From Bayeux: Private D-Day Beaches Full-Day Tour

Bayeux, France
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Duration8h
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LanguagesArabic, German, Russian, Chinese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

Bayeux is the perfect base for D-Day history. The beaches are less than thirty minutes away — close enough for a half-day, rich enough to fill a full one.

This private tour takes you to the defining sites of June 6, 1944: Pointe du Hoc, Sainte-Mère-Église, Omaha Beach, and the Normandy American Cemetery. Four places that tell the full story of the landings — from the cliffs stormed by Rangers to the village where the first paratroopers touched down, to the beach where the battle was hardest, to the hillside where the fallen now rest.

Because this is a private tour, you set the pace. Your driver picks you up at your Bayeux hotel and stays with you all day. No group, no schedule forced on you, no rushing past the things that matter.

Bayeux puts you closer to this history than almost anywhere else in Normandy. This tour makes sure you see it properly.

Want to go deeper? Add a licensed historian guide for expert insight at every stop.

Options

Private Van With Driver Only

Explore at your own pace: travel with a private driver to all key points of interest, without any guided commentary.
Pickup included

Private Van + Expert Guide

Enhance your experience with an expert guide offering historical context, fascinating stories, and unique insights all day.
Pickup included

What's included

  • Private round-trip transfer from your Bayeux hotel
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Bottled water
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off included
  • Flexible itinerary tailored to your interests
  • On-board Wi-Fi
  • Entrance fees to museums and memorial sites
  • Meals and drinks
  • Gratuities for your driver
  • Licensed historian guide (available as a paid upgrade)

What to expect

  1. Sainte Mere Eglise
    1h
    In the early hours of June 6, paratroopers from the U.S.
    82nd Airborne Division dropped from the night sky over
    this small Norman village — making it one of the first
    towns liberated on D-Day.

    One soldier, Private John Steele, landed with his
    parachute caught on the church steeple. He hung there
    for over two hours, playing dead to avoid capture, as
    the battle raged below him.

    Today a parachute dummy still hangs from the steeple —
    a permanent reminder of that night. The village square
    and its museum bring the story of the airborne landings
    to life in remarkable detail.
  2. Pointe du Hoc
    1h
    On the morning of June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Rangers were
    given what many considered a suicide mission: scale a
    30-meter cliff face, under enemy fire, and destroy a
    German gun battery threatening both Omaha and Utah Beach.

    They made it.

    Today, Pointe du Hoc remains almost exactly as the Rangers
    left it. Shell craters scar the earth. Concrete bunkers sit
    split open by Allied bombardment. Gun emplacements still
    point toward the Channel. It is one of the most preserved
    D-Day sites in Normandy — and one of the most visceral.
  3. Omaha Beach
    1h
    Omaha was the bloodiest of the five D-Day landing beaches.
    American forces faced heavily fortified German positions on
    the bluffs above — and paid an enormous price.

    Today the beach is wide, quiet, and edged by dunes.
    Standing here, looking out to sea, it is almost impossible
    to reconcile the stillness with what took place. That
    contrast — between the peace of the place now and the
    violence of that morning — is what makes Omaha unlike
    anywhere else.

    Your driver will give you time to walk, reflect, and take
    in the scale of it.
  4. Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer
    2h
    Perched on the bluffs above Omaha Beach, the Normandy
    American Cemetery holds 9,387 graves — soldiers, sailors,
    and airmen who gave their lives in the liberation of
    Western Europe.

    The rows of white marble crosses and Stars of David stretch
    across 70 acres of manicured lawn, facing west toward
    America. The site includes a memorial chapel, a Wall of the
    Missing bearing 1,557 names, and an interactive museum
    telling the story of the Normandy Campaign.

    Few places in the world carry this kind of weight.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Hotel Guests: Your driver will meet you in the lobby of your Bayeux hotel at the agreed pick-up time, with a sign bearing your name.

If your booking includes a historian guide upgrade, your guide will meet you at the first stop of the day.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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