Omaha, Utah Landing Beaches Small-group by Mercedes Normandy Omaha, Utah Beaches Small-group Day trip from Paris

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ID: GYG611970-1025076
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Country: France

Duration: 13:00 hours


Description

Small group Full Day Trip for 2 to 7 people to the Top Sites of Omaha and Utah Normandy D-Day Beaches by Mercedes. Guaranteed departures from 2 people. Tiered pricing. Hotel Pick up and Drop off.
07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Normandy by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes E220 business-class car by 2 people or by Mercedes minivan from 3 participants. It takes about 3,5 hours (280 km) to reach Normandy American Cemetery in Collville-sur-Mer. One stop at a rest area will be made.

11:00 - 11:30 Overlord Museum visit. Located just few hundred meters from the Normandy American Cemetery this museum contains many WW2 artefacts and installations like tanks, weapons, guns, many military vehicles, V-1 missile, personal belongings and more. It gives You a personal feeling about D-Day.
11:30 Departure to the close located Normandy American Cemetery.

11:40 - 12:40 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. At the Visitors Center You will find a very nice small Museum with a lot of informations about Battle of Normandy.
12:40 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 10 minutes (5 km).

12:45 - 13:15 Arrival at Omaha Beaches. Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-Day. Omaha Beach is the most popular travellers destination of the D-Day Beaches.
13:15 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).

13:30 - 14:20 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.
14:20 Departure to Utah Beaches. It takes about 40 minutes hours (400 km).

15:00 - 15:30 Arrival at Utah Beach. Free time for learning on Utah Beach. Utah Beach is the next to Omaha Beach and the westernmost of the Five Normandy D-Day Beaches containing nowadays many museums, memorials and monuments. Utah Beach was the first beach to be stormed by 23,000 American soldiers on 6 June 1944 in order to capture the town of Cherbourg and its deep water port. Utah Beach casualties were relatively light with 197 (including 60 missing). The units that landed on Utah Beach include: 82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division, VII Corps, 4th Infantry Division, 90th Infantry Division, 4th Cavalry Regiment and 70th Tank Battalion. 

 15:30 - 16:30 Visit at Utah Beach Landing Museum, created atop a former German bunker. Having a big collection of historical artifacts, military vehicles and the original B26 bomber—one of only six left in existence.
16:30 Departure to Paris. It takes 4 hours (370 km).

20:30  Coming back to Paris. Drop off at your hotel.

Highlights

  • Small-group Full day trip to Top Utah and Omaha D-Day beaches
  • Tiered pricing. Guaranteed departures. Live guided from 4 people. Hotel Pick up.
  • Normandy American Cemetery, Omaha, Overlord Museum, Pointe du Hoc, Utah Museum
  • Mercedes E220 business-class for 2-3 people or Mercedes minivan for 3-7 people

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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.