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On this full-day tour, you and your private driver-guide will explore the emblematic sites and the landing beaches of D-Day.
We will visit the battlefield at La Point du Hoc, where numerous bombs craters still scatter the landscape. We will scout several sections of Omaha Beach, retracing the steps of the US soldiers who managed to secure a beachhead on the most hostile seashore on D-Day. We will pay respects to the thousands of fallen heroes buried at the US cemetery. And we will see the original German canons still fixed in their concrete bunkers, along with the remains of the artificial harbor on Gold Beach in Arromanches. If of interest and if time remains, we can drive through the quaint town of Bayeux to view the infamous ancient “Tapestry of Bayeux”.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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On this full-day tour, you and your private driver-guide will explore the emblematic sites and the landing beaches of D-Day.
We will visit the battlefield at La Point du Hoc, where numerous bombs craters still scatter the landscape. We will scout several sections of Omaha Beach, retracing the steps of the US soldiers who managed to secure a beachhead on the most hostile seashore on D-Day. We will pay respects to the thousands of fallen heroes buried at the US cemetery. And we will see the original German canons still fixed in their concrete bunkers, along with the remains of the artificial harbor on Gold Beach in Arromanches. If of interest and if time remains, we can drive through the quaint town of Bayeux to view the infamous ancient “Tapestry of Bayeux”.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France
Pick up at your place in Paris around 7am. Then 3 hour drive to the Normandy Beaches with optional coffee stop along the way.
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
The Pointe du Hoc is a 110 ft cliff overlooking the English Channel located a few miles west of Omaha Beach. A strategic position where the Germans assembled a series of artillery and fortifications and where the US Second Ranger Battalion attacked and captured after scaling the impressive rock face on June 6th, 1944.
You’ll be able to explore original German bunkers by walking between the bomb craters on a path following the bluff.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
Discover several points of interest and walk the sands of Omaha beach, the largest of the D-Day assault areas, where the US landed and suffered their greatest casualties.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
The cemetery covers 172 acres overlooking the beautiful bluffs of Omaha Beach and contains the graves of 9,386 fallen heros, most of whom lost their lives during the D-Day landings.
Discover the most famous historical graves, stories behind the soldiers, the Memorial, and the Garden of the Missing.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, West of Arromanches-les-Bains, Longues-sur-Mer France
The Longues-sur-Mer artillery battery includes a firing command post and four casemates housing 150mm canons. This battery is the only site in Normandy where all the original guns still remain.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Arromanches-les-Bains, Arromanches-les-Bains, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, Normandy
Arromanches is a perfect location for a lunch stop. Although today a small resort town, you can still see remains of the large breakwater concrete structure and parts of the steel causeway from the artificial harbour “Mulberry” constructed here by the British in June 1944. This was a vital location for funneling resources to the allied forces. It’s a marvel of logistics and engineering.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, 13 rue de Nesmond Centre Guillaume le Conquerant, 14401, Bayeux France
Optional.
If of interest, we can replace one of the above sites with a visit to the Bayeux Tapestry, a unique artefact and one of the oldest in the world, that depicts the epic tale of William the conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who became King of England in 1066 after the victorious battle of Hastings.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France
Drop Off at your Place in Paris city around 7pm
