We visit the following sites in the morning: the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the New Zealand Memorial at Gravenstafel and Hellfire Corner which every soldier had to pass on his way to the front.

We stop for lunch at the Hooge Crater Museum. After lunch, we visit Hill 60, which is riddled with tunnels, and was the site of the Battle of Messines and an American Memorial near Mt. Kemmel.

In the mid-afternoon we go to Ypres to see the Menin Gate Memorial. We explore the town itself with it's re-built medieval buildings and guild halls. We also visit a recently uncovered trench in an industrial area North of the city. Our last stop is the Essex Farm Cemetery which contains the dressing station where Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian Doctor, wrote "In Flanders Fields."

I've written about the day in much more detail elsewhere in this journal in an experiences entry, "Visiting Flanders Fields." If you have any interest in the history of WW I, this tour is an absolute "must." Even if you don't have an interest, I think you will find it fascinating.

You'll stop for lunch and have time to chat. The Belgian waffles served after lunch (included in the trip) are fresh and warm. Later you will stop and see Belgian chocolate being made. Sample some yourself, and if you like, you will be more than welcome to buy some to take home! Finally, you will end your tour at a local brewery in Bruges. You can choose whether you just want to sip one of the many varieties of Belgian beer or take the tour before enjoying your beverage. Because only about half of our tour group decided to tour the brewery, it felt like a personal tour! Of all the brewery tours in Europe, this, I felt, was one of the best. Then we sat back, enjoyed the brew, and reflected on our day of content in Flanders.

Quasimodo Tours offers another bus tour:
Flanders Fields - the infamous battlefields of the 'Great War'

Quasimodo Tours offers bike tours, too:
Bruges by Bike
Bruges by Night
Border by Bike - a 25km to 30km tour to the Dutch border

We took this tour for those reasons and were satisfied by all. But be prepared! Rain is common in Flanders and you may end up biking in a downpour! We had the pleasure of this experience, but were glad that the tour motivated us, otherwise we think we would have sat in the hostel waiting for the rain to die down (which it didn't for several hours). It is on this laid back tour that you will have the opportunity to explore the historic sites of the city with all the history right at your disposal from the guide.

Quasimodo Tours offers other bike tours:
Bruges by Night
Border by Bike - a 25km to 30km tour to the Dutch border

Quasimodo Tours offers bus tours, too:
Flanders Fields - the infamous battlefields of the 'Great War'
Triple Treat - Lovely tour of Flemish countryside while stopping for the treats of Belgium: waffles, chocolate, and beer!