Bayeux package
3 days in Bayeux:
Price per person based on twin share $485
French Cooking lesson in English: During 2 hours, you will learn how to realise 2 elaborated and inventive recipes on a theme include take away tasting.
Day tour of the historic Normandy and the landing beaches: 8:30-18:00
Visit the sectors where the American Corps landings occurred at Omaha and Utah beaches. You will follow the steps of the famous American Infantry Divisions and the other units that linked up with them. You will also be taken to the misplaced drop zones of the Airborne Units that landed in the early morning hours of the D-Day Invasion on 6 June 1944.
The Batteries of Longues-sur-mer: The Atlantic Wall was a system of fortifications built by Nazi Germany, which extended along the Atlantic coast. The batteries of Longues-sur-Mer are a classic example of the pattern that was used for the Atlantic Wall. You will cross the Port of Port en Bessin secured by the Royal Commando Unit, which became an important petroleum port. Port en Bessin was the geographic boundary between the American and British sectors.
Sainte-Mere-Eglise: It is one of the most memorable places depicted in the famous movie: The Longest Day. Sainte-Mere-Eglise was officially the first town liberated at 4:30 on the day of the Invasion.
American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer: This Cemetery, extends over 700 m2, and is one of fourteen permanent American World War II cemeteries constructed on foreign soil. It contains the remains of 9387 servicemen and women killed for our freedom.
Utah beach: This is the place where the successful landing of the American Ivy Division occurred under orders of General Barton and General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Utah Beach was the furthest west of the five beaches designated for the D-Day landings in June 1944. Located at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, it was added by General Dwight Eisenhower to the original D-Day plan to ensure the early capture of the vital port of Cherbourg. Eisenhower realised that the Allied advance throughout Western Europe would require vast amounts of equipment and that the only major port that could handle this in the initial stages of the war was at Cherbourg.
La Colombière Hospital: The Division Hospital was established at Château de Colombières, a large country house at Hiseville. The owners of the Château moved their personal belongings out and reserved one room for them. This was the first Allied Hospital to be in Operation in Normandy. This surgical team was the first airborne (glider) surgical team in the history of the U.S. Army.
General Pratt Memorial: General Pratt, Airborne Division, was initially supposed to land and arrive on Utah Beach during the afternoon of D-Day. Prior to General Pratt's jump, however, General Maxwell D. Taylor persuaded Pratt to join the first wave of gliders to land in Normandy. Unknown to Pratt, his glider had been seriously overloaded and it crashed in a field. A plaque commemorates the crash. He was the first United States General to be killed in action during the D-Day Invasion.
Visit of the famous “Bayeux Tapestry” with audio guide
Above rates include the tours and visits mentioned, 2 nights in a three star hotel, daily breakfast
Not included: Transfers and train tickets, lunches & dinners, personal expenses
All above subject to availability at time of reservation
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