A free place is available for every 20 people in your party. We normally travel with a minimum of 10 people but can accommodate smaller parties on request so please contact us and we will do our very best to arrange a tour for your group.

THE GREAT WAR

Ecosse Tours will take you on an unforgettable journey into the fields of Flanders, to the picturesque rampart town of Ypres, the underground tunnels of Arras and to the beautiful, rolling landscapes of the Somme. With high quality accommodation and meaningful paced, flexible itineraries, you can be assured that we will do everything we can to make your trip to the Western Front a truly memorable one.

NORMANDY AND ARNHEM

We are also conducting tailor made tours to Normandy and Arnhem. If you are a veteran of the Second World War, you can apply for travel and accommodation costs to visit the places where you saw active service through the Heroes Return Programme. War widows and widowers of veterans are also eligible for funding, and carers and spouses can receive funding to travel with veterans. If you have any enquiries concerning your eligibility for a trip through this funding please give us a call. Full details are available on this website under the Heroes Return page.

All our tours have flexible itineraries so as to accommodate passengers wishing to visit a particular cemetery or memorial. Therefore no two tours are exactly the same. We will always strive to ensure that everyone on our tours has a wonderful and memorable trip.