Fully Guided Tours throughout Europe for Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
A Bridge Too Far:
Operation Market Garden Motorcycle Tour 2026
4-Day Fully Guided Motorcycle Tour
Riding to France, Belgium, The Netherlands
Friday 22 May to Monday 25 May 2026
Tour at a Glance
Outline: A 4-day tour to discover the WW2 events of Operation Market Garden recreated in the Film A Bridge Too Far. We look at the landing zones, bridges, the 'Road to Hell' and the museums while staying in lovely 4 Star hotels.
Group Size: 8-14 Motorbikes
Ride Rating: GREEN
Countries: France, Belgium, The Netherlands
Tour Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
Hotels: all 4 Star hotels
Extras included: Entry to all museums
Distance: 535 miles
Start and End Point: Folkstone, UK
Tour Description
4-Day fully guided WW2 Motorcycle Tour following Operation Market Garden
The tour starts early in Folkstone on Friday in the UK where we meet up as a group a short distance away from the Eurotunnel entrance. We take the train together as a group to Calais, from where we disembark to start our ride. Disembarking at Calais, we head through France and Belgium to Eindhoven for our first night.
Saturday and Sunday we start at JOE's Bridge in Belgium which marked the Start Point to the Operation. We ride "Hell's Highway" over the bridges at Eindhoven to Nijmegen and Arnhem, where the entirety of XXX Corps tried to fit down the 2-lane road and find the landing zones for the paratroopers to then seize and hold the key bridges brought to screen in "A Bridge Too Far". Monday we make our way back to Calais and the UK.
We aim to be back in the UK by 6 pm on Monday, where the tour concludes as we disembark the Eurotunnel train at Folkstone.
2026 Prices
- 2 Riders, 2 Bikes, sharing 1 Room (each) £750
- 1 Riders, 1 Bike, 1 exclusive room £1,140
- 2 Riders, 1 Bike, sharing 1 Room £1,370
Itinerary
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Day 1 (Friday 22 May)
We catch an early Eurotunnel train on Friday morning from Folkstone to Calais. Setting off from Calais, we set off to our first destination, La Coupole, a fascinating V2 Rocket site that terrorised London, now a museum with restaurant. After lunch here we'll ride to Antwerp, via Ghent where we'll stop for a coffee. A gentle ride today to enjoy our first night of the tour in style.
We'll spend our first night in a beautiful 4* hotel in Antwerp. This evening we'll all eat dinner together, the meal paid for by V Twin Tours.
Miles: 175 Meals included: Dinner Overnight: Eindhoven
Day 2 (Saturday 23 May)
We start the day crossing JOE's Bridge, the start of the land element of Operation MARKET GARDEN. We retrace the 'mad dash' recce route from Joe's Bridge to Valkenwaard to confirm that the bridge over the River Dommel could hold tanks before continuing through Eindhoven where we'll stop for a coffee .
Continuing on the 'Highway to Hell' we head to Nijmegen in time for lunch where we'll stop for the rest of the day. We spend the afternoon in Nijmegen looking at the Bridge crossing the River Waal. This evening we set off for Arnhem to find our hotel for the next 2 nights' stay.
Miles: 48 Meals included: Breakfast Overnight: Arnhem
Day 3 (Sunday 24 May)
Returning to Nijmegen, we trace the last failed push from Nijmegen to Arnhem, going first to the Airborne landing zones and then following the route fought to get to the infamous John Frost Bridge crossing the River Rhine. Resting here for for lunch, the afternoon we'll visit the Arnhem museums before visiting the Arnhem Airborne War Cemetery to pay our respects before setting returning to our hotel.
There is very little riding today as Nijmegen to Arnhem is only 10 miles. We might take a more scenic route back to the hotel!
Miles: 35 Meals included: Breakfast Overnight: Arnhem
Day 4 (Monday 25 May)
Today we head back to Calais and our return home.
The route home will be a mix of National Roads and Autoroutes as we hustle back to the Eurotunnel. The total distance ridden today will be approximately 245 miles.
We take the return Eurotunnel train from Calais/ Coquelles, France to Folkstone, where the tour ends.
Miles: 245 Meals included: Breakfast Overnight: Tour ends
Included in the Tour
- Outbound and return Channel crossing
- Four star hotel accommodation
- Secure parking at the hotels
- Breakfast every day
- Evening meal on Day One of the Tour
- Entry to all museums
- Detailed daily routes planned
- Fully-guided Tour with an experienced Tour Leader
- Specific Tour T-Shirt
- Digital GPS files for your satnav (daily GPX 1.1 files)
- Advice on riding in Europe
What’s not included….
- Fuel
- Road tolls where payment is made at the time
- Parking charges away from the overnight hotels
- All other meals, snacks and drinks
- Recovery back to UK in the event of a breakdown
FAQs for this Tour
Tour size: Our group sizes normally range from 10 to 14 motorcycles.
Typical day timings: We normally start riding at 8.30am. For this tour, Day One and Day Four are long riding days of approximately 6 hours and 200 miles. Days Two and Three are gentle, approximately 50 miles each day in total.
Hotels: We use good quality 4 Star hotels. for this tour on Friday and Saturday nights we are staying at the same hotel.
What happens if it rains? We do ride in all weathers. During any exceptionally inclement weather, we may pull over for short periods. We could experience a range of different types of weather on tour, so bring waterproofs, just in case.
Payments – a deposit secures your place on the tour, with the balance to be paid in equal payments before the tour starts. If you prefer, you can pay the balance of the cost of the tour earlier than this.
Ride Rating: All our tours are rated for skill/difficulty and we have adopted the ski run colour system. This tour is rated GREEN so is similar to a day's ride out.
I'm worried about my dietary/ health requirements? We stay in reputable hotels which should be able to cater for all diets. Our riding should not be stressful and no more challenging than rides at home. If you have any specific requirements, please let us know.
What if I break down? Don't worry, we will always support you. 90% of all issues are tyres, battery or fuel related and we carry equipment to solve all these problems.
What if I become separated from the Group? Don't worry, if you're ever separated, pull over somewhere safe and turn on your location sharing in WhatsApp. We will come and find you.