Private D-Day Experience from Bayeux
Description
Discover the American sectors of the Normandy D-Day landing beaches with a guided private tour. This tour is suitable for a maximum of 7 passengers who do not wish to share the tour experience with other clients.
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Itinerary
You will be given a great overview of the beach landings that took place on Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944. After which, you will have around 15 minutes free time to walk on the sand (depending on tidal conditions) where American forces landed on D-Day.
The guide will lead you into the incredible American Cemetery and explain many key facts about when it was built, why it is located where it is and many of stories of the men and women who are buried here. You will be given around 45 minutes free time to explore on your own.
You will learn about the role of the American Rangers on D-Day who had to scale the cliffs at the Pointe-Du-Hoc to silence long range German guns. You will be given sufficient free time to explore on your own after the explanations given by your guide.
We stop at Sainte Mere Eglise to explain the importance the 82nd Airborne operation on D-Day. At this location, we will stay for 1 hour and 30 minutes. During this time, you will be given 1 hour of free time for lunch. Please note that lunch is not included in the price of the tour. Should you prefer, you can utilise the whole 90 minutes for your free time. You can grab a quick snack and then visit the impressive Airborne Museum. At the heart of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, facing the church where John Steele famously was caught, hanging from the bell tower by his parachute. The Airborne Museum makes you live and understand the D-Day from the invasion preparations in England, through to the battles for liberation. Board a glider and a C-47 aircraft with sound and light effects for a total immersion. You will also accompany the soldiers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division in the decisive battles of the Normandy Landings thanks to an hyperrealistic museography.
Your guide will give you a detailed account of the landings by the American 4th Infantry Division before allowing you some free time to explore the many monuments that are located here.
Situated approximately 5 miles from Carentan, the small village of Angoville-Au-Plain witnessed heavy fighting between the German Paratroopers and American Paratroopers that dropped close by at dropzone D. After our 101st Airborne briefing, you will then hear the incredible story of two Airborne Medics. Kenneth Moore and Robert Wright displayed not only courage but also humanity during the desperate struggle to take this small area of Normandy.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- A maximum of 7 people per booking
- Adult pricing applies to all travellers
Reviews(619)
Our guide (Carole) was absolutely superb: She was knowledgeable and informed and informative. She made the day special
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review! We are very pleased to hear that you enjoyed your tour with Carole and hope that through her in-depth knowledge you were able to gain a good overview of the events that took place here in Normandy on the 6th of June 1944. We really appreciate you taking a tour with us. Kind regards, Lucie from Bayeux Shuttle
We arranged for a private, guided experience to the American beaches and cemetery and the Airborne Museum. My wife has limited mobility and my daughter and her husband were with us, so we needed a guide who could help us make sure that everyone had a good experience. Our guide, Marine, did just that. We got to the Omaha and Utah beaches, the museum, and the American cemetery, which is the most somber, tragic, beautiful, and compelling place we have ever visited. Marine has a firm and impressive grasp of the background, context, and details around D-Day. She gave us great information and also made sure that we visited places where my wife could walk and also places where the youngsters could leave the old farts behind. She gave us clear directions but also enough flexibility so we could spend more time in some places and less in others. We were very grateful to have arranged the private tour----it would have been much more difficult for us on a larger tour bus.
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us a review! We are so pleased to read that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Marine and that it lived up to your expectations. I'm sure that she will be happy to read your positive comments. We are very grateful to you for taking your tour with us. Kind regards, Lucie from Bayeux Shuttle
Our experience with Bayeux Shuttle was exceptional. Booking directly on line was easy and from our first contact the company was responsive and interested in creating the perfect private tour for our family of ten ages 73 to 8. Our all day tour of the WW2 sites was lead by Fred, our outstanding and knowledgeable tour guide. We travelled in a van which comfortably accommodated our party. Fred provided us with information and stories about the sites that made everything come together. As my father was a WW2 US infantryman our guide, Fred, was able to shed light on what my father would have experienced. We never felt rushed and were given ample time at each site. Fred was patience in listening to our questions and answering them thoughtfully. We could not have been more pleased with our tour.
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us a review! We are so pleased to read that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Fred and that it lived up to your expectations. I'm sure that he will be happy to read your positive comments. We are very grateful to you for taking your tour with us. Kind regards, Lucie from Bayeux Shuttle
It was a great experience. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. Really enjoyed it. Learned a lot. Full day.
Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! We are delighted to know that you had a great time on your tour. Thank you for booking with us. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
Our guide, Roma, was wonderful - full of information, highly enthusiastic and very accommodating to our needs. We loved the tour and would highly recommend this to anyone. We were so happy to have our personal guide versus being in a large tour group. Well worth the money.
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Roma and that the experience lived up to your expectations. I'm sure that she will be delighted to read your positive comments. We truly appreciate your support. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
I am so glad we booked this tour. Our guide, Magali, was exceptional and I think we came away with a much better understanding and appreciation of what happened on D-day than we would have on our own.
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Magali and that the experience lived up to your expectations. She will be delighted to read your positive comments. We truly appreciate your support. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
Pierre was an astounding wealth of information on Normandy and the ticking clock of the dday activities. We —a group of Americans and French left with a deep understanding of the incredible effort by both the Germans and the allies to fight in this special place.
Hi, Thank you for your kind review! We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with Pierre and that the experience lived up to your expectations. We are very lucky to have him in our team, and I’m sure he will be delighted to read your positive comments. We truly appreciate your support and hope to welcome you again in the future. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
Private tour that was incredible. Met us at the train station and toured the entire area. Extremely knowledgeable guide and great tour all the way around!!
Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! We are very pleased to know that you had a great time on your tour. Thank you for booking with us. Kind regards, Lucie from Bayeux Shuttle
Our tour guides name was Marine and she was fantastic! She took myself and my three teenage boys and an all day excursion where we cover a number of the beaches, the Americancemetery, and a few towns in between. She was very friendly, courteous, and very knowledgeable about World War II and Normandy in particular. She even had water for uswhich we had forgotten to bring! We never felt rushed and we had a very good sense of what happened in Normandy. I would highly recommend her as a guide!
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Marine and that the experience lived up to your expectations. I'm sure that she will be delighted to read your positive comments. We truly appreciate your support. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
The day was better that we anticipated!! Irene knew so much history! We were moved by all the sites. We highly recommend booking with Bayeux Shuttles and Irene! (Irene, we'll see you in Finland with your new puppy ;)
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour of the American D-Day beaches with Irene and that the experience lived up to your expectations. I'm sure that she will be delighted to read your positive comments. We truly appreciate your support. Kind regards, Deborah from Bayeux Shuttle
