D-Day beaches American sector full day

D-Day beaches American sector full day

Very intense and interesting tour that will take you 75 years back. Tour mainly in Spanish and English.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Sainte Mere Eglise, Rua General Koenig, Sainte-Mere-Eglise France

I will tell you the dropping of American parachutists in a complicated meteorological context, inland, on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944. Free visit of the Airborne Museum

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Utah Beach Landing Museum, La Madeleine, 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France

Visit of Utah beach where about 23,000 U.S soldiers landed in the early morning of D-Day.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cimetiere Militaire Allemand de La Cambe, Les Noires Terres, 14230 La Cambe France

Visit of the German military cemetery where are buried more than 21 000 German soldiers died in Normandy between June and August 1944

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Commune Grandcamp Maisy, 118 Rue Aristide Briand, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy, France

Stop in this small fishing port for lunch.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France

Visit the Pointe du Hoc, a must-see place on D-Day, where the Germans built on top of the cliffs, a battery of artillery to defend the coast. We will see and talk about the heroic feat of the American Rangers, climbing the cliff under enemy fire to neutralize this German fulcrum.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France

Visit the Omaha beach called "the bloody", where landed 34,000 U.S. Cliffs, Germans and beach obstacles have caused a lot of casualties among young American soldiers. Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg's famous film tells the story of the Allied landing on this infamous beach.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France

Visit the American military cemetery where are buried 9,386 American soldiers.

Duration: 1 hour