The Ultimate D-Day Tour
- Duration: 7 days
- Board Basis: Bed & Breakfast
- Tour Ref: D2TLEG7FDD
Holiday Summary
- Travel Type: Coach
PLEASE NOTE: Price is per person and based on two people sharing a twin/double room. Single room supplements and upgrades are not included.
Itinerary
7-Day Itinerary for 2025
Day 1
Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in the Rouen area for an overnight stay.
Day 2 - The British Airborne Story on D-Day
We depart Rouen and travel into Normandy to look at the landings by 6th (Airborne) Division which began in the early hours of 6th June 1944. We start with the Merville Battery, which the 9th Parachute Battalion attacked on D-Day, seeing the museum and bunkers.
We then travel across the Drop and Landing Zones to Pegasus Bridge, where the landings began. Here we take time for lunch, and then look at the Pegasus Bridge story and visit the Museum which includes the original bridge that was here in 1944. We then visit the Airborne graves at Ranville and go up on the Breville Ridge looking at the vital battles for this ‘Eastern Flank’. We continue to our hotel in Saint Lô or Caen for four nights.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 3 - Rangers Lead The Way – Bloody Omaha
This morning we begin at Pointe du Hoc, the site of a German gun battery attacked by the US Rangers on D-Day who scaled a sheer cliff to reach it. We visit the site, the Visitors Centre, and the bunkers and memorial. Please note there is some walking involved here.
We then continue to Omaha Beach and look at the landings between the Vierville and Les Moulins draws where the 29th Division came ashore as depicted in ‘Saving Private Ryan’. After lunchtime at Port en-Bessin, where the Pipe Line Under The Ocean (PLUTO) came in, we return to Omaha Beach, visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, the bunkers at WN62, and the superb Overlord Museum with one of the best collections in Normandy.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 4 - British Normandy Memorial – 82nd Airborne on D-Day
We begin at the British Normandy Memorial which commemorates more than 22,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Normandy Campaign. Overlooking Gold Beach, we discuss the landings here and see where Stan Hollis went into action resulting in the award of the only D-Day Victoria Cross. We then visit the Longues Battery, a German gun battery site that was later used in the filming for ‘The Longest Day’: here the guns are still in their bunkers!
We then have lunchtime in Arromanches, where you can see the remains of the Mulberry Harbour. In the afternoon we visit the German Cemetery at La Cambe, and then look at the 82nd Airborne story on D-Day, visiting the key bridge at La Fiere along with the Iron Mike Memorial. We then see the battlefield area here at Cauquigny and Amfreville, visiting the Airborne Memorial.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 5 - Annual D-Day Commemorations and British D-Day Beaches
Today we attend some of the annual commemorations for D-Day which will take place either at the British Normandy Memorial or in Bayeux. After lunchtime, we will then travel along the British D-Day beaches (security arrangements permitting), seeing key locations on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 6 - Utah Beach – Band of Brothers
We begin this morning on Utah Beach where the US 4th Division landed, seeing the memorials here and then looking at the 101st Airborne story around Brecourt Manor, including the story of the ‘Band of Brothers’. We have lunchtime in Ste Mere Eglise and have an included visit to the Airborne Museum here. We then look at the fighting around Carantan before departing for Rouen for an overnight stay.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 7
Return home.
7-Day Itinerary for 2026
Day 1
Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in the Rouen area for an overnight stay.
Day 2 - The British Airborne Story on D-Day
We depart Rouen and travel into Normandy to look at the landings by 6th (Airborne) Division which began in the early hours of 6th June 1944. We start with the Merville Battery, which the 9th Parachute Battalion attacked on D-Day, seeing the museum and bunkers.
We then travel across the Drop and Landing Zones to Pegasus Bridge, where the landings began. Here we take time for lunch, and then look at the Pegasus Bridge story and visit the Museum which includes the original bridge that was here in 1944. We then visit the Airborne graves at Ranville and go up on the Breville Ridge looking at the vital battles for this ‘Eastern Flank’. We continue to our hotel in Saint Lô for four nights.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 3 - Rangers Lead The Way – Bloody Omaha
This morning we begin at Pointe du Hoc, the site of a German gun battery attacked by the US Rangers on D-Day who scaled a sheer cliff to reach it. We visit the site, the Visitors Centre, and the bunkers and memorial. Please note there is some walking involved here.
We then continue to Omaha Beach and look at the landings between the Vierville and Les Moulins draws where the 29th Division came ashore as depicted in ‘Saving Private Ryan’. After lunchtime at Port en-Bessin, where the Pipe Line Under The Ocean (PLUTO) came in, we return to Omaha Beach, visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, the bunkers at WN62, and the superb Overlord Museum with one of the best collections in Normandy.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 4 - British Normandy Memorial – 82nd Airborne on D-Day
We begin at the British Normandy Memorial which commemorates more than 22,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Normandy Campaign. Overlooking Gold Beach, we discuss the landings here and see where Stan Hollis went into action resulting in the award of the only D-Day Victoria Cross. We then visit the Longues Battery, a German gun battery site that was later used in the filming for ‘The Longest Day’: here the guns are still in their bunkers!
We then have lunchtime in Arromanches, where you can see the remains of the Mulberry Harbour. In the afternoon we visit the German Cemetery at La Cambe, and then look at the 82nd Airborne story on D-Day, visiting the key bridge at La Fiere along with the Iron Mike Memorial. We then see the battlefield area here at Cauquigny and Amfreville, visiting the Airborne Memorial.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 5 - The British and Canadian D-Day Beaches
Today we examine the British and Canadian landings on 6th June 1944 starting at Gold Beach, seeing where the only D-Day Victoria Cross action took place, as well as examining the role of the Royal Artillery in the landings. We then visit Juno Beach where the Canadians landed on D-Day seeing the memorials, bunkers and wartime tanks. After lunch we see where the Canadians fought inland from the beaches and then travel across to the Sword Beach sector seeing where British Assault troops and Commandos from the Special Service Brigade landed, visit Hermanville War Cemetery, and also the Hillman Bunker site where the Suffolk Regiment went into action on D-Day.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 6 - Utah Beach – Band of Brothers
We begin this morning on Utah Beach where the US 4th Division landed, seeing the memorials here and then looking at the 101st Airborne story around Brecourt Manor, including the story of the ‘Band of Brothers’. We have lunchtime in Ste Mere Eglise and have an included visit to the Airborne Museum here. We then look at the fighting around Carantan before departing for Rouen for an overnight stay.
Meals - Breakfast
Day 7
Return home.
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the Brit Hotel Saint-Lo or in the Caen area.
Overnight stays will be in the Rouen area at the BB Hotel Rouen Rive Droite or similar.
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