WWII Tour:
D-Day Beach Landings (Normandy)
No of nights: | 4 nights |
Key sites: | Pegasus Bridge |
Transport: | Car, minibus/coach & ferry |
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This 5-day tour will take in the major sites of the D-Day beach landings in France and give us chance to explore the history of the second World War.
With a maximum of 15 guests, you will have a truly personalised trip, getting the most from your own personal guide and meeting others that are passionate about World War 2 remembrance.
Your Guide
Hello, I am Andy Oliver, your guide.
I am now retired from 22 years in the military service which took me around the world and the battlefields of the Western Front and Far East.
I have studied, toured, and guided on the Western Front battlefields for the last few years since retiring from the Armed Forces. I have built up an extensive knowledge of the Great War and I look forward to sharing it with you.
“I was telling a friend that we wanted to go to Ypres and battlefields, luckily she passed me Andy’s details.
I contacted Andy to discuss Ypres and that we would only sail from Hull as this is where we live, and that we wanted to stay 2 nights in Ypres. Andy asked if we had any relatives in the Great War (we didn’t at that stage). Andy created a bespoke tour with lots of stops to cover everything from trenches, tunnels, various cemeteries and memorial locations. We agreed date, price (which includes ferry crossing, hotel in Ypres, all fees to sites and a meal on our first night in Ypres) and paid deposit.”
Tracy & Neil Tindall
Tour Highlights
Pegasus Bridge
Arromanches
Normandy American Cemetery
Pointe Du Hoc
National Memorial Arboretum
Personalise the Tour
I can personalise the tour for you and your family history. I can ensure the tour covers places where your family has fought or fallen. If you are unsure of your family's involvement in the First World War, I can complete that research for you and make a tour based on what I find. For a tour that's all about you and your family, get in touch.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 - Meet and greet and overnight ferry over to Ouistreham
- Meet up at convenient location for you as we make our way down to Brittany Ferries terminal in Portsmouth
- Check into the Brittany Ferries, Portsmouth for the overnight ferry to Ouistreham
Day 2 - Britain’s D-Day: Pegasus Bridge & British & Canadian Beaches
- After breakfast on the ferry, we make our way to Pegasus Bridge to hear about the glider landings and the taking of the bridge
- We visit the beach landings of Sword beach were the BR 3rd Infantry Division landed
- Take in the beach landings of Juno beach were the Canadian 3rd Division landed
- We then head to the beach landings of Gold beach and take in the new British Normandy Memorial and were the BR 50th Infantry Division landed
- We finish off the day visiting the D-Day Museum in Arromanches
- Check into the hotel Mercure at Omaha Beach for a one-night stay
Day 3 - America’s D-Day: American Beaches & American Airborne
- After a good breakfast we make our way to Normandy American Cemetery for the American fallen
- Visit the American beach landings of Omaha beach and the museum at Omaha beach
- We visit Point du Hoc where the American Rangers scaled the cliff face before engaging the enemy then we move to the Maisy Battery which another objective on D-Day
- Head to the American beach landings of Utah beach, before heading on to the small town of Sainte – Mere – Eglise, location to the American Airborne landings
- We finish off the day making our way up to Brittany Ferries terminal in Cherbourg
- Check into the Brittany Ferries, Cherbourg for the overnight ferry to Poole
Day 4 - Make our way to the National Memorial Arboretum
- After breakfast on the ferry, we make our way to Staffordshire and visit the National Memorial Arboretum for the afternoon
- Check into the Chase Golf & Country Club near Cannock for a one-night stay
Day 5 - Drop off and return home
- After a good breakfast we make our way back towards home
- Drop off at convenient location for you as we make our way up Hull
Trip Includes
5 days, 4 nights
- Services of a full-time guide
- Pick up & drop off from a convenient location
- All transportation and return overnight ferry crossing
- Plus 2 nights in 3* or 4* hotels (based on 2 sharing)
- Restaurant on night 1, 3 & 4
- Breakfast every day
- Any applicable entry fees
- Welcome drink on arrival in hotels only
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