Itinerary
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Stop At: Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Manche, Basse-Normandie, Normandy
Free time at Sainte Mère Eglise ( 1:30 h)
Listed as a historical monument, you will explore this Church’s bell tower which is known to be the one to which John Steele’s parachute hung during Operation Albany at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy. His story became famous in 1962 following the release of the film “The Longest Day”.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pointe du Hoc, 14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France
Free time around 30 min
Located between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach, you will then visit the Pointe du Hoc, one of the must-see spots on the Normandy landing beaches. Composed of a cliff of 25 to 30 meters high, la Pointe du Hoc, was one of the most difficult battles of the D-Day. Of the 225 Rangers, only 90 were still able to pursue liberation.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Omaha Beach, Avenue de la Liberation, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer France
Free time around 30 min
Then, we will drive to Omaha Beach, the most prominent of the five landing beaches of D-Day. This is where the Allies lost the most troops (almost 4 700 men), which earned it the nickname «Bloody Omaha».
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France
Free time around 45 min
Leaving Omaha Beach behind, “The Normandy American Cemetery” unites graves of 9,387 fallen soldiers, the chapel, the memorial and the garden of the disappeared. This cemetery honors American soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy during the Second World War and is one of the 25 permanent US burial sites on foreign soil.
Duration: 45 minutes
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