Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches Small-group trip from Paris
Description
Small group trip for 4 to 7 people to Normandy D-Day Top 5 sites by Mercedes. Tiered pricing. Live-guided. Pick up option from Your hotel. Best anti-war Caen Memorial and Museum, 360 Circular Cinema with very impressive documentary, Arromanches-les-Bains Viewpoint over artificial D-Day harbour, Omaha Beaches with Signal Monument, Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer with very nice Museum, Overlord Museum with big collections of WW2 artifacts. Private D-day trips customised and Live guided are available as well. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.
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Itinerary
07:30 Departure from Paris. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen. 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. 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.
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.
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 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.
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 Paris. It takes 3,5 hours (290 km). One stop will be made at the rest area.
21:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Opera Garnier or at Your hotel if option booked.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Main Meeting Point for all our Experiences in Paris is Opera Garnier Steps Pick-up if option booked is always at the Reception desk of Your Hotel.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(37)
Eli was an amazing guide, very knowledgeable and great energy! Nikolai was a great driver and kept us on time!
We received an email that unfortunately we are only two and therefore everything is canceled. However, for an extra 100 euros, it could still be carried out. For that, we will also be picked up directly at the hotel. Well, what should we do, let's just try it then. And it was the best decision. Not a full bus, but a Benz all to ourselves. The driver Alex was super nice. Not once did he apply pressure. No waiting at the museums. When one travels alone, one also has the opportunity to express special requests. Everything is completely satisfactory. It was a great day. Travel exclusively in small groups and just yourselves. Costs more, but it is very worthwhile. And in terms of time, it is completely sufficient. Nothing is overlooked. Thanks again to the driver Alex.
Elizabeth and Alex were the perfect guides for the day! They were professional and kind and took us to all of the places we needed to see. Highly recommend!
We did the English tour of the Normandy landing. Very good tour planning and highly recommended to see where the events occurred. We suggest more instances of accompaniment of the guide throughout the tour to have greater historical context. Excellent and very attentive the driver.
The best experience of our trip in Paris. Maria and the driver were prompt in picking us up at our hotel and very courteous and friendly. Our driver was very conscientious and safe. Maria worked to get to know us and develop a relationship with us. She was very knowledgeable and was able to share a lot of historical information with us that gave us a deeper understanding of the struggles of France and Europe in the events leading up to American involvement in the war. She spent time setting the stage for the incredible imagery of the struggle of the Allies during Operation Overlord. This was a very moving experience for us. She was a joy to spend the day with. Thank you!
Driver was great. Friendly, but not overbearing. We didn’t get a tour guide, but driver sprinkled in interesting facts. The agenda was packed, but our driver did a great job keeping us on schedule.
Our tour guide went missing the morning of the tour and although the driver and local operator did their best in a bad situation the experience was not what we signed up for. Unfortunately due to travel schedules we were not flexible in our tour date or we would have rescheduled.
Very strange review. We can not allocate You. Who are You. Which experience was it. Which local operatior? What is it about ? We ARE the driver and the local operator and the guide at the same time. If we could just understand what is it about. A Very strange review.
Very extensive tour Loved the area Great driving Condensed a lot sights did not have to use my wallet once
great sites visited, guide had some good information , a lot of money because no one booked the trip with us, they changed tour last minute and charged us another 320 dollars, but gave us 2 more sites
Nice to hear about "great sites visited". Disappointed about 3-stars evaluation. We have informed the traveller one week before the travel date that we had no other participants for that date offering different options: to make the upgrade to Private experience with more sights Driver only or Live guided. We advised as well to look for another supplier for a similar trip because we are just one supplier of many. The customer has chosen the Live guided option with us and we did our job with good quality by one of our Mercedes with experienced driver and Live guided during the whole trip.
Originally set this up as a small group tour and as the scheduled day approached we were notified that my wife and I were the only ones signed up. They gave us an option to cancel or change to a private tour. We chose the private tour, then David our guide and Roman, our driver were assigned. Pick up was promptly at 730am as promised, we headed out in a Mercedes wagon. The drive was about 2.5 hrs to Normandy (bathroom break scheduled 1/2 way) and we made small talk until about an hour out when David began his history lesson. He was well versed and kept our interest all day. We toured museums, watched videos, read journals, discussed artillery, uniforms, equipment, photo exhibits, toured bunkers, monuments, beaches and the second largest military cemetary all while reflecting on the magnitude of this event in history. Worked in a nice lunch in a small town. David and Roman's impeccable timing allowed us to basically walk into a museum and enter a show moments later. We were also able to catch the lowering of the dual flags ceremony in the evening at Omaha cememtary. The day was well planned, informative and though long, was not overwhelming. Each stop allowed us to visualize all of the important pieces that put the D day campaign together. The ride back was about 3 hours and also included a break 1/2 way through. Very memorable Enjoy!
