Private Normandy D-Day Omaha Beach Top 6 Sights trip from Paris
14 hours (ID: 163503)
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Private trip for 2 to 7 people to Normandy D-Day Top 6 sites by Mercedes E220 business-class car if only 2 people or Mercedes minivan from 3 people. Live guided from 4 participants.
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Tiered pricing. Hotel Pick up and Drop off included
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Best anti-war Caen Memorial and Museum, 360 Circular Cinema with very impressive documentary, Arromanches-les-Bains Viewpoint over artificial D-Day harbour, Omaha Beaches with Signal Monument, Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer with very nice Museum, Pointe du Hoc Rangers Monument with fortifications, Overlord Museum with big collections of WW2 artifacts
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Duration of 14 hours (longer as usual)
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Mercedes miinivan or car drives faster than a bus. You save up around two hours
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This Experience can be customised
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15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel
07:30 Meeting. Departure to Caen
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes E220 business-class car by 2 people or by Mercedes minivan from 3 participants. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen. One stop at the rest area will be made. This trip is Live guided from 4 participants.
10:30 - 12:00 Visit of The Caen Memorial and Museum
10:30 - 12:00 Caen Memorial and Museum visit. Caen Museum, located in the British Sword Beach sector, is the best World War II museum in France. You will get an overview of the Battle of Normandy as well the sense of the personal lives of the people who took part in it. An excellent 19-minute film documents this battle with original historic footage.
12:00 Departure to Arromanches-les-Bains. It takes about 0,5 hour (30 km) on the national roads crossing beautiful countryside and small villages.
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break in Arromanches-les-Bains
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break and visit of Arromanches-les-Bains town. Arromanches is a small seaside town famous for its former artificial Mulberry Harbour. Located in the center of the British Gold Beach landing zone it played an invaluable role in the D-Day landings. The Allies built here an artificial temporary harbour for unloading of vehicles, materials, and people. Mulberry Harbour had, by June 12, 1944, helped bring 300,000 men, 54,000 vehicles, and 104,000 tons of supplies to Europe.
13:30 - 14:30 360 Arromanches-les-Bains. Circular Cinema visit
13:30 - 14:30 "360* Circular Cinema" visit. It is located on the top of the hill with the best Viewpoint over the bay of the former artificial harbour. You will watch a very impressive documentary bout 100 days of the Battle of Normandy learning in details Operation Overlord.
14:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).
15:00 - 16:10 Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center in Colleville-sur-Mer
15:00 - 16:10 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.
16:10 Departure to the close located Overlord Museum.
16:15 - 16:45 Overlord Museum visit
16:15 - 16:45 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.
16:45 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 5 to 10 minutes (5 km).
16:50 - 17:20 Omaha Beaches
16:50 - 17:20 Arrival at Omaha Beaches. Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-Day. Omaha Beach is the most popular travellers destination of the D-Day Beaches. 17:20 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).
17:30 - 18:30 Pointe du Hoc
17:30 - 18:30 Arrival at Pointe du Hoc, a prominent cliff between Utah and Omaha Beach. This point was important because it was the highest land between Omaha and Utah beaches and could thus fire upon both of them. The site was a gun battery, fortified with concrete casemates and gun pits, forming part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall defences. Visiting the Pointe du Hoc You will learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. Many of the original fortifications and bunkers remain on the site and are open to the public, including the fire control casemate, on top of which there is a monument to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
18:30 Departure to Paris. It takes about 3,5 hours (300 km). One stop can be made upon Your request.
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.
- Caen Memorial and Museum, Omaha Beaches and Singal Monument
- Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Overlord Museum
- 360 Circular Cinema in Arromanches-les-Bains, Viewpoint Arromanches
- Pointe du Hoc Rangers Monument
- Mercedes E220/E300 business class car for 2 - 3 people or Mercedes Minivan for 3 - 7 people
- Professional experienced Driver, Live-guided from 4 people
- All Fees and Taxes
- Bottled Water
Exclusions
- Gratuities and Souvenirs
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Meals and Drinks
We stayed for a few days in Paris and knew that a tour out to the beaches of Normandy to see the D-Day landing locations was a priority.
We booked this tour and could not be happier with our experience. Our tour guide Eli was very knowledgeable and delightful. She and driver Alex picked us up right at our Paris hotel in a high end luxury Mercedes sedan. They were right on time for the scheduled pickup.
Eli guided us every step of the way to get the most out of our day. Alex took great care of getting us in and out of the car and always being close by if there were a few minutes of rain or if it was time to move on to the next stop.
Overall, if you are staying in Paris and have a day dedicated to the World War II history of Operation Overlord, I highly recommend this tour along with Eli and Alex.
21 October 2025
David was an exceptional tour guide! He was very knowledgable, courteous, patient & very easy to converse with. I highly recommend him to anyone wanting a valuable and fun experienced tour guide. Nickoli was also quite respectful and navigated the road well.
20 September 2025
This excursion was awesome. Mickey our guide and Yuri our driver were both great. Both
very friendly and helpful. Mickey strictly is very knowledgeable about all that transpired
at Normandy during, before and after. Highly recommend this excursion!
30 August 2025
Excellent first class experience that made our visit to truly memorable! Our guide was so
knowledgeable and our driver was fabulous taking us on scenic routes!
11 June 2025
Wonderful weather and Ivan our drive was fantastic!
16 September 2024