Caen Trip Overview
Private circuit on the landing beaches with audio guide and driver in a 7 seater vehicle. We adapt to the needs, desires, rhythm of our customers.
The driver is also your Norman host if you stay at the hotel La Fontaine Caen Center. 2 people minimum.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Caen, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Caen, Normandy, France
Private circuit on the landing beaches with audio guide and driver in a 7 seater vehicle. We adapt to the needs, desires, rhythm of our customers.
The driver is also your Norman host if you stay at the hotel La Fontaine Caen Center. 2 people minimum.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Office de Tourisme de Caen, 12 Place Saint Pierre, 14000 Caen France
From your hotel in Caen and its surroundings. The city is liberated on June 20, 1944.
Duration: 1 minute
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
The American rangers will seize the tip of the Hoc, a cliff thirty meters high, to neutralize powerful German guns supposed to be installed in blockhouses. Today, the site presents the remains of the German battery and the deep traces of the fierce battles that took place there.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
This is the beach where the Allies lost the most troops, which earned him the nickname “Bloody Omaha” (Omaha, the bloody).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
Located just above Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery honors American soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy. A must-see, it brings together the perfectly aligned tombstones of 9387 soldiers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, West of Arromanches-les-Bains, Longues-sur-Mer France
Classified as a Historical Monument, it includes a command post and four casemates housing a long-range 150mm artillery piece.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Les Falaises d’Arromanches, Baie d’Arromanches, Arromanches-les-Bains France
The Mulberry port is an artificial harbor built in Arromanches to allow the supply of Allies in the days following the Normandy landing: excellent stage for lunch.
Duration: 1 hour
