Private Normandy D-Day Omaha Beach & Top 6 Sights from Paris

Highlights

• Discover Normandy's 6 most important D-Day sights on a private trip
• Travel in a Mercedes E220 or Mercedes minivan with an experienced driver
• Enjoy door-to-door pickup and drop-off

Description

07:30 Hotel pickup 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 about 100 days of the Battle of Normandy learning about Operation Overlord in detail.
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. Find 10 more day trips from Paris to Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel, and the D-Day landing beaches by Clewel Travel on GetYourGuide, available for small groups and as private experiences.