Important !
This is a Customisable Private Experience.
We pick up all clients from Hotels and AirBNB in Paris. We can pick you up as well from the Airport, Railway stations or close located towns in accordance with our itinerary. A transfer surcharge can be demanded.
07:30 Departure from Paris to Etretat
07:30 Hotel pick up and Departure destination Etretat by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes. It takes up to 3 hours (213 km). One stop at a rest area will be made. This trip is Live guided.
10:30 - 12:00 Arrival in Etretat. Walking to the Chalk Cliffs
10:30 - 12:00 Arrival in Etretat. Walking to the Cliffs.
Étretat is famous for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and the Needle, which rises 70 meters (230 ft) above the sea. Etretat was a popular spot in the past for impressionist artists including Claude Monet, the founder of French Impressionist painting. Today it is a classic seaside resort nestled between two sets of chalk cliffs. You can walk on the beach or climb for excellent views. Along the seafront, there are many restaurants/cafés all of which do variations on a theme of Moules/Frites. Free time.
12:00 Departure Honfleur. It takes about one hour drive.
12:45 - 14:45 Walking tour Honfleur. Lunch break.
12:45 - 14:30 Arrival in Honfleur. The walking city tour takes about 1 hour.
Walking tour of Honfleur with its famous port. Honfleur, the main defensive port of Normandy of the XV century, transformed into a charming resort town with a picturesque Bay, much-loved by the artists of the XIX century. Honfleur was first mentioned in 1027, when it belonged to the Norman Duke Richard III. The owners of the city changed several times during The Hundred-Years War. In the XV century, there were French pirates, corsairs who ravaged the English coast. A little later, in the XVII-XVIII centuries, the city became significantly rich in trade with the American colonies. After the port was closed, the city's economy declined and Honfleur became a suburb of Le Havre. Today it is one of the most known tourist cities in Normandy.
13:45 - 14:45 Free time for Lunch.
14:45 Departure from Honfleur to Collville-sur-Mer. It takes 1,15 hours (110 km).
16:00 - 17:15 Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center in Colleville-sur-Mer
16:00 - 17:15 Arrival and Visit to 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. At the Visitors Center You will find a very nice small Museum with a lot of informations about Battle of Normandy.
17:15 Departure to the close located Overlord Museum.
17:20 - 17:50 Overlord Museum visit
17:20 - 17:50 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).
18:00 - 18:30 Arrival at Omaha Beaches. Memorial Signal.
18:00 - 18:30 Arrival at Omaha Beach Signal Monument. 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 Mont Saint-Michel area. It takes about 1,45 hours (150 km).
20:15 Hotel Accommodation in Mont Saint-Michel area
20:15 Hotel accommodation in Mont Saint-Michel area.
