About this tour
This 11-hour private tour from Paris traces the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in 1944. You'll visit key sites including the Mulberry Harbour ruins, coastal gun positions at Longues-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach, and the American Cemetery overlooking the Channel. A specialist guide leads the journey by air-conditioned minivan, collected from your Paris hotel, with groups limited to six people for a more personal experience.
Highlights
- Mulberry Harbour remains—prefabricated invasion infrastructure still visible
- Longues-sur-Mer battery with original German gun emplacements intact
- Omaha Beach, scene of heaviest American casualties on D-Day
- American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer with 9,387 burials
- Professional guide with multilingual capability available
- Hotel pickup and return included from Paris
What to expect
Expect a methodical, historically grounded day. Your guide will walk you through each site, explaining tactical positions and personal accounts from the 1944 landings. The Mulberry Harbour visit involves standing amid concrete caissons on the beach; Longues-sur-Mer requires climbing to gun bunkers with panoramic views. Omaha Beach is open shoreline where you'll absorb the scale of the landing zone. The Cemetery is solemn—rows of white crosses overlooking the invasion beach. Travel between sites takes 30–40 minutes each; the pace is measured, not rushed.
Good to know
Bring sturdy shoes for uneven beach and bunker terrain. The tour excludes lunch, though stops near cafés are possible—advise dietary needs at booking. Infant seats available; under-2s must sit on an adult's lap. Maximum group size is six. Guides and drivers wear masks; van has safety screening installed.
Tour sold and operated by Viator via Viator. Descriptions on this page are original BugBitten summaries written by our team — not copied from the operator. Prices and availability are confirmed at checkout.