American Cemetery in Normandy France

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Sunday

Welcome to Normandy! We will meet you at a local Rail station and transport you by private van to your Normandy home for the week. After a bite to eat and a leisurely afternoon, you will enjoy an amazing Gourmet Dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Monday 

Arromanche

Wake rested and refreshed.  After a filling breakfast at our accommodations, we will head to Arromanche for your introduction to the Normandy Beach invasion. Thanks to a film, NORMANDY’S 100 DAYSshown on 9 screens in HD, we will discover exceptional archive footage collected from around the world that tells the whole story of the 100 days of the Battle of Normandy.

Some key figures: by 12 June 1944 more than 300,000 men, 54,000 vehicles, 104,000 tons of supplies had been landed. During 100 days of operation of the port 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of material were landed. The best performance of the port was in the last week of July 1944: during those seven days the traffic through Arromanches exceeded 136,000 tons or 20,000 tons per day.  Lunch in a local restaurant.*

Next, a visit to the Musee D-Day Omaha and then on to the Overlord Museum.

Breakfast and Gourmet Dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Tuesday

After a delicious breakfast at our home for the week, we will begin our in depth understanding of the Normandy invasion with two eight hour days comprising of a guided tour by private van accompanied by our expert commentator and professional guide.

The objective of this tour is to incorporate all of the most significant events of the D-Day Tour into a schedule also concentrating on the activities of the US Airbourne in Normandy and, time allowing, a brief visit to the British sector at Arromanches – Gold Beach

Sainte Mere Eglise and Airbourne Museum – The first town to be seized by the 82nd Airbourne on the 6th of June 1944.

Visit to the private museum

The Manoir de la Fiere – The statue of Iron Mike and the infamous causeway.

The Ambush site of General Falley – Commander 91st Infantry Division

Crisbecq Battery – A uniquely restored German gun position.

Utah Beach – The most successful of all the invasion beaches.

Brecourt Manor – Scene of the famous attack by E Co 506 PIR.

Sainte Marie du Mont – The first town to be liberated by the 101st Airbourne.

WXYZ – Les Mezieres  – location of famous action by Staff Sergeant Summers

Lunch midway through the tour at a local restaurant.*

Breakfast and Gourmet Dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Wednesday

After a homemade breakfast, we will begin our D Day guided tour Day Two.

Visit to Dead Man’s Corner and Purple Heart Lane

Arromanches – Remains of Mulberry, the famous British floating harbor.  Visit the extraordinary museum dedicated to the design and construction.

Longues Battery – The only German fortification left with its guns intact.

Pointe du Hoc – The famous German gun battery stormed by the 2nd Ranger Battalion

Omaha Beach – Where American troops paid the ultimate price for a great success on D-Day.

American National Cemetery at Colleville

La Cambe – The main German cemetery for Normandy and the burial site for 22, 000 German soldiers.

Lunch midway through the tour at a local restaurant.*

Breakfast and Gourmet Dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Thursday

Today, after breakfast, we are off to:

Musee de la Batterie de Merrville – The Merrville Gun Battery was a coastal fortification in Normandy, France, in use as part of the Germans’ Atlantic Wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was a particularly heavily fortified position and one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces during the Normandy Landings commonly known as D-Day. 

Memorial Pegasus – Inaugurated on June 4th 2000 by HRH the Prince of Wales. The Memorial Pegasus is dedicated to the men of 6th Airborne Division and their role during the Battle of Normandy from June to September 1944. The museum was designed and constructed within a few months by the D-Day Commemoration Committee presided by Admiral Brac de la Perrière.

Gourmet Picnic Lunch provided by Artistic Gourmet Adventures.

Museum of the Atlantic Wall (Le Grand Bunker) – Located at a stones throw from the beach and the Ferry terminal, the Atlantic Wall Museum is inside the old German headquarter which was in charge of the batteries covering the entrance of the river Orne and the canal. The 52ft high concrete tower has been fully restored to make it look how it was on the 6th of June 1944.

Bayeux– Founded as a Gallo-Roman settlement in the 1st century BC under the name Augustodurum, Bayeux is the capital of the former territory of Gaul. Evidence of earlier human occupation of the territory comes from fortified Celtic camps confined to scattered Druid huts along the banks of the Aure and Drome rivers or on Mount Phaunus where they worshiped. Titus Sabinus, a lieutenant of Julius Caesar, subjected the Bessin region to Roman domination. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.

Bayeux Tapestry Museum – The Bayeux Tapestry is truly amazing. It is technically not a tapestry but an embroidery, 70 meters (230 feet) long and 50 centimeters (20 inches) high, that was made in the 11th century. Think about it! It’s an amazingly preserved cloth that is almost a thousand years old, and in beautiful condition, with vivid colors and characters that bring to life the story of the Norman Conquest.

Breakfast, Picnic Lunch and Gourmet Dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Friday

Awake rested and ready to go. We will enjoy breakfast and head to Le Mont Saint Michel. This is not just a church on a rock; it is a whole medieval city, one of the few places in France to have preserved intact its medieval walls and defenses. The city, though small, has a mayor, and in addition to its religious monuments, has old houses, narrow streets, hotels, restaurants and shops. Lunch at a local restaurant on Mont Saint Michel.*

Breakfast and dinner provided by chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures at our accommodations.

Saturday

Today we enjoy breakfast at our accommodation, then we say goodbye and send you on your way home or on to your next adventure!

 

*Your Adventure covers meals at our accommodations and picnic lunches.