Normandy
from Paris - 12 hours
Personal
tours with your own expert driver-guide
This tour could be taken at a faster pace, omitting
the Pointe du Hoc cliffs in 10 hours
D-Day, great wines, William the Conqueror, all are
synonymous with Normandy, and on this magnificent tour of
this delightful region of France you will sample a little of
all of these things. Your tour will take you past the sites
of the major battles and your expert guide will regale to
you the remarkable history of the most crucial battle the
world has ever known, the Battle of Normandy.
You will travel through the stunning Norman countryside
first to the town of Ranville, a small unassuming
place, where the famous Pegasus Bridge is situated
and where many British soldiers lost their lives in a
successful attempt to take the bridge.
Then on to Longues, the site of the only German
coastal battery to have kept its guns, and then to
Arromanches (pictured). It is here that an artificial
Mulberry Harbour, 'Port Winston', protected the
landings of two and a half million men and half a million
vehicles during the invasion. The sea front war museum,
recounts the whole story by use of models, machinery and
movies.
"Really,
only one way to describe it, MAGNIFICENT! Your
service was beyond expectations, everything was on
time, and all at a fair price. Many thanks for all
that you did in Paris and Normandy, and for
allowing a veteran - my father - the opportunity to
see the land for which land he fought and
sacrificed. (POW 1944 -1945) ".
Steven
Edwards, Washington, USA
Omaha beach is a beautiful four mile stretch of sand,
which denies the ferocity of the fighting that befell it, on
June 6th 1944. Pointe du Hoc situated on a cliff top
overlooking Omaha beach, which displays a shocking
revelation of the obdurate plight of the Allies in their
battle for liberty. The cliff heights are still deeply
pitted with German bunkers and shell holes and the coast
line is dotted with shrapnel. Here is one the largest of the
wartime cemeteries, the Normandy American cemetery,
featured in the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan, where
so many brave allies are laid to rest in endless rows of
impersonal graves.
Your
tour guide will collect you from your Paris hotel, or from
Paris Gare du Nord station if travelling by Eurostar.
See also: Normandy
by Private Plane from London
in our day tours from London section
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