Normandy Day Tours

Statute, "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" at the American Cemetery in Normandy Allied flags over Normandy, France While in Paris, don't miss a day tour to Normandy to visit the Landing Beaches of June 6, 1944! The Battle of Normandy, code named Operation Overlord was fought on Omaha, Utah, Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches. Read below about our various group tours from Paris and then contact us to arrange a D-Day tour from Paris.

À Paris Travel offers several tours for you, depending upon whether you want a group or private Normandy day tour. Contact us to discuss the options after you've read about the various tours. The group D-Day tours from Paris focus on the American Sector, so if you wish to visit the British and Canadian Sectors, please contact us to book a private tour for you.

Normandy Minivan Tour #1 Available Thursday and Saturday throughout the year - 170 €/person
Normandy Minivan Tour #2 Available Tuesday and Saturday throughout the year for 198 euros/person.
Normandy Bus Tour Available Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday - 159 €/person (not available in January)
Private Normandy Tours We offer several options for a private tour (to originate from your Paris hotel or from Normandy)

Normandy Minivan Tour #1 - 170 €/person

Pegasus Bridge (Thursday and Saturday year round) This 12 hour day will begin with a pick-up from your hotel at 6:30 AM. The day includes visits to the Caen Memorial Museum, Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches, Omaha Beach, the Batterie de Longue, Pointe du Hoc, and the American Cemetery. Lunch is not included, but you will have free time in Arromanches to have lunch. During the day, you'll drive through some of Normandy's pretty villages such as Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Vierville-sur-Mer, Colleville-sur-Mer, and Port-en-Bessin. Contact us to book this most memorable minivan tour to Normandy.

Normandy Minivan Tour #2 - 198 €/person

Canadian Flag over Juno Beach Available Tuesday and Saturday throughout the year, including lunch in a 13th century farm restaurant. This 12 hour tour departs from your Paris hotel or apartment and includes Pointe du Hoc, American Cemetery (with its new Visitors Center), Omaha Beach, Arromanches, the Arromanches 360 Film, Gold Beach, and a guided visit of Juno Beach. Contact us to book this minivan tour to Normandy.

Normandy Bus Tour - 159 €/person

Man standing among the graves at the American Cemetery in Normandy From April 1-October 31, the tour is available Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday for 159 euros/person. During other months, you can take the tour on Wednesday and Saturday. This 14 hour guided Normandy bus tour departs at 7:15 near the Louvre and includes the Caen Memorial, where you'll have lunch. You'll also go to Pointe du Hoc, Arromanches, and the American Cemetery with its amazing visitors center which opened in June of 2007. Contact us to book a bus tour to Normandy.

Private Normandy Tour #1

Canadian clients standing on Juno Beach adjacent to the Juno Beach Centre Beginning at your Paris hotel or apartment, this D-Day tour to Normandy is available every day. The itinerary is flexible (ie. we can include a stop in Bayeux to visit the Bayeux Tapestry!). First stop will be Arromanches-les-Bains to see the remaining concrete Phoenix caissons of the artificial harbor. (It was Sir Winston Churchill's brilliant idea and constructed on Gold Beach by the British troops.)

Mulberry at Arromanches Monument at Courseulles-sur-Mer The visit then continues to the Batterie de Longue with its four-gun German naval battery. It has been kept intact since June 6th, 1944. Next will be a visit to the American Cemetery to honor the 9,386 U.S. servicemen and women buried there. Leaving the American Cemetery, you will drive along Omaha Beach and visit Pointe du Hoc, where the 2nd US Ranger Battalion accomplished a nearly impossible mission!

This tour can be custom tailored to visit the Canadian Sector, including Juno, Gold, and Sword Beaches. Contact us to book a private Normandy day tour for your family or group.

Private Normandy Tour #2

Rene with A Paris clients in the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy Cafe Gondree at Pegasus Bridge - Ouistreham, France You can take a train from Paris to Caen and be met by our splendid guide. He has a van which seats eight travelers (though the tour can be done with just your group of one or two people and still be a private tour). You'll have a very full day touring Normandy. In the early evening, he will see that you get your return train to Paris. À Paris Travel will happily arrange for your train tickets to be at your hotel upon your arrival in Paris. (If you prefer, this guide can begin the tour with a Paris pick up and can tour the British and Canadian Sectors.) You can read about what clients have said regarding this and other day tours. Contact us book this very special private Normandy day tour.

Private Normandy Tour #3

Church at Saint Mere Eglise You can take the train from Paris to Caen and can rent a car in Caen (we can make these arrangements for you). Upon your arrival in Caen, an excellent guide will meet you, help with your car rental, and begin a memorable day!

We can arrange a tour to the British-Canadian Sector, too. Some interesting places to visit are Pegasus Bridge located near Bénouville, Hermanville, the Hillman Bunker Complex, Juno Beach, and Arromanches. Contact us to book this private tour of Normandy.

Private D-Day Tours from Le Havre, Honfleur, Cherbourg, or Rouen Cruise Ships

If your cruise ship is in port for a day and you'd like a private day tour to the historic sights of D-Day, or Mt. St. Michel, or a trip to Paris, we'll arrange for a special day. Contact us for details about booking a tour from your cruise ship!

Click here to see some highlights of our D-Day 60th Anniversary tour in 2004.

Read about the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia.