BK Military History Tours

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(Please note that offerings are pending proper approvals from German government; see here if you’d like to be a BKT investor!)

Stay tuned for the “Rising Smoke” Tour, which will only happen when stable peace, electricity and WiFi break out in Ukraine. Even when such a tour becomes available, be ready to be flexible (e.g., last-minute Auschwitz and Berlin WWII site detours).

Also stay tuned for the BKT Schlieffen Plan Tour (“Keeping the right flank strong since 2024!”).

Herzlich willkommen in Bad Kreuznach, in Germany, or wherever you might be!

(For pricing and the most detailed background of Bad Kreuznach Tours and its founder, please see the main BKT page.)

Welcome to the military history tour section of Bad Kreuznach Tours, where you’ll find the itineraries of guided tours with an emphasis on military history, starting from Bad Kreuznach, Germany, the former home of the US Army 8th Infantry Division that’s smack-dab in the heart of Western Europe, easily accessible to many of the world’s most famous (infamous?) battlefields. Note that one of the many advantages of BK, this hidden gem of Europe, is that it’s only an hour by train from Frankfurt Airport (starting your tour from the airport is possible, but airport pick-ups followed by rides to Bad Kreuznach are possible, and we encourage you to spend at least one night in this wonderful spa town that has its own remarkable history).

Note that itineraries can of course be combined (e.g., a visit to Paris on way to or from Normandy beaches). Feel free to ask!

The Complete List of BKT Military History Tours

(Always in development)

Approximately or Less than 0 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach:

  • Bad Kreuznach (naturally)

    • Bridge Houses

      • Cannonball House

    • Atatürk Memorial/Room

    • Kauzenburg Castle Ruin

The Felseneremitage near Bad Kreuznach and the Ataturk Memorial at Bad Kreuznach’s Parkhotel Kurhaus

(Credits: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 1 Hour Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach:

  • Deutsches Eck

  • Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

The Deutsches Eck (as seen from Ehrenbreitstein Fortress)

(Credit: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 2 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach:

  • The Fulda Gap

  • The Bridge at Remagen

  • Saarbrücken Castle

Approximately or Less than 3 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (1+ overnight stays possible, depending on itinerary):

  • Bastogne War Museum (Bastogne, Belgium)

  • The Battle of the Bulge Monument (formerly known as the Mardasson Memorial) (Bastogne, Belgium)

  • Battle of the Bulge sites (Belgium/Luxembourg)

  • Museum of the Battle of the Bulge: Memories of the Liberation (Clervaux, Luxembourg)

  • Luxembourg Fortress (Luxembourg)

  • American Cemetery / Patton’s Grave (Luxembourg)

  • Verdun (France)

  • Douaumont Ossuary, Verdun (France)

  • Fort Douaumont, Verdun (France)

Luxembourg Fortress and the American Cemetary and Memorial, Luxembourg

(Credits: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 4 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (1+ overnight stays possible, depending on itinerary):

  • Hartmannswillerkopf WWI battlefield (Alsace, France)

  • Ouvrage Schoenenbourg Maginot Line fortification (Alsace, France)

  • Historical City Hall of Münster (Germany) - 1648 Peace of Westphalia

  • Ulm battlefield (Germany)

  • Waterloo (Belgium)

Approximately or Less than 5 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (1+ overnight stays possible, depending on itinerary):

  • Ypres, Belgium

    • In Flanders Fields Museum

    • Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing

  • Munich

    • Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

    • Feldherrnhalle (Beer Hall Putsch)

    • Odeonsplatz

    • Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism

Approximately or Less than 6 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (2+ overnight stays possible, depending on itinerary):

  • Paris

    • Les Invalides

    • The Museum of the Liberation of Paris

    • Napoleon's Tomb

  • Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme (Picardy, France)

  • Lochnagar Crater (Picardy, France)

  • Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial and preserved trenches from Battle of the Somme (Picardy, France)

  • Dresden

    • The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History

    • The Frauenkirche

V-2 Rocket at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden

(Credit: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 7 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (2+ overnight stays included, depending on itinerary):

  • Berlin

    • Berlin Wall Memorial

    • Brandenburg Gate

    • Checkpoint Charlie

    • Potsdam

    • Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park

    • Topography of Terror Museum

    • House of the Wannsee Conference

Approximately or Less than 8 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (2 overnight stays included):

  • Napoleon’s road to Austerlitz (overnight stays in/near Krems, Austria)

    • Krems, Durnstein Castle, Tabor Bridge, Schongraben, Znaim

Approximately or Less than 9 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (2 overnight stays included):

  • Normandy Landing Beaches (France)

  • Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (France)

  • Caen Memorial Museum (France)

  • Austerlitz (Brno, Czech Republic) (overnight stays in/near Brno, Czech Republic)

    • Krenowice, Brno, Slapanitz, Zuran Hill, Blazovitz, Santon Hill, Post House, Memorial of Peace, Museum Battle of Austerlitz (Pratzen Heights), Sokolnitz Castle, Tellnitz, Stare Vinohrady, Slavkov Castle, Santon Hill, Spaleny Mill

Les Braves sculpture on Omaha Beach and nearby Normandy beach Jeep

(Credits: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 11 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (2 overnight stays included):

  • Auschwitz-Birkenau: The largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp (Poland)

  • Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory (Kraków, Poland)

Approximately or Less than 20 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (***Pending a stable peace agreement***):

  • Chernobyl (Ukraine)

  • Kyiv (Ukraine)

Approximately or Less than 26 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (4+ overnight stays included):

  • Gibraltar (Spain or UK?)

The Rock of Gibraltar and St. Michael’s Cave (Gibraltar)

(Credits: W.R. Hammons)

Approximately or Less than 30 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (4+ overnight stays included):

  • Rovaniemi (Finland)

    • The Vasa in Stockholm on the way

    • Battle of Rovaniemi

    • Northern Lights

Approximately or Less than 33 Hours Each Way to/from Bad Kreuznach (4+ overnight stays included):

  • Narvik (Norway)

    • The Vasa in Stockholm on the way

    • Battles of Narvik

    • Northern Lights

And if you’re still looking for accomodations here in Bad Kreuznach, I highly recommend the location where I’m currently renting long-term (they also offer Airbnb options). Feel free to inquire about this wonderful little spot in Bad Kreuznach as well, and we can coordinate your BK overnight stays with your tours of the city and perhaps the rest of Germany and Europe as well!

Header Photo Credit: W.R. Hammons

Bad Kreuznach Map Credit: Google

Schengen Area Map Credit: Rob984

Window Photo Credit: W.R. Hammons