Private Tour: D-Day Beaches from Caen
- 9 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 5 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Explore the Normandy coastline and delve into Europe’s World War II history on this private 8-hour tour of the D-Day beaches from Caen. Visit the D-Day beaches of Normandy with a private guide, and learn of the sacrifices made by Allied soldiers during WWII. Take in key sites of interest including Arromanches, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, the Overlord Museum, the Pointe du Hoc, and Sainte-Mère-Église. This private 8-hour tour includes round-trip travel from your hotel or the train station in Caen.
Inclusions
What's included
- Snack
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's not
- Drinks
- DVD (available to purchase)
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Itinerary
Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-Day
Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center
Visit the only site hosting a real german WWII canon battery. These guns were actually still shooting on June 6th 1944.
Learn about the incredible Mulberry Harbor built and deployed here and on Omaha Beach to unload all the supply needed for the battle of Normandy.
See Utah Beach and learn how General Roosevelt and the 4th Infantry Division was so successful on D-Day on this sector.
Visit the Pointe du Hoc and learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944.
Visit Sainte Mère Eglise and learn about the 82nd and 101st Airborne sacrifice on D-Day to prepare the way for the landings hours later. Possible visit of the Airborne Musuem if time allows.
Visit Brécourt Manor, where the 506PIR, Company Easy took this very important gun position just 4 miles south of Utah Beach. Visit to the Danie Winters Memorial.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.8
- 512
- 41
- 31
- 20
- 10
Ratings come from 14 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Normandytour
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
How it compares in Caen
- Its from-price is 47% above the median of the 40 day trips we list in Caen.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 7 of 40.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Caen
Caen, in Normandy, is the city of William the Conqueror, with two great abbeys, a hilltop castle and the D-Day beaches within easy reach.
Caen sits on the Orne in Lower Normandy, and William the Conqueror made it a base in the 11th century, building the castle that still dominates the old centre. He is buried in the Abbaye aux Hommes, and his wife Matilda in the Abbaye aux Dames, two Romanesque abbeys on opposite sides of the centre. Much of the city was destroyed in the Battle of Normandy in 1944 and rebuilt in pale Caen stone.
Top-ranked sights in Caen: Honfleur, Caen Memorial Museum (Mémorial de Caen), St. Catherine’s Church (Eglise Sainte-Catherine).
Special offers in Caen
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
