peninsula war tours

Tour Introduction. This eight-day tour is led by award winning Peninsular War historian, Nick Lipscombe. It visits some of the most beautiful and historic parts of central Spain and Wellington's most notable battles and sieges during the period 1809 - 1812. We begin with a drive down the Tagus Valley to Talavera and on down to Badajoz and ...

Peninsular War Tour An epic six-night, seven-day Battlefield Tour covering Spain and Portugal which will see us exploring some of the most important and iconic sites of the Peninsular War. In the company of expert guides, we will visit and study the Battles of Rolica, Vimeiro, Oporto, Bussaco, Almeida, Fuentes De Onoro, Ciudad Rodrigo and.

Peninsular War Battlefield Tours. The British Historical Society of Portugal draws on years of experience and local knowledge to offer a unique approach to visiting Peninsular War battlefield sites. We offer tailor-made tours for small groups of Members or Visiting Members. We aim to show a side of Portugal that many visitors don't see and to ...

Day One: Pick-up from Porto Airport, Crossing the Douro, and Capture of Porto. From Porto Airport, we head into the city to book into your tour hotel. We then head out on foot to the Douro River and explore the area where Sir Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army successful crossed the river in one of the riskiest actions of the Peninsula War.

With the Wellington Society you get a customized experience, carefully tailored to meet your needs, whether you are a group of 6th formers, a university group, study abroad students, a society, an interested group, or a private party. The Wellington Society helped us to organise a truly inspirational historical tour of the Peninsular War ...

1809-1812 Peninsular War tours. 14/15 days, May-October. A luxurious journey draped in history, landscape, culture and flavour, cathedrals, palaces, fortresses, the culture of Toledo, Trujillo, Merida, Evora, Salamanca, Burgos, Penafiel & the wines of Ribera del Duero.

This Walking tour in Spain & Portugal provides an in depth exploration of many of the classic Peninsular War battlefields and is guided by Major General Ashley Truluck. Rated 98% based on 1029 reviews. UK: 0345 475 1815 USA (toll free): ... Our Peninsular War tours cover some of the best open spaces in central Spain - landscapes and ...

About Our Battlefield Tours. Wellington Society battlefield tours make history come alive! Understanding all the dates and details is so much easier when you go where it happened with noted Peninsular War historian and witty raconteur, Stephen Drake-Jones. Because of his many years of experience and countless contacts throughout Spain, Portugal ...

Our destination is Albuera, where one of the bloodiest battles of the Peninsular War took place in May 1811. We walk the battlefield and see the 'Fatal Hill' as well as the monuments in the nearby town, and visit the Battle of Albuera Museum. We also travel to Elvas, to view the burials made in the British cemetery after the Battle of Albuera.

Our tours. June 2024. Peninsular War Battlefields Tours. Battle of Salamanca 1812. Battle of Talavera 1809. Private groups. Contact: + 34 622 22 13 73. [email protected].

We organise tailor-made tours for small groups of Members and Visiting Members to the major Peninsular War battlefield sites in Portugal and western Spain, particularly the Lines of Torres Vedras. Our tours aren't exclusively designed for the military enthusiast and include options to sample other aspects of Portugal's rich culture. In the ...

Each battlefield is unique. Arapiles has nothing to do with Talavera, nor Waterloo with Austerlitz. Our tours. May 2024. Peninsular War Battlefields Tours. Battle of Salamanca 1812. Battle of Talavera 1809. Private groups. Contact: + 34 622 22 13 73. [email protected].

Wellington Over the Pyrenees Starts 23rd April 2025 (9 days) Expert Historian - Col Nick Lipscombe. The most spectacular of Peninsular War tours, this tour will have you standing on the crest of The Pyrenees gazing into verdant France just as did Wellington's men after 5 years of hard slogging across barren and hostile Spanish terrain.

The Wellington Society of Madrid was founded by Stephen Drake-Jones on 18 June, 1979. The aim being to bring international attention to the part played by the British Army during the Peninsular War, 1808 - 14 and to take interested parties to the many battlefields in the Iberian Peninsula and South of France, also to lecture on the subject ...

Peninsular War - Salamanca to Toulouse Tour. The French marched through Spain in the autumn of 1807 as the Portuguese were slow in responding to their demands. The armies of the First French Empire, led by Napoleon, sought to occupy Portugal, seize its fleet and subject it to its Continental System. This would have had seismic impacts on ...

Itinerary for Wellington in the Peninsula from the leading specialist in cultural tours. Call +44 (0)20 8742 3355 to find out more. ... The Peninsular War changed all that. Here at last was a saga of sustained success, albeit with some setbacks, and of great deeds of valour, albeit with episodes of barbarity and indiscipline. ...

Call 01709 914939. Secure your holiday from as little as £50pp deposit. Journey through the pages of history and relive the pivotal moments of the Peninsular War on a captivating tour with Leger Holidays.

Tour Introduction. Fly into Spain and join us as we spend time exploring some of the country's fascinating battlefields. As we walk the ground where the British Redcoats fought the soldiers of Napoleon during the Peninsular War. We take an in-depth look at some of the most influential battles fought in Salamanca, Talavera and Badajoz.

This tour will look at all these great battles and much more. 13 - 20 May 2020. 5 - 12 June 2020. The French invaded Portugal three times between 1807 and 1811. Each time the nation's saviour was Arthur Wellesley the future Duke of Wellington. The first invasion in 1807 by General Junot, ended following Wellesley's victory at Vimeiro in ...

Nick Lipscombe ~ Battlefield Tours 2021. The tour begins with a drive down the Tagus Valley to Toledo before taking in the battle at Talavera; then to the crossing at Almaraz before heading towards the Portuguese border. Here we take in the bloodiest battle of the Peninsular War at Albuera and the equally brutal siege at Badajoz.

Tour Introduction. On this eight-day tour, led by the award winning Peninsular War and Napoleonic historian Nick Lipscombe, we escape the main roads to discover the Portugal known so well to the men of Wellington's Army during the years 1808- 1811. As well as visiting the magnificent battlefields, we will see one of the beaches on which ...

CLICK ON THE 'TOUR TITLE' TO BE TAKEN TO THE TOUR COMPANY WEBSITE AND THE FULL ITINERARY. 14 - 21 September 2023. 16 - 24 July 2023. 19 - 27 April 2023. After achieving the decisive victory over the French at Salamanca in July 1812, Wellington liberated Madrid but then over-extended his army at Burgos and was forced into a harrowing retreat.

Three Invasions & Wine Harvest Tour. Portuguese Peninsular War 1807-1811, 13/14 Days, September 2024. Travel from Lisbon via the Spanish border to Oporto, including a stay on the Douro to enjoy the heady scents of wine-picking season.

This 15-stop city tour is meant to give people locally and around the country a taste of life on board two World War II bombers during the 1940s. The tour features two planes, both of which saw ...

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