Explore the battlefields, monuments and war cemeteries of Flanders. Plus, breaks in Argyll and the Canaries
Why go?
Next week sees the start of a long-running series of commemorative events to mark the centenary of the First World War. The Flemish town of Ieper (known then as Ypres), was at the centre of much of the fighting, its medieval buildings reduced to rubble, only to be rebuilt, brick by brick, in an extraordinary act of determination by the local people. Today, it makes an attractive and peaceful base for exploring the monuments, battlefields and war cemeteries of Flanders.