This is a small group full-day trip for 2 to 7 people to the top sites of Omaha and Utah Normandy D-Day Beaches by Mercedes. Guaranteed departures from two people. Live-guided from 4 people. Hotel pick-up and drop-off are included. You will learn about the most important D-Day highlights, including: Normandy American Cemetery with its very nice WW2 Museum; Omaha Beach with the Signal Monument; Overlord Museum with a big collection of WW2 artifacts; Pointe du Hoc Memorial; Utah Beach Landing Museum with a big collection of historical artifacts; military vehicles; and the original B26 bomber!
Pickup included
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Normandy by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes E220 business-class car by 2 people or by Mercedes minivan from 3 participants. It takes about 3,5 hours (280 km) to reach Normandy American Cemetery in Collville-sur-Mer. One stop at a rest area will be made.
11:00 - 11:30 Overlord Museum visit. Located just few hundred meters from the Normandy American Cemetery this museum contains many WW2 artefacts and installations like tanks, weapons, guns, many military vehicles, V-1 missile, personal belongings and more. It gives You a personal feeling about D-Day. 11:30 Departure to the close located Normandy American Cemetery.
11:40 - 12:40 Arrival and Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center, located in Colleville-sur-Mer and overlooking Omaha Beach. It contains 9,387 U.S. soldiers, most of whom were killed during the Normandy Landings and the Wall of the Missing with the names of 1,557 soldiers missing in action. The cliffs leading down to the beaches contain the remnants of the German defences, including concrete casemates with memorials to the soldiers. At Normandy American Cemetery you’ll see as well the semicircular memorial colonnade with the sculpture “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves” and large maps of military operations; and the most beautiful, idyllic spot on Planet Earth. At the Visitors Center You will find a very nice small Museum with a lot of informations about Battle of Normandy. 12:40 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 10 minutes (5 km).
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
We pick up travellers from the Hotel entrance door or Airbnb address at 07:30. It is always one of our Mercedes minivans or Mercedes E220 depending on the travellers' number.