Mémorial de Caen Museum Admission and Guided Tour of D-Day Sites from Caen


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  • Mémorial de Caen Museum Admission and Guided Tour of D-Day Sites from Caen

Caen, France

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Trip Type:   Day Trips
Duration:  8 hours
Learn all about World War II and the momentous events of D-Day on this full-day tour. Explore the Mémorial de Caen museum at your leisure with or without an informative audio guide. Then, tour historic D-Day sites such as the artificial harbor at Arromanches, Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. Choose whether you want to see a mixture of key American D-Day sites, or if you’d prefer to visit key Canadian sites instead. Your American small-group site tour is limited to seven people and the Canadian tours are limited to 15 people. Both options ensure personalized attention from the expert guide.

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Learn all about World War II and the momentous events of D-Day on this full-day tour. Explore the Mémorial de Caen museum at your leisure with or without an informative audio guide. Then, tour historic D-Day sites such as the artificial harbor at Arromanches, Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. Choose whether you want to see a mixture of key American D-Day sites, or if you’d prefer to visit key Canadian sites instead. Your American small-group site tour is limited to seven people and the Canadian tours are limited to 15 people. Both options ensure personalized attention from the expert guide.Mémorial de Caen
Choose to explore the museum at your own pace on the same day as your guided tour or on a different day, whatever is most convenient for you. This museum and war memorial tells the riveting story of D-Day within the larger context of historical events ranging from the end of World War I to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Learn about the preparation for and execution of the massive invasion by exploring on your own, or from your in-depth audio guide, available in six languages. You can enjoy lunch at the museum's restaurant or cafe (own expense).

D-Day Sites Guided Tour

Join your informative guide — trained by the museum's historians — for an educational and poignant morning or afternoon tour of sites related to the Normandy landings on D-Day that helped the Allies win the war. Choose to visit the important American D-Day sites, or opt to focus on Canadian sites, and then set off in a luxury, air-conditioned minivan. If you’ve selected the USA tour option, travel first to the Arromanches artificial harbor, where Allied forces brought in the hundreds of vehicles and many tons of weapons and materials needed for their assault.
Next, visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur-Mer, where white crosses stretching far in all directions symbolize the terrible cost of war. Then, continue to the clifftop Pointe du Hoc, where the US Army Ranger Assault Group mounted a heroic attack.
Your tour culminates with a drive past the main Normandy landing beaches including Omaha Beach and the opportunity to set foot on one of those beaches yourself. Alternatively, if you’ve opted to see the key Canadian sites, the day's itinerary will differ, visiting only the sites relevant to your selected tour option.
Return to Mémorial de Caen after your 5-hour tour of D-Day sites with a much clearer understanding of how that fateful day helped define the outcome of World War II.
Please note: If you've opted for the American tour, visit the artificial harbour at Arromanches, the American Military Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach and the Pointe du Hoc. Alternatively, select the Canadian tour to see Bernières-sur-Mer, the Juno Beach Centre, the Canadian Cemetery in Bény-sur-Mer and the Abbaye d’Ardenne




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