Items | Discovery Day at Omaha Beach and PointeDuHoc for 3 to 4 people
Discovery Day at Omaha Beach and PointeDuHoc for 3 to 4 people
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Important Information
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Spend an afternoon at the American landing beaches with our WWII expert. Rodolphe Rutman, who will accompany you, brings to life the events of the battle of Normandy, using his knowledge of the subject acquired over more than 30 years of private research. He has been connected to the events of June 6 1944, since the 50th anniversary of D-Day, in 1994. That year, he assisted a group of 41 American veteran paratroopers who came to perform a commemorative jump near Sainte-mère-église. Afterwards, Rodolphe became a filmmaker specialising in history. He has directed 4 TV documentary films about D-Day which were broadcast internationally. This enabled him to interview more than 200 people who witn...
Highlights
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Gare de Bayeux
Our guide will be waiting at the vehicle in the parking area, holding a sign saying "D-Day Discovery Tour".
Return
Itinerary
1
Pointe Du Hoc Memorial
Visit to the seafront German artillery position at Pointe du Hoc, assaulted from the cliffs by American Ranger battaillons on the morning of D-Day.
1 hour
2
D-Day Omaha Museum
Stop at the cliffs of Vierville-sur-mer, dominating Omaha beach. An opportunity to discover American military equipment displayed around the local museum, including American LCVP landing craft.
15 minutes
3
Normandy American Cemetery
Visit to the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer. This exceptional memorial site is located on Omaha beach battlefield. An opportunity to discover the D-Day events from a place that was at the center of the battle that day.
1 hour
4
WN 62 (Widerstandsnest 62)
Visit to the reinforced WN62 German position. Located on the cliffs of Colleville-sur-mer dominating Omaha beach, we will discover, with some German soldiers' testimonies, what D-Day was like seen from that side of the battle. On the same site we will visit the monument dedicated to the American 1st Infantry Division.
1 hour
5
Omaha Beach Dog White
A walk on Omaha Beach: an opportunity to discover the view of the German fortifications as seen by the American infantry troops who landed here on 6th June 1944.
30 minutes
6
Rue Bernard Dargols
The Orphan's House:
You will stop in front of a house perched on the cliffs of Omaha Beach, where a group of orphans lived in 1944. The D-Day landings and the arrival of American troops there changed their lives forever. As you stand before this house—unchanged for over 80 years—your guide will share with you the moving story of those children and the American soldiers who cared for them.
20 minutes
7
Advanced Landing Ground
The temporary airfield at Omaha Beach: shortly after the invasion, American troops began constructing a temporary airfield on the land beyond the clifftops of Omaha Beach. Used to evacuate wounded soldiers to England, this site holds a deeply moving story that your guide will share with you on location.
15 minutes
8
Omaha Beach Memorial
Visit to Saint-Laurent-sur-mer, to the first monument dedicated to the American troops who landed on Omaha beach, on the morning of June 6, 1944.
10 minutes
9
Emplacement du 1er CIMETIÈRE US en Normandie
Visit to the site temporarily used as a cemetery for American soldiers killed on D-Day and in the following days.
15 minutes
10
Mémorial The soldiers 29th Division's
Visit to the memorial monument dedicated to the landing troops from the American 29th Infantry Division who took part in the Omaha beach invasion, in the early hours of D-Day.
Discovery Day at Omaha Beach and PointeDuHoc for 3 to 4 people
Calvados
About
Spend an afternoon at the American landing beaches with our WWII expert. Rodolphe Rutman, who will accompany you, brings to life the events of the battle of Normandy, using his knowledge of the subject acquired over more than 30 years of private research. He has been connected to the events of June 6 1944, since the 50th anniversary of D-Day, in 1994. That year, he assisted a group of 41 American veteran paratroopers who came to perform a commemorative jump near Sainte-mère-église. Afterwards, Rodolphe became a filmmaker specialising in history. He has directed 4 TV documentary films about D-Day which were broadcast internationally. This enabled him to interview more than 200 people who witn...
Highlights
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Gare de Bayeux
Our guide will be waiting at the vehicle in the parking area, holding a sign saying "D-Day Discovery Tour".
