Private Normandy D-Day Live guided Top 6 Sites trip from Paris
Description
Private trip to Normandy D-Day Top 6 sites. Live guided. Mercedes E220 or Mercedes minivan. Door-to-door Pick up and Drop off. Price per Person decreases by more participants. We start in Paris but we di it also from Caen, Bayeux, Honfleur etc. You will see and visit: 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, Pointe du Hoc Rangers Monument with fortifications, Overlord Museum with big collections of WW2 artifacts. Duration of 14 hours (longer as usual). Mecedes miinivan or car drives faster than a bus. You save up around two hours. This Experience can be customised. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.
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Itinerary
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris (it can be as well Caen, Bayeux, Honfleur) 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.
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.
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.
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 Beach. 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).
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.
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We provide convenient door-to-door pickup and drop-off from any hotel or address in Paris. If your hotel is not listed, simply send us the hotel name and address and we will confirm the pickup. Your Mercedes vehicle will be waiting for you at the entrance of your hotel at the scheduled pickup time. Our team will contact you one day before your travel date to reconfirm the details of your transfer. For pickups outside of Paris, additional charges may apply.
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- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(32)
Our guide was exceptionally knowledgeable. The tour is a long day (14 hours round trip). Our guide had a planned schedule and he was very rigid about the schedule. We had been to Normandy before and it would have been a better day if the guide was more curious when he picked us up to see what would be our most interest since we were building on our past experience.
Thank you for your feedback. We are delighted that you appreciated your guide's exceptional knowledge. Given the length of this full-day experience, following a carefully planned schedule is essential to ensure that all highlights are visited. We regret that your expectations for additional customization, based on previous visits, could not be fully accommodated as they had not been communicated in advance.
Very extensive trip. Well worth doing if you want a full day in Normandy. You get to see just about everything!
My husband and I wanted to visit Normandy, particularly the timing for D-Day, since we were visiting Paris. Another tour was booked by us but that provider changed the itinerary at the last minute leaving us in search of a tour for our visit to Normandy. It was frustrating to say the least! Fortunately we found Cyrus at Clewel Travel! I cannot begin to tell you how pleasant and accommodating Cyrus was! He helped arrange our tour showing us all the sites we wanted, was so pleasant and absolutely a wealth of knowledge. We could not have found a better tour! In fact, it was a blessing the other tour changed their program leading us to find the “perfect tour”! And they were far more reasonably priced than their competitor😊😊 Could not have asked for anything more- Cyrus even got us back in time to keep our dinner cruise reservations! We would highly recommend this tour! In fact we were so happy with them we booked a different tour the next day - different guide but same excellent service! Yes - this is the tour / tour company to select if in doubt. You will be delighted that you did💕❤️
Our tour guide Danil knew his stuff and gave a wealth of knowledge regarding that terrible time. The flag ceremony was particularly poignant! Be prepared tho for a lot of walking! I would also give 5 stars to our driver Vadim
We had a spectacular day with David and Vadim. Stay with me while I capture this amazing day in some detail so that you will immediately book with this company! David, our guide, and Vadim, our driver, came to our hotel in advance of our pick up time and were so kind and polite! At 7:30 am, we set off for Caen to begin our tour of the D-Day museums, memorials and sites. The van was spotless and quite comfortable and there were waters waiting for us. The museums we visited were so well done and were rich with history and memorabilia from this important event. The American cemetery left me speechless as did Pont du Hoc. The day moved smoothly and David was very specific at every stop with how much time we had and where to meet. We never felt rushed or confused. David took us to a lovely restaurant with excellent food and very fair prices. While Vadim deftly handled the driving, David shared his incredible breadth of knowledge about not only the D-Day landings but all facets of the war and beyond. It is a long drive to and from Paris but this was an epic day from start to finish and I could not give David and Vadim a higher or more enthusiastic recommendation! Be advised that this tour covers a lot of sites and it is a 14 hour journey but it is so well worth it. This private tour was well worth the cost given the outstanding service that was provided. I look forward to booking with this company in the future.
It was wonderful. The guide was very knowledgeable and he and the driver made the entire experience feel more like a road trip with friends. I couldn’t have been more pleased!!!
The tour was great. The driver and English speaking guide were knowledgeable about Paris and Normandy giving us insight on interesting sites along the way. The timing of the tour had us at the right places at the time. While I would have loved to spend all day at some of the sites, it just wasn’t possible given the amount of time we had to drive. I would recommend this tour to anyone wanting to see the highlights in Normandy, but not having the schedule to allow for a slower pace.
David was very knowledgeable and provided extra insight into the museum visits…I really enjoyed the smaller van used to transport us…got to see the real French countryside!
Tour was great. Our tour guide and driver were very accommodating. Definitely a must do tour. Restaurant they take you to has very good food and fast service.
Great experience. Our guide and driver were very accommodating. Definitely a must see tour. Lunch was at a great restaurant.
