Private Battlefields Tour in Argonne from Paris in Van (2/7 travelers) Private Battlefields Tour in Argonne from Paris in Van (2/7 travelers)

Travel with your own group (6 travelers maximum) and embark with your Driver and guide "Régis" aboard a comfortable and air-conditioned Minivan. Your Régis guide will tell you about the significant events of the First World War and the battles that took place here in the Argonne forest between 1914 and 1918. At the "Main de Massiges" you will walk in the middle of the trenches surrounded by hundreds of shell holes which evoke a lunar and apocalyptic scenery Discover the huge mine funnels at the top of the Vauquois hill and the remains of the trenches. Climb the 200 steps of the marble column of the American monument of Montfaucon then at the top admire the view of the valley which was the scene of the American offensive in September 1918. Visit the village of Varennes en Argonne where the King of France Louis XVI was arrested Pay homage to the fallen soldiers by walking through the largest American military cemetery (14,246 graves) in France at Romagne.