What
Since 2015, Band of Tours has provided economical tours of Europe (typically two weeks), focusing on Normandy (Operation Overlord), the Netherlands (Operation Market Garden), Belgium (Battle of the Bulge), and sometimes Germany (Operation Varsity).
Our tours are designed for the military or history buff who wants a "big picture" overview emphasizing sites related to the 82nd and 101st airborne, especially Easy Company of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st, made famous by HBO's "Band of Brothers" series.
Naturally, we visit other significant sites such as the D-Day beaches, the American Cemetery and memorial at Omaha Beach (top), and Vimy Ridge or Verdun (World War I). Sometimes we visit famous sites in London or Paris, such as Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower (left).
Our one-week Civil War tours focus on national battlefield parks. Since history buffs tend to have a broad range, we also visit Revolutionary War or World War II sites on our route. In 2019, we enjoyed Guilford Courthouse (Revolutionary War) and the National D-Day Monument in Bedford (World War II) as part of our Civil War East tour. In 2021, the Civil War West tour featured Shiloh, Vicksburg, Ft. Donelson, Ft. Pillow, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, Stones River, Nashville, Franklin and more.
Civil War East
Our week-long tour begins in Charleston, SC and Ft. Sumter where the first shots of the war were fired. It finishes with Gettysburg, Monocacy and Washington, D. C. In between, we visit numerous sites including Antietam, Appomattox, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Harper's Ferry, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Shenandoah Valley and others.
Civil War West
Our week-long tour begins in New Orleans. We visit battlefields like Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Stones River, Brices Cross Roads, Shiloh, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, Franklin, and more. Bonus stops may include NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the World War II museum in New Orleans, and the USS Alabama. If there are music lovers along, we might add a few bonus stops around Nashville and Memphis, too.
Our European tours run for either two or three weeks and each one is customized for our clients. We take only four or five clients so that we have six people in one vehicle for a very personal tour experience.
Band of Brothers Tour
The tour that inspired this business visits the sites of the HBO series about the paratroopers of E Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. From Brecourt Manor and Carentan in Normandy, to Eindhoven, Nuenen and the crossroads scene in the Netherlands, to Foy, the Bois Jacques, and Bastogne in Belgium, to Haguenau in France, to Landsberg's concentration camp site and the Eagle's Nest in Germany, to Kaprun in Austria, we hit all of the key Easy Company sites throughout Europe. We can even climb Curahee at Camp Toccoa in Georgia to start where they trained if that fits the schedule! Of course, there are many bonus sites along the way as we travel from country to country.
Options
Depending on the interests of our clients, we have visited places like Mont Saint-Michel, Monet's Garden outside of Paris, Westminster Abbey in London, Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva, and Patton's grave in Luxembourg. We have seen concentration camps such as Dachau and Mauthausen, and majestic architecture like the Reims, Ghent, and Aachen cathedrals. We have taken canal boat cruises in Bruges and seen the magnificent Vimy Ridge, Battle of the Marne, and Verdun Great War Monuments in France. We have been in crazy traffic in the heart of Paris, and been blocked by cows crossing the road in rural Belgium. We've driven narrow roads in Normandy to places where the large tour buses can't go, and taken the London tube to Buckingham Palace, where everybody goes.
No other company can customize a tour to your preferences like we can, and we'll always include places you never knew about, and tell you stories you've never heard before. Just go to our Why page to hear from our alumni.
Please contact us at info@bandoftours.com with any questions.
Our tours are designed for the military or history buff who wants a "big picture" overview emphasizing sites related to the 82nd and 101st airborne, especially Easy Company of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st, made famous by HBO's "Band of Brothers" series.
Naturally, we visit other significant sites such as the D-Day beaches, the American Cemetery and memorial at Omaha Beach (top), and Vimy Ridge or Verdun (World War I). Sometimes we visit famous sites in London or Paris, such as Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower (left).
Our one-week Civil War tours focus on national battlefield parks. Since history buffs tend to have a broad range, we also visit Revolutionary War or World War II sites on our route. In 2019, we enjoyed Guilford Courthouse (Revolutionary War) and the National D-Day Monument in Bedford (World War II) as part of our Civil War East tour. In 2021, the Civil War West tour featured Shiloh, Vicksburg, Ft. Donelson, Ft. Pillow, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, Stones River, Nashville, Franklin and more.
Civil War East
Our week-long tour begins in Charleston, SC and Ft. Sumter where the first shots of the war were fired. It finishes with Gettysburg, Monocacy and Washington, D. C. In between, we visit numerous sites including Antietam, Appomattox, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Harper's Ferry, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Shenandoah Valley and others.
Civil War West
Our week-long tour begins in New Orleans. We visit battlefields like Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Stones River, Brices Cross Roads, Shiloh, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, Franklin, and more. Bonus stops may include NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the World War II museum in New Orleans, and the USS Alabama. If there are music lovers along, we might add a few bonus stops around Nashville and Memphis, too.
Our European tours run for either two or three weeks and each one is customized for our clients. We take only four or five clients so that we have six people in one vehicle for a very personal tour experience.
Band of Brothers Tour
The tour that inspired this business visits the sites of the HBO series about the paratroopers of E Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. From Brecourt Manor and Carentan in Normandy, to Eindhoven, Nuenen and the crossroads scene in the Netherlands, to Foy, the Bois Jacques, and Bastogne in Belgium, to Haguenau in France, to Landsberg's concentration camp site and the Eagle's Nest in Germany, to Kaprun in Austria, we hit all of the key Easy Company sites throughout Europe. We can even climb Curahee at Camp Toccoa in Georgia to start where they trained if that fits the schedule! Of course, there are many bonus sites along the way as we travel from country to country.
Options
Depending on the interests of our clients, we have visited places like Mont Saint-Michel, Monet's Garden outside of Paris, Westminster Abbey in London, Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva, and Patton's grave in Luxembourg. We have seen concentration camps such as Dachau and Mauthausen, and majestic architecture like the Reims, Ghent, and Aachen cathedrals. We have taken canal boat cruises in Bruges and seen the magnificent Vimy Ridge, Battle of the Marne, and Verdun Great War Monuments in France. We have been in crazy traffic in the heart of Paris, and been blocked by cows crossing the road in rural Belgium. We've driven narrow roads in Normandy to places where the large tour buses can't go, and taken the London tube to Buckingham Palace, where everybody goes.
No other company can customize a tour to your preferences like we can, and we'll always include places you never knew about, and tell you stories you've never heard before. Just go to our Why page to hear from our alumni.
Please contact us at info@bandoftours.com with any questions.