07:30 Departure from Paris to Caen
07:30 Departure from Your hotel in Paris destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes minivan.
10:00 Calvados, Pommeau & Cider tasing in Normandy
10:00 After approx. 2,5 hours drive we will make a stop for Calvados, Pommeau & Cider tasing by a local producer. You will learn the traditional technology how Calvados is being produced for centuries and afterwards have a tasting with explanations.
10:45 Departure to The Caen Memorial and Museum. There are about 50 km ride.
11:30 Arrival The Caen Memorial and Museum
11:30 - 13:30 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.
14:00 Arrival in Arromanches-les-Bains.
14:00 Arrival in Arromanches-les-Bains. The way from Caen Memorial to the Arromanches-les-Bains is 26 km and takes just half an hour. Arromanches is a small seaside town famous for its former artificial Mulberry Harbour. Located in the center of the 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.
14:00 - 15:30 Stop for Lunch (included) and visit of the city.
15:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).
16:00 Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center in Colleville-sur-Mer
16:00 Arrival and Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center 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. Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 10 minutes (5 km).
17:30 Arrival at Omaha Beaches.
17:30 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. 18:30 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).
18:45 Arrival at Pointe du Hoc
18:45 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.
19:45 Departure destination Mont Saint-Michel. It takes about 1 hour to reach Your hotel on the way to Mont Saint-Michel.
21:00 Arrival at Saint-Lo
21:00 Arrival at Saint-Lo which is located one hour drive to Mont Saint-Michel. Accommodation at the hotel.
