Ultimate Utah Beach Normandy D Day Private Trip by Mercedes

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• Paris (Pass by)

  07:00 Hotel pick up from Paris. We offer as well pick up from Caen, Bayeux etc at 09:30. Departure to Pointe du Hoc with its Ragers monument. It takes about 3,5 to 4 hours (305 km) including one short stop at a rest area.

  Admission ticket free
• 1
  Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument

  10:45 - 11:25 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. You will learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. Many of the original fortifications and bunkers remain on the site and are open to the public, including the fire control casemate, on top of which there is a monument to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Utah Beach Landing Museum

  12:00 - 13:45 Utah Beach and Utah Beach Landing Museum. Free time on Utah Beach to see all the monuments and to go to the Beach itself. 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 Landing Museum, created atop a former German bunker contains a big collection of historical artifacts, military vehicles and the original B26 bomber—one of only six left in existence.

  1 hour 45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Sainte-Mere-Eglise

  14:00 - 14:40 Lunch break in Sainte Mere Eglise, a small town in Normandy which played a significant part in the WW2 because of its position. - John Steele Story. You will learn here the story about paratrooper John Steele of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and other members of 82 Div. - Milestone of Freedom. The Borne 00 marks the spot where General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. landed and decided to lead the assault from.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Airborne Museum

  14:40 - 16:00 Airborne Museum. This visitors of Normandy favourite museum is dedicated to the U.S. paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. The Airborne Museum comprises five separate buildings, two of which resemble open parachutes. Inside you’ll find an incredible collection of World War II aircraft and thanks to the touch pad You will experience the highlights of the Normandy landings. The first WACO building of the Museum is dedicated to the gliders and presents the only copy of a WACO glider in France. You will join a dozen soldiers in the glider few moments before the take off. More than 500 gliders were deployed to carriy on About 4 400 soldiers, vehicles, ammunitions and other equipments. The C-47 building with the original legendary C-47 aircraft sits proudly at the centre of a spectacular scenography made of deployed parachutes, suspended mannequins and realistic statues that question the visitor!

  1 hour 20 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5

  16:15 - 18:00 D Day Experience: 3 museums in One.

  1 hour 45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• (Pass by)

  18:00 Departure to Paris (or Caen or Bayeux etc) 21:30 Arrival in Paris at 20:30 (in Caen or Bayeux at 19:00/19:30)

  Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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