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. One stop at the rest area will be made. This trip is Live guided from 4 participants.

10h30 - 12h00 Visite du Mémorial et Musée de Caen, situé dans le secteur britannique de Sword Beach. Le Musée de Caen est le plus beau musée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en France. Vous y découvrirez un aperçu de la bataille de Normandie et la vie personnelle des soldats qui y ont pris part. Un excellent film de 19 minutes retrace cette bataille avec des images historiques originales. 12h00 Départ pour Arromanches-les-Bains. Comptez environ 30 km (environ 30 minutes) sur les routes nationales, traversant de magnifiques paysages et de petits villages.

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break and visit of Arromanches-les-Bains town. 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.

13:30 - 14:30 Visit of the 360 Circular Cinema and Viewpoint over the bay of Arromanches. 14:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).

15:00 - 16:10 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. 16:10 Departure to the close located Overlord Museum.

16:15 - 16:45 Overlord museum visit. 16:45 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 5 minutes (5 km).

16h50 - 17h20 Arrivée à Omaha Beach. Découvrez l'immense sacrifice des 34 000 hommes qui ont débarqué ici le Jour J. Omaha Beach est la destination touristique la plus prisée des plages du Débarquement. 17h20 Départ pour la Pointe du Hoc. Durée : 15 minutes (10 km).

17:30 - 18:30 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. 18:30 Departure to Paris. It takes about 3,5 hours (300 km).

21h30 Arrivée à Paris. Retour à votre hôtel.