Normandy D-Day Tour
If you’re staying in Paris, the best way to see Omaha Beach and get a glimpse of the D-Day Normandy Landings, is via a minibus day tour.
D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day on which the Invasion of Normandy began — commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. [Wikipedia]
An experienced and knowledgeable guide, who speaks English, will pick you up at your Paris hotel and drive you to Normandy in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle.
The itinerary (subject to change) is something like this:
Posted: April 10th, 2009 under Normandy.
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Author: Fiona Duncan, Leonie Glass
Nobody knows Brittany and Normandy like Lonely Planet. Whether you're after stunning scenery or fabulous food, medieval churches or ancient monuments, a romantic hotel or a top restaurant, this 2nd edition gives you everything you need for an unforgettable trip.
Hardcover:
128 pages
This guide expertly divides Brittany and Normandy into touring areas - one per chapter. The best of the glorious coastline of Brittany and Normandy is offered, plus the region's historic abbeys and churches, its chateaux, museums, markets, food, wine, traditions and scenery. In every chapter, you will find up-to-date attraction, lodging, shopping and eating recommendations for individual towns, or for the area as a whole. This title takes you: a drive through the landscapes that inspired Gauguin; bird watching and nature rambles among the salt lagoons of the Marais Salants; a tour of the Normandy beaches, where the D-Day landings took place; and, a drive along the Seine Valley with its Norman abbeys and Monet's celebrated garden.