Private Normandy D-Day Live guided Top 6 Sites trip from Paris
16 Reviews
Paris, France
Things to do hosted by Clewel Travel
14 hours (approx.)
Up to 6 travelers
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in English
About
- Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Overlord Museum
- Caen Memorial and Museum, Omaha Beaches and Singal Monument
- Pointe du Hoc Rangers Monument
- All Fees and Taxes, Bottled Water
- 360 Circular Cinema in Arromanches-les-Bains, Viewpoint Arromanches
- Live-guided from 2 people
- Mercedes E220/E300 business class car for 2 - 3 people or Mercedes Minivan for 3 - 7 people
- Souvenirs and Gratuites.
- Meals and Drinks
What's not included
Pickup point
Multiple pickup locations offered. During checkout you will be able to select from the list.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass byParis
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.
Stop atMemorial de Caen
10:30 - 12:00 Visit of The Caen Memorial and Museum, located in the British Sword Beach sector. Caen Museum 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.
1 hours and 30 minutes (approx.)・Admission included
Stop atArromanches-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.
1 hour (approx.)・No admission tickets required
Stop atArromanches 360 Circular Cinema
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).
1 hour (approx.)・Admission included
Stop atCimetiere Americain de 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 close the located Overlord Museum.
1 hours and 10 minutes (approx.)・Admission included
Stop atOverlord Museum - Omaha Beach
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).
30 minutes (approx.)・Admission included
Stop atOmaha Beach
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). 17:20 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).
30 minutes (approx.)・Admission included
Stop atPointe Du Hoc Memorial
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.
1 hour (approx.)・No admission tickets required
Pass byParis
21:30 - 22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
Free Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Highly recommend this trip-and you will love Diana if you are lucky enough to have her as your guide!
Brendan_G, Dec 2024
Diana our guide, and Vadim our driver did a great job. We knew this would be a long day, but at each stop we were given plenty of time to explore each destination. Our favorites were the American Cemetery, Point Du Hoc, and Arromanches. Diana did a great job telling us about each location and helped us make the most of each stop. Departed hotel on time, and arrived back in Paris in time for a late dinner.
Eye Opening
Gregory_P, Dec 2024
The Cemetery and the Bunkers at Omaha Beach. Very emotional experience. The guides were on time and knew where to go every step of the way
Worst Tour I have ever booked for a client - Stay away from Clewel Travel
387amalm, Dec 2024
Beware - You won't get what you paid for and you won't get a response or compensation when you advise you didn't get what you paid for.
Stay away from booking this tour. I am a travel advisor and I booked it for a client with Viator. It clearly stated English speaking guide, otherwise I would have never booked it and would have booked a small group shared tour that was less then one third of the cost. Sadly my client received a driver only that only spoke Ukranian. My client spoke French and asked if he spoke french since no English and he said no. Since this was a highlight for my client and his grandson, they were so disappointed. The driver used a translator on his phone that was horrible and not translated accurately, so they were guessing what to do and how to proceed at each stop. The worst part of this is when I wrote Viator and asked for a refund since it clearly wasn't what the client paid for. I was told multiple times by Viator that they confirmed the services were provided. I advised over and over, he drove them but didn't speak one word of English. So how is this a private guided English speaking tour. They responded again that it the client received all the services. I wasn't advising the client didn't get tickets and didn't get dropped off for every sight advised as a visit. He didn't have an English speaking guide which it clearly stated on the voucher and on the website for Viator. So beware and don't book anything with Clewel travel as they knew what happened during the tour and proceeded to say they supplied the booked service. I will also no longer book Viator because they didn't back the product that they allow to be sold on their site. They finally came back and gave the client 25% refund on this service after I advised to at least refund them 50% considering they got less than half a tour a driver and no English guide.
Responses from Clewel T
The review comes NOT from the customer himself/ herself but from the Travel agent who never participated at this tour and obviously had no time or was to lazy to read the description at all. We made all services according to the client's ticket. That is why Viator refused the agency's claim to get some money back. Dear travel agent, Take always Your time for reading the description beforehand and inform correctly the client about all the details. That is the way how it works. Indeed it is not a Live-guided tour (see description). The itinerary includes: The Caen Memorial visit with audioguides in English and documentaries with English subtitles, the 360 Circular cinema in Arromanches with English subtitles, Lunch in Arromanches, the Normandy American cemetery visit with a small museum which contains all the informations in English as well, Omaha beach monument visit, visiting of Pointe du Hoc. By this Private Experience we add guides starting with 4 participants but they give a lot of general informations but don't make guided tours in the Cemetery, in the Cinema etc where people spend time themselves watching, feeling, thinking... We have on Viator's web minute for minute description for this trip and make it several times a week. The driver's goal is to drive the clients by our Mercedes fast and safety to all places due to the description total 650 km (380 miles) within one day while clients are relaxing.
Amazing moments with real people…
pmjl2015, Dec 2024
What an amazing moment in our lives. Rustam, our tour guide, we nicknamed “Rusty” was amazing as he orchestrated our time with video prior to reaching destinations, elaborated on activities and guided us providing us ample time to experience locations. Rustam was not only well-spoken but, he was so much fun and we didn’t want the tour to end. It was not just about the tour, it was about people and here is a winner. Cheers!
Paul & Kathy from Connecticut
Comfortable, but not what we expected
Joseph_K, Dec 2024
Pointe du Hoc was amazing. Best part of the trip.
Unfortunately, our guide did not speak English (which it stated they would in the description). We had hoped for someone to actually “guide” us, but our driver would take us to each point and then explain in very broken English what time we needed to be back at the car.
He was very nice and the car was clean & comfortable, which is great for a long day of driving.
But for the money, I don’t feel we got what we paid for.
Responses from Clewel T
Thank You very much for Your participation and that You found Pointe du Hoc amazing. My personal favourite site remains Normandy American Cemetery. Thank You that You found as well our Mercedes comfortable. Our driver drove You about 650 km bringing You on time to all sites: Caen Memorial and Museum which is not so much offered by other suppliers because too expensive. Everything is there in French, German and English. You had also audioguides. It is a great site for me since they reopened cinema with exellent documentaries running non stop in French with English sublitles. Arromanches-les-bains with 360 degrees Cinema is also very impressive (English subtitles as well), Lunch at a local restaurant (Menu in English), Normandy American Cemetery with a cute Museum where You can find everything in English and French. Cemetery itself I have visited many many times. Just silent walking. More than 9 thousand crosses. That's it. Omaha Beach memorial on the Beach. Pointe du Hoc is also very very good. The itinerary was 14 hours. Not cheap but comfortable. By big bus it would be cheaper but not possible to visit all the sites.
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