Paris Trip Overview
Visit the D-day beaches of Normandy and delve into France’s World War II history on this private day tour from Paris. Explore the WWII landings battlegrounds around Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc with your private guide, and learn of the sacrifices made by the opposing Allied and German soldiers. Pay your respects at the American Cemetery with its Visitor Center and visit other top sites of interest including the Pointe du Hoc, German coastal battery and the Pegasus bridge “Hold until relieved”. This private tour includes round-trip travel from your central Paris accommodation in a air conditioned van.
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Duration: 13 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Visit the D-day beaches of Normandy and delve into France’s World War II history on this private day tour from Paris. Explore the WWII landings battlegrounds around Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc with your private guide, and learn of the sacrifices made by the opposing Allied and German soldiers. Pay your respects at the American Cemetery with its Visitor Center and visit other top sites of interest including the Pointe du Hoc, German coastal battery and the Pegasus bridge “Hold until relieved”. This private tour includes round-trip travel from your central Paris accommodation in a air conditioned van.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
Drive through the “Bloody Omaha” and stop at the “Dog Green / Charlie” sectors, which were pictured in the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
One of the most impressive of the D-day sites. Full of bomb craters, German bunkers and a heroic story of US Rangers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
A place of pilgrimage for anyone visiting Normandy.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, Normandy
Lunch in a beautiful fisherman village
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, West of Arromanches-les-Bains, Longues-sur-Mer France
German coastal battery. Four original cannons inside their bunkers.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ranville War Cemetery, Rue Comte Louis de Rohan-Chebou, Ranville France
Commonwealth war cemetery. Place where British, Australians, New Zealanders, Germans and soldiers of other nationalities rest in peace side by side.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pegasus Bridge, avenue Major John Howard, 14860 Ranville France
The first operation of Normandy invasion. Know from the movie The Longest day “Hold untill relieved”.
Duration: 30 minutes
