D-Day Gold Beach, Arromanches - Small group from Caen abard a Van
Come to visit Normandy D-Day battle sites and British landing beaches from Caen
Travel in a small group (4/8 participants) aboard a comfortable and air conditioning Minivan
Step back in time on a history tour, and learn about the events of June 6, 1944
Stop at the exact location where the original « Pegasus Bridge » used to stand and first spot where the british paratroopers landed aboard gliders on D-day .
Pay your respects to the fallen British soldiers visiting the British Normandy Memorial overlooking Gold Beach.
Be amazed to see the German artillery battery of Longues-sur-Mer.
The battery is the only one in Normandy to retain all its original 150mm guns in site .
Discover the pretty little town of Arromanche and the vestiges of the artificial port (Mulberry B Harbour) laid within few days by british engineers in June 1944.
Dive into the D-day landing and the Battle of Normandy and be amaze by a new setting for the Mulberry models inside the D-day Museum, Arromanches.
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Pegasus Bridge, avenue Major John Howard, 14860 Ranville France
After meeting With your driver-guide "Régis" you will travel to the Normandy beaches aboard an air-conditioned minivan.
Pegasus Bridge is a bascule bridge, that was built in 1934, that crossed the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham, in Normandy, France.
Also known as the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, it was, with the nearby Ranville Bridge over the river Orne, a major objective of the British airborne troops during Operation Deadstick, part of Operation Tonga in the opening minutes of the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War.
A unit of glider infantry of the 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, British 6th Airborne Division, commanded by Major John Howard, was to land, take the bridges intact and hold them until relieved.
The successful taking of the bridges played an important role in limiting the effectiveness of a German counter-attack in the days and weeks following the Normandy invasion.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: British Normandy Memorial, 13 avenue Paul Poret, 14114 Ver-sur-Mer France
The British Normandy Memorial stands just outside the village of Ver-sur-Mer overlooking Gold Beach, one of the two beaches where British forces landed on 6 June 1944 (D-Day). It records the names of all those under British command who lost their lives in Normandy between 6 June and 31 August 1944. On the columns of the memorial are the names of more than 22,000 men and women. The majority of these names are those of the British soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who lost their lives on D-Day and in the weeks that followed.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, West of Arromanches-les-Bains, Longues-sur-Mer France
The Longues-sur-Mer battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed near the French village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy. The battery was sited on a 60 m (200 ft) cliff overlooking the sea and formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. It was located between the Allied landing beaches of Gold and Omaha and shelled both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battery was captured on June 7 and played no further part in the Normandy campaign.
The battery is the only one in Normandy to retain all its original guns in situ and was listed an historical monument in October 2001. It remains in a good state of conservation.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vestiges du Port de Mulberry, Rue Lucien Joly Arromanches beach, 14117 Arromanches-les-Bains France
Arromanches is remembered as a historic place of the Normandy landings and in particular as the place where a Mulberry harbour artificial port was installed. This artificial port allowed the disembarkation of 9,000 tons of material per day.
It was on the beach of Arromanches that, during the Invasion of Normandy immediately after D-Day, the Allies established an artificial temporary harbour to allow the unloading of heavy equipment without waiting for the conquest of deep water ports such as Le Havre or Cherbourg.The port was commissioned on 14 June 1944.
The British built huge floating concrete caissons which, after being towed from England, then had to be assembled to form walls and piers forming and defining the artificial port called the Mulberry harbour. These comprised pontoons linked to the land by floating roadways.
Today sections of the Mulberry harbour still remain with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand and more can be seen further out at sea.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Musee du Debarquement, Place du 6 Juin, 14117 Arromanches-les-Bains France
Located on the Arromanches clifftops, the Arromanches 360 Circular cinema dominates the remnants of one of the two artificial Mulberry harbours set up by the Allies.
This is how the Arromanches 360 cinema’s new film starts. On both sides of the channel, people were preparing for this very expected moment.
The Battle of Normandy thus began; the paratroopers on the night of the 5th to the 6th of June, then the landings on the five world’s best known sandy beaches, in the Manche and Calvados departments. The Normans were to experience a three-month long battle on their own soil which would not be completed on the day Paris was liberated.
The images chosen for this film and its nine screens are exceptional. English, Canadian, German, American and French archives.
A film of pure historical intensity.
Duration : 19 minutes
Duration: 1 hour
Informacion Adicional
"No heart problems or other serious medical conditions"
"Not recommended for pregnant travelers"
"Most travelers can participate"
"Near public transportation"
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund"
"This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Start Time:
11:00 AM
Duration: 7 Hours
Start location: Mémorial de Caen, Esp. Général Eisenhower, 14050 Caen, France
Cancellations and refunds:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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