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

Private D-Day Omaha Pointe du Hoc American Cemetery Caen Memorial

By Clewel Travel
2 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$1,129 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 14h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

A Full-day trip for 2 to 6 persons to Top sights of Normandy D-Day Beaches by Mercedes. You will visit : the Caen Memorial and Museum, 360* Circular cinema, Arromanches-les-Bains town, Omaha Beach Memorial, Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc. Duration of 14 hours.

This can be customised. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.

Activity location

  • Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

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D-Day Private Live Guided Trip
  • Activity duration is 14 hours14h14h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:30 am
Price details
NZ$1,129.05 x 2 AdultsNZ$2,258.10

Total
Price is NZ$2,258.10
Until Tue, 1 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes, Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisits of Caen Memorial and Arromanches-les-Bains
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisits of Omaha beaches
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisit of the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer
  • What's includedWhat's includedMercedes E220/E300 business class car for 2 - 3 people or Mercedes Minivan for 3 - 7 people
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuites and Souvenirs
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals and Drinks

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Paris (Pass by)
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.
Memorial de Caen
  • 1h 45m
  • Admission ticket included
10:30 - 12:15 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.
Arromanches-les-Bains
  • 1m
13:00 - 14:00 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 centre 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 tonnes of supplies to Europe.
Arromanches 360 Circular Cinema
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
14:00 - 14:45 "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. 14:45 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. It takes about 45 minutes (35 km)
Pointe Du Hoc Memorial
  • 45m
15:30 - 16:15 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. 16:15 Departure to Normandy American Cemetery. It takes 15 minutes.
Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer
  • 1h 15m
  • Admission ticket included
16:15 - 17:10 Arrival and Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Centre, located in Colleville-sur-Mer and overlooking Omaha Beach. It contains 9,387 US 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.
Omaha Beach
  • 25m
17:20- 17:45 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. 17:45 Departure to Paris. It takes 3,5 hours (290 km). One stop will be made at the rest area.
Paris (Pass by)
21:00 Arrival in Paris. Drop off at Your hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMemorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMemorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

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