Private Tour: D-Day Beaches from Caen

10 Hours Duration

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About This Tour

Discover the key sites of Normandy’s D-Day story on a private full-day tour from Caen. Travel with your private guide along the historic coastline and visit imp...

Duration: 10 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Included · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Caen, Normandy · Languages: English, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish

Know before you go: INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE; ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY; INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS; Guide-Drivers are Covid-19 vaccinated.; Tour Guide and Driver will wear a mask and/or a safety shield and virus safety shield is installed in the Van; Children must be accompanied by an adult; May be operated by a multi-lingual guide; Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking; Price is per car with a maximum of six people per booking; Not wheelchair accessible; Not stroller accessible; Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.; CAEN or anywhere within 30 KM radius of CAEN

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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Snack
Private guide
Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Not Included

Drinks
DVD (available to purchase)
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Itinerary

1

Day 01

Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-DayVisit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor CenterVisit the only site hosting a real german WWII canon battery. These guns were actually still shooting on June 6th 1944.Learn about the incredible Mulberry Harbor built and deployed here and on Omaha Beach to unload all the supply needed for the battle of Normandy.See Utah Beach and learn how General Roosevelt and the 4th Infantry Division was so successful on D-Day on this sector.Visit the Pointe du Hoc and learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944.Visit Sainte Mère Eglise and learn about the 82nd and 101st Airborne sacrifice on D-Day to prepare the way for the landings hours later. Possible visit of the Airborne Musuem if time allows.Visit Brécourt Manor, where the 506PIR, Company Easy took this very important gun position just 4 miles south of Utah Beach. Visit to the Danie Winters Memorial.