Bayeux Trip Overview
Explore the Normandy battlefields with a guide on this 5-hour tour, and learn of the struggles that took place here during World War II. Offering a sensitive introduction to this difficult period of European history, the tour takes you to many of the sites that saw action. Visit the Merville Gun Battery and Museum, Sword Beach and the Hillman Bunkers and gain an understanding of the conflict that played out there. Walk among the graves at the Commonwealth Military Cemeteries and read the touching epitaphs left to fallen soldiers.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Bayeux, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bayeux, Normandy, France
Explore the Normandy battlefields with a guide on this 5-hour tour, and learn of the struggles that took place here during World War II. Offering a sensitive introduction to this difficult period of European history, the tour takes you to many of the sites that saw action. Visit the Merville Gun Battery and Museum, Sword Beach and the Hillman Bunkers and gain an understanding of the conflict that played out there. Walk among the graves at the Commonwealth Military Cemeteries and read the touching epitaphs left to fallen soldiers.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sword Beach, Ouistreham Calvados, Bassa Normandia, 14150 France
Stand where the Sword Beach landing happened.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pegasus Bridge, avenue Major John Howard, 14860 Ranville France
Be where the very first ally forces landed during d-day.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Musee de la Batterie de Merville, Place du 9eme Bataillon, 14810 Merville-Franceville-Plage France
Discover the Merville gun battery.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ouistreham Beach, 53 boulevard Aristide Briand, 14150 Ouistreham France
Follow the way of the british and french number 4 commandos.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ranville War Cemetery, Rue Comte Louis de Rohan-Chebou, Ranville France
Take some time to pay your respect in the Ranville war cemetery
Duration: 30 minutes
