Private Normandy D-Day Live guided Top 6 Sites trip from Paris
Paris, FR
87% of travellers recommend this
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Duration 14 hours
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Private tour for 2-7 people
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Hotel pickup and drop-off
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Mercedes E220 or minivan
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Live guided from 2 participants
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All fees and taxes included
Explore Normandy's D-Day sites in a private, guided experience from Paris, visiting key historical landmarks and museums in comfort.
Featured Reviews
Included
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Normandy american cemetery in colleville-sur-mer, overlord museum -
Caen memorial and museum, omaha beaches and singal monument
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Pointe du hoc rangers monument
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All fees and taxes, bottled water
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360 circular cinema in arromanches-les-bains, viewpoint arromanches
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Live-guided from 2 people
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Mercedes e220/e300 business class car for 2 - 3 people or mercedes minivan for 3 - 7 people
Excluded
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Souvenirs and gratuites. -
Meals and drinks
Explore Normandy's D-Day sites in a private, guided experience from Paris, visiting key historical landmarks and museums in comfort.
Highlights
- Private tour in a comfortable Mercedes minivan
- Visit the best World War II museum in France
- Lunch in a seaside town with a famous artificial harbor
- Experience a captivating 360 Circular Cinema
- Explore the Normandy American Cemetery and Visitor Center
Pickup
Check if pick-up is available from your location, you will select during checkout (providers may allow other pickup locations)
What to expect
Paris
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes E220 business-class car by 2 people or by Mercedes minivan from 3 participants. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen. One stop at the rest area will be made. This trip is Live guided from 4 participants.
Memorial de Caen
10:30 - 12:00 Visit of The Caen Memorial and Museum, located in the British Sword Beach sector. Caen Museum is the best World War II museum in France. You will get an overview of the Battle of Normandy as well the sense of the personal lives of the people who took part in it. An excellent 19-minute film documents this battle with original historic footage. 12:00 Departure to Arromanches-les-Bains. It takes about 0,5 hour (30 km) on the national roads crossing beautiful countryside and small villages.
90 minutes
Admission Included
Arromanches-les-Bains
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break and visit of Arromanches-les-Bains town. Arromanches is a small seaside town famous for its former artificial Mulberry Harbour. Located in the center of the British Gold Beach landing zone it played an invaluable role in the D-Day landings. The Allies built here an artificial temporary harbour for unloading of vehicles, materials, and people. Mulberry Harbour had, by June 12, 1944, helped bring 300,000 men, 54,000 vehicles, and 104,000 tons of supplies to Europe.
60 minutes
Arromanches 360 Circular Cinema
13:30 - 14:30 "360* Circular Cinema" visit. It is located on the top of the hill with the best Viewpoint over the bay of the former artificial harbour. You will watch a very impressive documentary bout 100 days of the Battle of Normandy learning in details Operation Overlord. 14:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).
60 minutes
Admission Included
Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer
15:00 - 16:10 Arrival and Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center, located in Colleville-sur-Mer and overlooking Omaha Beach. It contains 9,387 U.S. soldiers, most of whom were killed during the Normandy Landings and the Wall of the Missing with the names of 1,557 soldiers missing in action. The cliffs leading down to the beaches contain the remnants of the German defences, including concrete casemates with memorials to the soldiers. At Normandy American Cemetery you’ll see as well the semicircular memorial colonnade with the sculpture “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves” and large maps of military operations; and the most beautiful, idyllic spot on Planet Earth. At the Visitors Center You will find a very nice small Museum with a lot of informations about Battle of Normandy. 16:10 Departure to close the located Overlord Museum.
70 minutes
Admission Included
Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach
Cemetery this museum contains many WW2 artefacts and installations like tanks, weapons, guns, many military vehicles, V-1 missile, personal belongings and more. It gives You a personal feeling about D-Day. 16:45 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 5 to 10 minutes (5 km).
30 minutes
Admission Included
Omaha Beach
16:50 - 17:20 Arrival at Omaha Beaches. Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-Day. Omaha Beach is the most popular travellers destination of the D-Day Beaches. 17:20 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km). 17:20 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).
30 minutes
Admission Included
Pointe Du Hoc Memorial
17:30 - 18:30 Arrival at Pointe du Hoc, a prominent cliff between Utah and Omaha Beach. This point was important because it was the highest land between Omaha and Utah beaches and could thus fire upon both of them. The site was a gun battery, fortified with concrete casemates and gun pits, forming part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall defences. Visiting the Pointe du Hoc You will learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. Many of the original fortifications and bunkers remain on the site and are open to the public, including the fire control casemate, on top of which there is a monument to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. 18:30 Departure to Paris. It takes about 3,5 hours (300 km). One stop can be made upon Your request.
60 minutes
Paris
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.
The experience can be subject to change due to bad weather or unforseen circumstances. We always endeavour to give you the best possible experience.
Additional Information
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What our experts say
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Visit nearby Caen for lunch options -
Check out local bakeries in Arromanches
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Bring a camera for stunning views
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Wear comfortable shoes for walking
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Consider adding a private photo session
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