Private D-Day Omaha Utah Beach Guided Trip from Paris by Mercedes

Private Live-guided trip for 2 to 7 people to Omaha and Utah D-Day Beaches Top Sites by Mercedes. Tiered pricing. Hotel Pick up and Drop off included. Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer with very nice Museum, Omaha Beaches with Signal Monument, Stop at Church Saint-Come-et-Saint-Damien in Angoville-au-Plain, Stop at Sainte-Mère-Église town, Milestone of freedom, Stop at Utah Beach to see many D-Day Monuments, Utah Beach Landing Museum with a big collection of historical artifacts, military vehicles and the original B26 bomber, Airborne Museum visit including unique D-Day Night Jumps embarkation of a C-47 aircraft. Duration of 15 hours, longer as usual. This Experience can be customised. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.

07:00 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. This trip is Live guided.

11:00 - 12:00 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. The cliffs leading down to the beaches contain the remnants of the German defenses, including concrete casemates with memorials to the soldiers. At Normandy American Cemetery you’ll see as well the semicircular memorial colonnade with the sculpture “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves” and large maps of military operations; and the most beautiful, idyllic spot on Planet Earth. At the Visitors Center You will find a very nice small Museum with a lot of information's about Battle of Normandy. 12:00 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 5 to 10 minutes (5 km).

12:10 - 12:30 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 travelers destination of the D-Day Beaches.

12:30 - 13:00 Lunch break at Omaha Beaches. There is a restaurant and a café open during the spring - summer season where You can get food or bring foo with you to spend more time at Omaha Beaches. 13:00 Departure to the Church Saint-Come-et-Saint-Damien in Angoville-au-Plain. It takes 30 minutes (37 km).

13:30 - 13:50 Short stop at Church Saint-Come-et-Saint-Damien in Angoville-au-Plain. During the D-Day two Medics Medics Robert Wright and Kennith Moore from the 101st Airborne set up a field hospital in the little church. They provided medical assistance to 80 combatants of both sides and one child. They used the pews of the church as hospital beds and, incredibly there are still blood stains on the church pews. Several Germans stormed through the door of the church, but seeing that the medics were treating wounded from both sides they quietly left and marked the door with a Red Cross. 13:50 Departure to the Utah Beach Landing Museum. It takes about 10 minutes (10 km).

14:00 - 14:30 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.

14:30 - 16:00 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. 16:00 Departure to Sainte-Mère-Église town and Airborne Museum. It takes just 20 minutes (13 km).

16:20 - 16:40 Short stop in Sainte-Mère-Église in front of the Airborne Museum Sainte-Mère-Église is a small town in Normandy which played a significant part in the WW2 because of its position. In the early morning of 6 June 1944, mixed units of the U.S.82nd & U.S.101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Mission Boston, making it one of the first liberated towns 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. John Steele was this figure that inspired the film "The Longest Day". Thanks to this cult film starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Sean Connery, this moment has been immortalised. In tribute to this soldier, a mannequin is still in place on the church steeple. Milestone of freedom. The Borne 00 marks the spot where General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. landed and decided to lead the assault from. It is located in front of Sainte-Mère l'Eglise town hall.

16:40 - 18:10 Arrival at 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. 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! Experience D-Day Night Jumps of a C-47 aircraft as if you were there ! 18:10 Departure Paris. It takes 3,5 to 4 hours (320 km). One stop at the rest area will be made

22:00 Arrival in Paris depending on traffic situation and Your hotel location. Drop off at Your hotel.

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

• Live-Guided Private D-Day trip
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• Live-guided trip by Guide-driver or Driver and Guide
• Airborn Museum visit including unique D-Day Night Jumps embarkation of a C-47 aircraft
• Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach with Signal Monument
• Stop at Church Saint-Come-et-Saint-Damien in Angoville-au-Plain, Stop at Sainte-Mère-Église
• All Fees and Taxes, Bottled Water
• Mercedes E220/E300 business class car for 2 - 3 people or Mercedes Minivan for 3 - 7 people
• Utah Beach Landing Museum , Stop at Utah Beach to see many D-Day Monuments

• Meals and Drinks
• Souvenirs and Gratuites.

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• This Tour is Provided by Clewel Travel.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Paris.
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• Maximum 7 Travelers is accepted for booking.