D-Day Discovery: Omaha Secrets, A 6,5 hour tour, for 2 people

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Route

1. Visit to the seafront German artillery position at Pointe du Hoc, assaulted from the cliffs by American Ranger battaillons on the morning of D-Day.

   1 u

2. Stop at the cliffs of Vierville-sur-mer, dominating Omaha beach. An opportunity to discover American military equipment displayed around the local museum, including American LCVP landing craft.

   15 min

3. Visit to the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer. This exceptional memorial site is located on Omaha beach battlefield. An opportunity to discover the D-Day events from a place that was at the center of the battle that day.

   1 u

4. Visit to the reinforced WN62 German position. Located on the cliffs of Colleville-sur-mer dominating Omaha beach, we will discover, with some German soldiers' testimonies, what D-Day was like seen from that side of the battle. On the same site we will visit the monument dedicated to the American 1st Infantry Division.

   1 u

5. A walk on Omaha Beach: an opportunity to discover the view of the German fortifications as seen by the American infantry troops who landed here on 6th June 1944.

   30 min

6. The Orphans' House: You will stop in front of a house perched on the cliffs of Omaha Beach, where a group of orphans lived in 1944. The D-Day landings and the arrival of American troops there changed their lives forever. As you stand before this house—unchanged for over 80 years—your guide will share with you the moving story of those children and the American soldiers who cared for them.

   20 min

7. The temporary airfield at Omaha Beach: shortly after the invasion, American troops began constructing a temporary airfield on the land beyond the clifftops of Omaha Beach. Used to evacuate wounded soldiers to England, this site holds a deeply moving story that your guide will share with you on location.

   15 min

8. Visit to Saint-Laurent-sur-mer, to the first monument dedicated to the American troops who landed on Omaha beach, on the morning of June 6, 1944.

   10 min

9. Visit to the site temporarily used as a cemetery for American soldiers killed on D-Day and in the following days.

   15 min

10. Visit to the memorial monument dedicated to the landing troops from the American 29th Infantry Division who took part in the Omaha beach invasion, in the early hours of D-Day.

    50 min

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How it compares in Bayeux

• Its from-price is 26% below the median of the 92 dagtrips we list in Bayeux.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 69 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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