Seeking current info on visiting WW1 sites in France and Belgium.

www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries.php

http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php

http://www.somme-battlefields.com/

Here are two trip reports that will give you some idea of where you can go and what you can see:

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ern-france.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...nd-picardy.cfm

I would suggest Verdun. I must say though that it's the only WW I site that I have visited and I sure there are many others but we chose Verdun. Lots to see with museums and monuments, trenches and undergound fortifications. Also nearby is the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery where over 14,000 American dead are buried. You can read about our visit in the Verdun area on our blog. Here's a link:

http://www.gassawaysadventures.blogs...05/verdun.html

Verdun is definitely the most impressive battlefield area since all of the bomb craters are still there, as well as some destroyed villages -- it is a more complete experience than just visiting cemeteries.

Verdun is definitely the most impressive battlefield area since all of the bomb craters are still there, as well as some destroyed villages -- it is a more complete experience than just visiting cemeteries.

I echo kerouac - Verdun is the most provoking and largest WW 1 center as the battle raged here for a long time with teh two sides barely changing places - just gas bombing and flame throwing, etc poor schmucks in muddy trenches - disease caused many deaths too.

Kerouac already echoed kerouac!

www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps

AnselmAdorne's trip reports are wonderful! So happy to see them 'topped' again.