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The Protea B&B

B&B with family atmosphere where much attention is paid to the guests.
3 ground floor rooms-en suite, situated in a garden setting.
Cosy sitting corner where you can enjoy coffee or thee.
Maps and guidebooks at the disposal of our guests.
Library with books (English) on the Great War.
Bicycle to rent, all cycling maps at the disposal of our guests.
Safe parking for moto, Bicycle.
Ideally situated to explore the historic towns of Ypres and Flanders Fields WWI.

Different options at B&B The Protea.

Accommodation only, good for those who want the freedom of explore on their own the many different battlefields sites.

Accommodation & Battlefield tours of the Ypres Salient.
1. in-depth battlefield trip between Hill 60 and Polygone Wood.
2. We can organize a commercialised tour.

Accommodation & Battlefield tours with Bikes.
With own or hired Protea Bikes, we provide you with the maps/daytrips.

Accommodation & research
Free help in tracing of special area, example finding grounds were family member fought, was wounded or killed in action.

Nearby The Protea
- Bruges, Ghent, Coast.

Sites WW I
Memorial
Menin Gate, with dayly Last Post
Museums
Hooge Crater Museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.

Special nearby sites for :
Canadians
- Vancouver Memorial ( Gas attack 1915)
- Hill 62 (1917)
- Passchendaele (1917)

Anzac's
- Polygoon Wood
Memorial Austr.5th div.
New Zealand Memorial tot the Missing.
- Hill 60
Memorial 1th Austr. Tunneling Co.
Cattepilar Crater & preserved site.
- Tyne Cot Cemetery
Memorial Austr. 3the div.

And from our guesthouses it is only 35 minutes driving tot FROMELLES ( Fr) and in less than an hour are the Battlefields of Vimy Ridge and Arras.
The Somme is just one and half hour from Ypres.