In the footsteps of the 1944 landings
Relive history on a tour of the D-Day landing beaches. The longest day. The D-Day beaches. Operation Overlord.
So many ways to name, and always remember, the heroic landing on that famous June 6, 1944, to liberate France and Europe from the yoke of Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Indeed, it was on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944 the largest allied amphibious and airborne operation in Europe began. Normandy, to bring down Nazism and restore freedom after 5 years of bloody war. During this guided tour from famous D-Day landing beaches, Return to the places where thousands of men from all over the world heroically gave their lives for freedom.
A moment of emotion awaits you at this event. guided tour of the Normandy landing beaches. Indeed, today's peaceful landscapes are forever preserving the traces of this history. Every year tributes to American, British, Canadian, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Australian and French veterans and their brothers-in-arms who lost their lives throughout the summer of 1944. As you visit these symbolic sites, join in these tributes and in this memory work.
Visit the Normandy landing beaches, also means visiting military cemeteries where the heroes to whom we owe so much are laid to rest, and which can be discovered throughout the region.
This guided tour of the D-Day landing beaches will take you to the heights places of remembrance, cemeteries, but also websites or even museums dedicated to D-Day to understand and remember.
Your guide will take you (depending on your mood and your circuit) on high points of the Battle of Normandy as the Caen Memorial, Arromanches, Colleville-sur-Mer but also Omaha Beach or even La Pointe du Ho…
A guided tour of the D-Day landing beaches
How did the Normandy landings unfold? When did it start and where?
What traces of these struggles for freedom can we still see today?
Your tour guide will explain everything on this tour of the D-Day landing beaches. He will be able to give you accurate, historical information, and anecdotes that are often forgotten when people think of this day.
On June 6, 1944, during the Normandy landings, Allied forces landed on the five beaches of Normandy. Each of these beaches was assigned to a different Allied force:
- American troops landed on Utah Beach and Omaha Beach.
- British troops landed on Gold Beach and Sword Beach.
- Canadian troops landed on Juno Beach.
Together, the Allied forces landed some 156,000 soldiers, supported by more than 5,000 ships and 11,000 aircraft. This military operation, called“Operation Overlord“This marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from German occupation during the Second World War.
What to see on the Normandy landing beaches?
On the various beaches and along the coast, you can see the remains of German fortifications and the Atlantic Wall.
From bunkers, remains of batteries, artificial harbours like Mulberry, cemeteries, museums and monuments.
There's so much to discover. A guided tour with a professional guide The new "Vestiges" section allows you to see all the relics that bear witness to this historic day and to the violence of the battles.
Where do the landing beaches begin?
The D-Day landing beaches stretch over a large part of the Normandy coast.
They stretch for 80 km, between Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Ouistreham.
In the west, they begin with Utah Beach at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. They continue with Omaha Beach at Vierville-sur-Mer, Gold Beach, Juno Beach from Bernières-sur-Mer to Courseulles-sur-Mer, and finally Sword Beach.
There are 5 D-Day beaches in Normandy: Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach. Each of these beaches was assigned to a different Allied force and saw fierce fighting.
Which is the most beautiful D-Day beach?
The most famous of the D-Day landing beaches is certainly Omaha Beach, between Colleville-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer.
Between the beach and Pointe du Hoc, you can imagine the scale of the battles that took place here during the landings in June 1944.
1-day tour of the D-Day landing beaches
Visit 5 beaches are close to each other.
In several stages, you can easily reach them by car to get, in the course of a single day, a good overview of the whole day: D-Day.
2-day tour of the D-Day landing beaches
You can find accommodation close to the D-Day landing beaches, especially around Bayeux. There are many numerous vacation rentals in the sector.
The advantage of staying overnight is that you can take more time to visit some of Normandy's tourist attractions, such as the D-Day Museum at Arromanches-les-Bains, Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeux, Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Mont Saint Michel…
3-day tour of the D-Day landing beaches
A 3-day tour allows you to visit memorials, cemeteries and other points of interest at length.
You can organize several guided tours of the D-Day landing beaches with your professional guide. He'll have time to show you in detail the bunkers, the remains of the Atlantic Wall and other monuments.
We can also organize the tour for you and tailor the visits to your wishes.
Your guide will take you to various memorial and battle sites.