🏨 Private Normandy D-Day trip to Top 5 Sights from Paris by Minivan with Lunch Activity

Private Normandy D-Day trip to Top 5 Sights from Paris by Minivan with Lunch

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 14 hours

Departs: Paris, Paris

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

A high-quality Live-guided Private Full-day trip for 2 to 7 persons to Top 5 sights of Normandy D-Day by our extra long Mercedes Minivan with adjustable seats. Caen Memorial, Arromanches-les-Bains 360 Circular Cinema, Omaha Beaches, Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc. Duration of 14 hours (longer as usual).
Minivan drives faster than a bus and is more comfortable compared with cars. You save up around two hours.
This can be customised. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Lunch in Arromanches-les-Bains

Mercedes minivan, max. 7 Persons, air-conditioned, extra long with adjustable seats

Professional Guide-Driver

Visit of 360 Circular Cinema in Arromanches-les-Bains

Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc

Visits of Caen Memorial, Arromanches-les-Bains, Omaha beaches

What's Not Included

Meals and Drinks

souvenirs and gratuites

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 4 - 11
YOUTH: Age: 12 - 24
ADULT: Age: 25 - 79

Additional Info

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Paris

07:30 Departure from Your hotel in Paris destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes minivan. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen. One stop at the rest area will be maid.

• Admission Ticket Free

Memorial de Caen

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.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Arromanches-les-Bains

12:30 - 13:30 Stop for Lunch and visit of Arromanches.
The way from Caen Memorial to the Arromanches-les-Bains is 26 km and takes just half an hour. Arromanches is a small seaside town famous for its former artificial Mulberry Harbour. Located in the center of the 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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Arromanches 360 Circular Cinema

13:30 - 14:30 Visit of the 360 Circular Cinema and view point over the bay of Arromanches.
14:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer

15:00 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.
16:20 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 10 minutes (5 km).

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Omaha Beach

16:45 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.
17:15 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Pointe Du Hoc Memorial

17:30 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).

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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