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Two days driver/guide tour to Giverny, Rouen, Bayeaux & Normandy D-Day landing beaches.
Day 1 – visit of Claude Monets gardens at Giverny, sightseeing of historic center of city Rouen and visit of its cathedral. Evening and night in the famous town Bayeux.
Day 2 – visit sites such as Omaha beach, the American cemetery, Pointe du Hoc, Winston Churchill’s artificial harbor and other interesting sightseeing of American, British and German sites of WW2.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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Two days driver/guide tour to Giverny, Rouen, Bayeaux & Normandy D-Day landing beaches.
Day 1 – visit of Claude Monets gardens at Giverny, sightseeing of historic center of city Rouen and visit of its cathedral. Evening and night in the famous town Bayeux.
Day 2 – visit sites such as Omaha beach, the American cemetery, Pointe du Hoc, Winston Churchill’s artificial harbor and other interesting sightseeing of American, British and German sites of WW2.
Itinerary
Day 1: Giverny Gardens & historical Rouen
Stop At: Fondation Claude Monet, 84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny France
The famous Claude Monets gardens
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, 3 rue Saint Romain, 76000, Rouen France
Pictured in the series of paitings by Claude Monet. Cathedrale houses a tomb containing the heart of Richard the Lionheart.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Aitre St-Maclou, 184 rue Martainville, 76000, Rouen France
Old cemetery mass grave dating from the sixteenth century. It is one of the rare examples of ossuary of this type remaining in Europe.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Gros-Horloge, Rue du Gros Horloge, 76000, Rouen France
The mechanism of the clock is one of the oldest in France, the movement was made in 1389.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Le Bucher de Jeanne d’Arc, Place du Vieux Marche, 76000, Rouen France
Place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Rue du Bienvenu 14400 Bayeux, 14400, Bayeux France
Famous cathedrale of Bayeux
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Normandy D-Day sites
Stop At: Cimetiere Militaire Allemand de La Cambe, Les Noires Terres, 14230 La Cambe France
German war grave cemetery
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
One of the most impressive D-Day sites. Rangers scaling the 100feet cliffs.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
Charlie & Dog Green section – pictured in the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
Pilgrimage place to all visiting Normandy
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, West of Arromanches-les-Bains, Longues-sur-Mer France
German coastal battery
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pegasus Bridge, avenue Major John Howard, 14860 Ranville France
Known from the movie The Longest Day – “Hold untill relieved”
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Ranville War Cemetery, Rue Comte Louis de Rohan-Chebou, Ranville France
First casualties of the D-Day
Duration: 40 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
