A private day of remembrance from Paris. Your chauffeur drives you to the memorials, cemeteries and preserved trenches of the Great War, at a calm and respectful pace, with a licensed guide on request.
Plan a remembrance tour ↗North and east of Paris lie the battlefields of the First World War — the Somme and Verdun — where memorials, museums and war cemeteries preserve the memory of 1914-1918. These sites are scattered across the countryside and hard to reach without a car; a private chauffeur turns a difficult logistics day into a dignified, unhurried pilgrimage. We collect you in Paris and tailor the route to the people and regiments you wish to honour.
Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel, the Lochnagar Crater and Commonwealth cemeteries.
The Douaumont Ossuary, the fort and the haunting battlefield forest.
We can locate a specific grave and arrange a licensed battlefield historian.
On the Somme, a typical day takes in the towering Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, the preserved trenches and caribou memorial at Beaumont-Hamel, the vast Lochnagar Crater and the Historial museum in Péronne, with quiet time at the Commonwealth cemeteries. Toward Verdun, the Douaumont Ossuary, Fort Douaumont and the scarred forest tell the story of 1916. A licensed guide can travel with you throughout.
You may wish to pair this with the D-Day beaches of the Second World War in Normandy. See all our excursions from Paris. You travel in a quiet, air-conditioned Mercedes with a professional, English-speaking driver.
The Somme battlefields are about 150 km north of Paris — roughly 1 h 30 to 2 hours. Verdun lies further east, about 2 h 30 away. Both make full-day remembrance excursions.
Key sites include the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, the Newfoundland Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel, the Lochnagar Crater, the Historial museum in Péronne and Commonwealth war cemeteries. We tailor the route to the regiments or nationalities you wish to honour.
Yes — if you give us the details in advance, we locate the cemetery or memorial and build the day so you can pay your respects. A licensed battlefield guide can also be arranged.
A private full-day chauffeur to the Somme or Verdun is quoted as a fixed, all-inclusive price based on your vehicle, group and itinerary. Contact us for a tailored quote.
The battlefields of the First World War are spread across the quiet farmland of northern and eastern France, and their emotional weight rewards an unhurried, well-planned day. On the Somme, about 150 km north of Paris, the towering Thiepval Memorial to the Missing carries the names of more than 72,000 soldiers with no known grave, while the preserved trenches at Beaumont-Hamel, the vast Lochnagar Crater and the immaculate Commonwealth war cemeteries bring the scale of 1916 into focus. Further east, Verdun tells the French story of attrition through the Douaumont Ossuary, Fort Douaumont and a forest still scarred by shell craters a century on. Because these sites sit far apart down country lanes, a private driver removes the hardest part — the logistics — so you can simply reflect. For visitors combining remembrance with wider touring, our D-Day beaches day covers the Second World War in Normandy.
We build each itinerary around the people you have come to honour. Give us a name, a regiment or a nationality and we locate the right cemetery or memorial in advance, plan the route and, if you wish, arrange a licensed battlefield historian to travel with you. A private chauffeur to the WWI battlefields waits at every stop, carries wreaths or flowers, and keeps the day calm and dignified — no group timetable, no rush, just the time and space that a pilgrimage of this kind deserves.
It is difficult to do both justice in a single day, as they lie in different directions from Paris. Most guests dedicate one day to the Somme memorials and, if time allows, a separate day to Verdun. We will advise the most respectful pace for your visit.
The Commonwealth war cemeteries and most memorials, including Thiepval and the Douaumont Ossuary, are open to visitors free of charge. Some museums such as the Historial in Péronne and the Verdun Memorial charge admission, which we can arrange in advance.
Yes. Many families and educational groups visit for remembrance and study. Our vans carry up to seven, and a licensed guide can pitch the history to the age and interests of the group. We keep the day calm and unhurried.
We usually leave Paris before seven, and by the time the motorway gives way to country lanes the mist is still lying in the folds of the Somme. This is farmland now — beet fields, larks, chalk showing white in the plough — and it is precisely that quietness that weighs on you. We try to reach Thiepval as it opens, before the coaches, when the arch stands in complete silence and all you hear is gravel underfoot. Guests often ask us to stop at a small roadside cemetery bearing no name they recognise; those unplanned ten minutes are frequently the moment they carry home. On remembrance days we keep the car silent — no radio, no chatter — and we never hurry the walk back. Some roads should be driven slowly, deliberately. This is one of them.
All-inclusive private price: chauffeur, vehicle, fuel, tolls and waiting.
from 749€up to 3 passengers · full day
from 939€up to 7 passengers · full day
Indicative from-price for a private day trip; the final quote depends on your exact itinerary, dates and group size. First Class and larger groups on request.
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