Bayeux Trip Overview
More than 20 years of experience. I’m a native of Normandy and grew up here, I met a lot of veterans, and even after so many years, my passion is still intact.
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Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Bayeux, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bayeux, Normandie, France
More than 20 years of experience. I’m a native of Normandy and grew up here, I met a lot of veterans, and even after so many years, my passion is still intact.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Manche, Basse-Normandie, Normandy
Ste Mère Eglise, in the middle of the dropzones of American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, major objective for the success of the landings on Utah Beach and for the liberation of Cherbourg thereafter.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Utah Beach, 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont France
Your guide will explain how the American 4th Infantry Division supported by other units landed on this beach, and linked up with the paratroopers inland.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cimetiere Militaire Allemand de La Cambe, Les Noires Terres, 14230 La Cambe France
This site was first an American temporary Military Cemetery before becoming a German Military Cemetery.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
On D Day, a German artillery Battery on top of this cliff was the objective of the American 2nd Ranger Battalion, 225 men especially trained to eliminate this threat. The Rangers landed at the foot of the cliff with climbing equipment, your guide will tell you the following of the story.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
After a presentation of the site, your guide will give you time enough to feel the special atmosphere of this place like all Military Cemeteries, but here the 9 387 white marble graves overlook Omaha Beach.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
The most difficult of the 5 landing Beaches, it was the objective of th American Vth Corps. Your guide will explain you how, on D Day, the beach was achieved at the price of heavy losses.
Duration: 45 minutes
