07:30 Hotel Pick up and Departure to Caen
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes minivan. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen.
10:30 - 11:45 Visit of The Caen Memorial and Museum
10:30 - 11:45 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.
11:45 Departure to Arromanches-les-Bains. It takes about 40 minutes (30 km) on the national roads crossing beautiful countryside and small villages.
12:30 - 13:30 Stop for Lunch in Arromanches-les-Bains
12:40 - 13:40 Stop for Lunch and visit of Arromanches. The way from Caen Memorial to the Arromanches-les-Bains is about 30 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.
13:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).
14:00 - 15:20 Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center in Colleville-sur-Mer
14:00 - 15:20 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.
15:20 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 10 minutes (5 km).
15:30 Arrival at Omaha Beaches
15:30 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.
16:00 Departure to Rouen. It takes about 2 hours (180 km).
18:00 - 19:30 Arrival at Rouen and Sightseeing Walking tour
18:00 - 19:30 Arrival at Rouen and Sightseeing Walking tour of Rouen starts. Rouen is the capital of the Duke of Normandy, the city of a hundred bell-towers, famous for its Gothic cathedrals. Here You will have the opportunity to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral of the XIII - XVI centuries, known throughout the world in the paintings of Monet, the area of the Vieux Marché, the place of execution of Joan d'Arc and the Church of Joan d'Arc, the Palace of justice of the XVI century, to see the old medieval clock on the pedestrian street of Gros-Horloge.
The walking tour lasts about one hour.
19:30 Departure from Rouen to Paris. It takes about 2 hours (130 km).
21:30 to 22:00 Arrival in Paris
21:30 to 22:00 Arrival in Paris. Drop off at Your hotel.
