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Normandy American D-Day Experience (From Bayeux Station)
- 8h 20m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
Enjoy a full-day sightseeing tour of the American sectors of the D-Day Normandy invasion. An experienced English-speaking guide will show you the battlefield sites and explain in detail the events that occurred. To join this tour, you and your small group will need to take the train from Paris St Lazare to Bayeux and catch a return train to Paris from Bayeux after the tour. This pleasant train journey takes just over 2 hours in each direction. Please note that the train ticket is not included in the price of this tour. As someone else will be doing the driving for you, you will arrive in Normandy stress free and relaxed. The tour departs from Bayeux train station and your guide will be waiting for the arrival of your train from Paris. This tour is a perfect solution for clients wishing to tour the American D-Day beaches as a day trip from Paris!
Inclusions
What's included
- Airborn Museum entrance
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional Guide
What's not
- Sufficient time will be provided for you to have lunch in Ste Mere Eglise.
- Train tickets to and from Paris
- Gratuities
Itinerary
You will be given a great overview of the beach landings that took place on Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944. After which, you will have around 15 minutes free time to walk on the sand (depending on tidal conditions) where American forces landed on D-Day.
The guide will lead you into the incredible American Cemetery and explain many key facts about when it was built, why it is located where it is and many of stories of the men and women who are buried here. You will be given around 45 minutes free time to explore on your own.
Stop three is the incredible Pointe Du Hoc. This impressive site was an objective for American Rangers on D-Day. Your guide will take time to lead you around the site and explain the remnants of the German fortifications and explain how the Rangers ultimately succeeded in silencing this incredible German long range coastal battery.
We stop at Sainte Mere Eglise to explain the importance the 82nd Airborne operation on D-Day. At this location, we will stay for 1 hour and 30 minutes. During this time, you will be given 1 hour of free time for lunch. Please note that lunch is not included in the price of the tour. Should you prefer, you can utilise the whole 90 minutes for your free time. You can grab a quick snack and then visit the impressive Airborne Museum. At the heart of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, facing the church where John Steele famously was caught, hanging from the bell tower by his parachute. The Airborne Museum makes you live and understand the D-Day from the invasion preparations in England, through to the battles for liberation. Board a glider and a C-47 aircraft with sound and light effects for a total immersion. You will also accompany the soldiers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division in the decisive battles of the Normandy Landings thanks to an hyperrealistic museography.
Your guide will give you a detailed account of the landings by the American 4th Infantry Division before allowing you some free time to explore the many monuments that are located here.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Your guide and vehicle will arrive at 08:50 for a 09:00 departure. Please be ready at the front of the station by 08:50. If the train is late, no need to worry. As the tour is designed for clients arriving by train, we will wait!
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- Bayeux Shuttle
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If you are traveling with children, please note that everyone requires a seat. It is a legal requirement so please ensure you book a seat for each person taking the tour. It is forbidden to carry infants on your lap. When booking, please specify the age of the child and we will provide a car seat if require We do not accept children under 4 years old.
How it compares in Bayeux
- Its from-price is 78% below the median of the 92 day trips we list in Bayeux.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 11 of 92.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Bayeux
Bayeux is a small Norman town of medieval lanes and a Gothic cathedral, home to a famous embroidery of the Norman conquest and close to the D-Day beaches.
A strip of embroidered linen almost seventy metres long, made in the eleventh century, tells the story of the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and hangs in its own museum in town. The cathedral, whose crossing spire towers over the rooftops, was consecrated in 1077 with William the Conqueror present. Bayeux escaped bombing in 1944, so its old centre of half-timbered and stone houses along the River Aure is largely intact.
Top-ranked sights in Bayeux: Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.
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