The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino
The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino
The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino
12 Days Starting in Northern France and ending in Belgium
Visiting: France, Cremona, Cassino, Salerno, Caserta, Monte Cassino, Anzio, Minturno, Ortona, Sangro, Tyrol, Ravenna, Belgium
Tour operator:
Tour code:
itc
Guide Type:
Fully Guided
Age range:
0-99
Special diets catered:
Vegetarians
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Tour Overview
Following the landings at Salerno in September 1943 during Operation Avalanche, Winston Churchill saw Italy as the ‘soft under-belly’ of the Third Reich. However, it became a costly WW2 battlefield with thousands of casualties involving iconic battles like the landings at Anzio and the fighting for Monte Cassino. We see the role of troops from many nations, including a visit to the Polish Cemetery at Cassino and the huge sacrifice made by the Indian Army. Amazing terrain and fascinating battlefield sites.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Travel To Northern France
Location: France
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: City-style hotels
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to northern France for an overnight stay.
Day 2 : Travel To Cremona Or Milan
Location: Cremona
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: City-style hotels
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
To the Cremona or Milan area for an overnight stay.
Day 3 : Arrive In Cassino
Location: Cassino
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Continue south through Italy, making a stop at Florence War Cemetery en-route to Cassino for a six-night stay.
Day 4 : Salerno & Caserta
Location: Salerno, Caserta
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We start our tour at Salerno, where British forces landed in 1943. We see the beach head and the Roman Ruins where the Americans fought. We visit Salerno War Cemetery, seeing the grave of the great-grandson of the Duke of Wellington, and then on to to the beachhead area, seeing where the British and American troops landed, before taking lunch close to the Greek-Roman ruins at Paestum. In the afternoon, we travel to Caserta, visiting the War Cemetery, looking at the story of Yorkshire and England cricketer, Hedley Verity, and see where General Alexander had his headquarters during the Italian Campaign.
Day 5 : Monte Cassino
Location: Monte Cassino
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We travel up to the monastery on Monte Cassino, seeing the incredible view, and visit the Polish War Cemetery. After lunchtime in Cassino, we visit Cassino War Cemetery and the Cassino Memorial. We end the day at the German War Cemetery.
Day 6 : Hill 593, Snakeshead Ridge & The Liri Valley
Location: Monte Cassino
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We continue with our look at Monte Cassino with a specially arranged visit to Hill 593 and Snakeshead Ridge, where much of the actual fighting took place. (Please note this will involve some walking). We also walk down to Albaneta Farm and the wreck of a Sherman Tank, now a memorial to Polish troops. After lunch, we look at the fighting in the Liri Valley, seeing the ground at Acquino Aerodrome and looking at the Hitler Line defences between Acquino and Pontecorvo, before ending the day at the Gari/Rapido River, the scene of a disastrous American assault in 1944.
Day 7 : Anzio
Location: Anzio
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Today, we look at the Battle of Anzio, seeing the Sicily Rome American War Cemetery at Nettuno before having lunch in the seaside town of Anzio. After lunch, we see the Anzio War Museum, Anzio War Cemetery and the Beachhead Cemetery, before going to the infamous Flyover at Campo di Carne, scene of heavy fighting in 1944.
Day 8 : Minturno & Cassino Town
Location: Minturno, Cassino
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We head south from Cassino and visit Minturno War Cemetery where many of the men who died in the fighting for the high ground at Monte Camino and in the river crossing at the Garigliano are buried. After lunch, we have some free time in Cassino town.
Day 9 : Sangro & Ortona
Location: Ortona, Sangro
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 3-star hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We depart Cassino and head north today, traveling to the Adriatic coast at Ortona, where we have a short walking tour of the town seeing where street-to-street and house-to-house fighting took place. Ortona was a place of great Canadian sacrifice in December 1943. We also visit the war museum and spend lunchtime in the town. In the afternoon, we visit the Canadian dead at the Moro River War Cemetery and end the day in the Sangro Valley and Sangro War Cemetery. From here we travel along the Adriatic coast to our hotel in the Ravenna area, discussing the Gothic Line battles along the way.
Day 10 : Continue To Austrian Tyrol
Location: Tyrol, Ravenna
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: 3-star hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
We depart the Ravenna area and cross the area of the final battles in Italy in 1945, pausing for lunch before we continue to our overnight hotel in the Austrian Tyrol.
Day 11 : Travel To Belgium
Location: Belgium
Accommodation: Hotel
Accommodation Name: City-style hotels
Meals Included: Breakfast
Travel through Germany to Belgium for an overnight stay.
Day 12 : Return Home
Location: Belgium
Meals Included: Breakfast
Return home.
What's Included
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Accommodation
As detailed in the itinerary
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Additional Services
Travel from a wide range of convenient joining points across the UK is included within your coach holiday price; some carry a supplement. Please contact us for our full list of joining points.
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Airport Transfers at Destination
This trip includes coach travel from/to a local UK joining point
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Fully Guided
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International Travel
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Meals
As detailed in the itinerary
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Transport
Comfortable, air-conditioned motorcoach
What's Not Included
Accommodation
You will stay for six nights at the 4-star Best Western Hotel Rocca in Cassino. The hotel offers a restaurant, bar, lift and lounge.
Overnight stay in the Ravenna area and in Austria will be in a minimum 3-star hotel.
Overnight stays in northern France, northern Italy and Belgium will be in city-style hotels.
Check out our Q&As
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Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?
Yes
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Will there be an escort accompanying this tour?
Fully escorted by our experienced drivers/crews. And in most towns and cities we either include or offer optional sightseeing tours with expert local guides to help you get the most from your visits.
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Is there any free time to explore places during the tour?
As detailed in the itinerary
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Is there a supplement for solo travellers?
Some tours carry a supplement for solo travellers, please ask for details if the Single price is not shown
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What type of coach will be used?
You will travel on either our Luxuria Coach or our Silver Service Coach
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What is the fitness level required to do this tour?
Low
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Is there a limit to luggage that can be brought on the tour?
On Leger Coach Holidays, your allowance is one medium sized suitcase per person, which should weigh no more than 20kg when full.
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Is the tour coach air conditioned?
Yes
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Will I know the names and details of all the accommodation before I depart?
Yes
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Are all the relevant entry visa’s included in the price of the tour?
No
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How long has the tour company been trading?
40 years
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Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?
Sole use of your own room on all Single Traveller holidays: means you still get your privacy and time out from the group.
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Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?
Yes
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Battlefield Tours - Will it be possible to visit a particular cemetery whilst on the tour?
Please contact us and we will check to see whether you can visit a particular cemetery on any of our Battlefield Tours, if we are not able to fit it into our itinerary then you could take some time out of the tour and do this independently by taxi or public transport.
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What policies are in place for Covid-19?
Please contact us for latest Covid-19 policies
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Up to 56 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.
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At 42 days before tour starts: Forfeit 75% of booking price.
At 21 days before tour starts: Forfeit 90% of booking price.
At 14 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.
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