Private Normandy D-Day Omaha Beaches Top 6 Sights from Paris

Highlights

• Private trip for 2 to 7 people to Normandy D-Day Top 6 most important sites.
• Mercedes E220 business-class for 2-3 people or Mercedes minivan for 3-7 people
• 14 hours long. Tiered pricing. Hotel Pick up included. Live-guided from 4 people

Description

07:30 Hotel Pick up and departure to Caen It takes about 3 hours (240 km) . One stop at the rest area will be made.

10:30 - 12:00 Caen Memorial and Museum visit. Caen Museum, located in the British Sword Beach sector, 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.
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.

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.

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).

15:00 - 16:10 Normandy American Cemetery visit, 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. 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 the close located Overlord Museum.

16:15 - 16:45 Overlord Museum visit. Located just few hundred meters from the Normandy American 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).

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).

17:30 - 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.
18:30 Departure to Paris. It takes about 3,5 hours (300 km). One stop can be made upon Your request.

21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.

P.S. 10 more Day trips from Paris to Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel and D-Day Landing Beaches by Clewel Travel in Small groups and as Private Experiences at GetYouGuide.