Normandy American & British DDay Beaches Halfday Tour from Bayeux
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Explore the D-Day landing beaches of Normandy and gain insight into Europe’s World War II history on this half-day tour from Bayeux. Visit key battle sites with a guide including Omaha Beach, and learn of the sacrifices made during WWII. Read the names of soldiers missing in action at the Normandy American Cemetery, then visit the German gun battery and the Mulberry Harbour. This 4.30 hour tour includes round-trip travel from Bayeux. Following a 1.00 pm pickup in central Bayeux Place du Quebec, take a seat in your air-conditioned minivan for the onward journey to the WWII U.S and British landing beaches of Normandy.
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Omaha Beach, beach in the American sector where troops of the 1st and 29th American Infantry Division landed on June 6, 1944. It will subsequently be nicknamed "Bloody Omaha", the guide who will accompany you will detail the events experienced by these soldiers so that you can feel the emotion that this beach can release.
An emblematic place on the landing beaches, this cemetery overlooks Omaha beach and is extremely rich in symbolism. Overwhelmed by emotion, you will discover every detail of this place of memory accompanied by your guide.
German fortification on the British sector of Gold is one of the symbols of the famous Atlantic Wall. You will understand how a German battery works and see the original cannons.
Normandy is one of the regions with the highest tides in the world. During the Battle of Normandy, supplies would have been compromised if British engineering had not imagined this technical feat of assembling floating ports called Mulberry. It is only by seeing it that you will understand the immense importance it may have had in the outcome of the story of the landing.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is formal
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Reviews(311)
Amazing tour. We had absolutely the VERY best guide you could ask for. Igor was a local guide who knew everything about the Normandy invasion. He was simply the BEST! Very moving experience. We got to witness the lowering of the American flag and hear Tap being played.
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Our tour guide was Elise and she was fantastic...very professional and very knowledgeable on her subject...you will learn much about the heroics and sacrifices made during the Battle Of Normandy. I can highy recommend this tour and I hope you are fortunate enough to have Elise as your guide. Merci Beaucoup Elise.
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The tour included all the advertised stops—the Mulberry floating ports, the German bunkers at Allemande de Longues-Sur-Mere, Omaha Beach, and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. Lucas was our guide, and he gave an excellent tour. I was impressed that he remembered the names of everyone in the group, five in total, which gave a nice, personal touch to the afternoon. The five-hour tour was just right: it filled up the afternoon, preserving flexibility in my own schedule without taking up the entire day. Lucas drove us around and gave us plenty of facts and information, often supplementing his ideas with pictures from a copious notebook. I am an American history professor, and I teach a course on military history, yet I still learned plenty of new information from Lucas. I highly recommend this tour to anyone!
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Very knowledgeable guide, gave us time to explore on our own which was great. Nice small group tour
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Very knowledgeable guide, had a fantastic day, driver was awesome to
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Great guide! Cool to see history come alive. No museums but actually where history occurred - explored all different points!
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Great guide. Very knowledgeable and informative Our guide was very friendly and pleasant Very careful driver
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While this experience was very expensive, the guide, Adrian, went out of his way to make the trip very enjoyable. He was very knowledgeable and excellent at answering our questions which he encouraged. The 5 hours it took for the trip was the maximum length for absorbing all the information and history.
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The D-Day tour was powerful and educational. Adrienne was an excellent guide. As a native of Bayeux he possessed knowledge not only of the places that all tourists visited but also hidden gems where we were the only visitors present. He shared details of the invasion strategies and stories of individual soldiers who displayed courage in the face of insurmountable odds. Highly recommended!
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It was a very pleasant tour with the right timing that allowed us to touch on the most important and evocative stages of this important historical moment.
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