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Stay in a ch\u00e2teau\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/strong>Trade in your hotel for a more authentic experience, and stay in an\u00a0authentic French-style ch\u00e2teau during your tour. Spend your evenings\u00a0in one of these legendary French country palaces, interacting with local\u00a0villages and experiencing French history between visits to Ypres, Somme\u00a0and Normandy. Then take a break on the ch\u00e2teau\u2019s sprawling grounds,\u00a0with volleyball, football and other game facilities at your disposal.<\/p>\n
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Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Housed in the historic Zonnebeke Ch\u00e2teau, this museum dedicated to\u00a0the Battle of Passchendaele gives a comprehensive overview of World\u00a0War I with a collection of historic artifacts, realistic dioramas, photos\u00a0and video footage. Follow the timeline of the muddy battle that took so\u00a0many Canadian lives throughout the museum\u2019s emotionally provocative\u00a0exhibits. Then, see the underground world of Commonwealth\u00a0soldiers with recreations of the dugouts and trenches of World War I.<\/p>\n![\"in_flanders_fields_museum\"](\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/In_Flanders_Fields_Museum-300x225.jpg\")
Essex Farm Cemetery<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Visit the site where John McCrae penned \u201cIn Flanders\u2019 Fields\u201d to\u00a0preserve the memory of that poppy-lined battlefield, and the pastoral\u00a0peace shattered by bloodshed. Learn about the intensity of the Second\u00a0Battle of Ypres, passing through the 1,199 war graves of the\u00a0Commonwealth, 100 of unidentified soldiers. Then examine the\u00a0countless bunkers remaining there, and imagine what it would have\u00a0been like if you too had been in Flanders\u2019 fields.<\/p>\n