Overlord-Neptune
NormandyONtour
The American & British D-Day Experience – Winter
Tour Description
Full Day Group Tour of The American & British D-Day Sectors
The Advantages of a Group Tour
→ Our small D-Day Group Tour is a great way to discover the landing sites of Normandy alongside like-minded fellow travellers, accompanied by a professional native English-speaker Guide.
→ All of the D-Day sites listed – as well as additional brief stops on our planned route – have been carefully chosen to include the major sites in The American & British D-Day landing sectors. At major sites there is ample freetime to walk around and take photos and at brief stops – ‘Les Braves’ Monument at St. Laurent – we are not required to disembark.
→ You will have your own dedicated guide in a small semi-private group (max 8) throughout the entire duration of the group tour, who will go out of his / her way to make your day memorable and endeavour to answer your every question.
Travel in style, safely…
Our D-Day Group Tours are conducted in spacious 8-seat vehicles with air-conditioning front and rear, a fridge to keep your water chilled and onboard WiFi for all of your devices. Our Group Tour vehicles are also equipped with the latest in vehicle security & passenger safety technology.
Tour Schedule
The tour runs weekdays only throughout the winter [October 16th to April 14th] and 7 days a week throughout the Summer season [April 15th to October 15th].
NB: The itinerary below is for Winter season only.
The D-Day Sites you will visit on this tour
The British Sector: Longues-sur-Mer German Gun Battery, Arromanches Mulberry Harbour B – ‘Port Winston’, Gold Beach – Asnelles, Ryes War Cemetery.
The American Sector: Pointe-du-Hoc, Monument ‘Les Braves’ at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Vierville (Saving Private Ryan film location) – Omaha Beach, Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer & more…
Pick-up Times & locations
We depart Place de Québec in the centre of Bayeux at 09:45 Mon – Fri.
*Check-in is 10 mins prior to departure.
NB: Place de Québec is the designated pick-up point for all major D-Day Tour Companies, therefore kindly ensure you board the correct company’s vehicle. Tip: Look out for our company logo in the windscreen! (See ‘Helpful Info’ for pick-up location maps).
Alternative Tours with us
→ If clients should be seeking a more customizable experience NormandyONtour recommends our Mix & Match Private Tours.
The Battle was WON…The Tour is ON
OverlordNeptune
*Tip : Click the square logo upper left (before NormandyONtour) or click the numbers for more details…click the pics!
D-Day Group Tours – Fixed Start Times
Welcome Aboard
09:45 start
Public toilets available
Place de Québec
Place de Québec is situated just around the corner from The Bayeux Tourist Information Office. We pick up here Mon – Sun at 09:35 for a 09:45 departure (during Winter). There are toilet facilities in Place de Québec, as well as a cafe nearby for passengers who wish a quick coffee prior to departure.
The 2nd Devonshire Regiment
25 minute visit – includes freetime
Public toilets available
1. Longues-sur-Mer German Battery
The anti-naval guns of The German Battery at Longues-sur-Mer were a key element of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Built on a clifftop overlooking the English Channel and situated right in the heart of the Allied assault sector between Omaha and Gold Beaches, they included a range-finding post and four casemates, each housing a 150-mm gun. Despite numerous Allied air raids in the night of 5th June 1944, the battery was still operational on the morning of 6th June. On our visit to this UNESCO World Heritage site, you will be able to go inside the casemates themselves, and we will discover why it took the Allies until June 7th to force its surrender…
The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
20-minute visit – includes freetime
Public toilets available
2. Arromanches – Mulberry Harbour ‘B’
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. Although at the centre of the Gold Beach landing zone, Arromanches was spared the brunt of the fighting on D-Day so the installation and operation of the port was able to proceed as quickly as possible without damaging the beach and destroying surrounding lines of communication. We will stop for lunch up on the bluff overlooking Arromanches – with the most stunning view of the entire day’s tour laid out before us…
The Dorsets & 231st Brigade
20 minute visit – includes freetime
3. Gold Beach – Asnelles
Asnelles was heavily bombed by the Allied air forces and the navy at dawn on D-Day. The 1st Hampshire and the Dorsetshire Regiments, supported by the Sherwood Rangers tanks of the 8th Armored Brigade experienced heavy fighting here at the two German Strongpoints WN 36 & WN 37. At this stop we will visit Gold Beach, and if the tide is out we will be able to visit the remains of ‘Port Winston’ – Mulberry Harbour B. Whilst visiting the beach here we will take a brief look at the German strongpoints which inflicted heavy casualties as the Allied soldiers landed here at 07:25 on D-Day…
50th Northumbrian Division
20 minute visit – includes freetime
4. Ryes Commonwealth Cemetery (optional)
This small, virtually forgotten cemetery – off the beaten track and surrounded by fields – is situated between Bayeux and Arromanches and is rarely visited by major tour companies or tourists. Beautifully maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission it contains 653 Commonwealth war graves, including one Polish and 335 German. The first interments in the cemetery were made two days after the initial D-Day landings. Some of the soldiers buried here are from the 50th British Northumbrian Infantry Division that landed on Gold Beach. The cemetery also contains a large number of Royal Navy and merchant navy sailors. Two brothers, Private Joseph Casson (Durham Light Infantry) and Marine Robert Casson (45 Commando) are buried beside each other in the graveyard. We will begin our Allied Triangle D-Day Group Tour in this humble place…
Lunchtime
12:45-13:45
Public toilets available
Lunch in Bayeux
Since we are so close to Bayeux (10 mins), we will make a quick lunchstop here. There are many bistros and cafés open even during the winter months.
Tip: 45 minutes will allow for a sandwich or panini and a coffee but in France is insufficient time for a ‘sit-down’ 3 course lunch.
NB: Check in for redeparture at 13:45 will be at 13:40.
Next stop (American Sector Tour): Pointe-du-Hoc…
The 2nd & 5th Rangers – Rangers lead the way
40 minute visit – includes freetime
Public toilets available
5. Pointe-du-Hoc
Pointe-du-Hoc, a 100ft promontory cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France was heavily fortified with concrete casemates and gun pits and protected by the German 352nd Infantry Division. On D-Day the United States Army Ranger Assault Group under lieutenant colonel James E. Rudder assaulted and captured Pointe du Hoc after scaling the cliffs. Disabling the six 155mm guns there was crucial to the successful completion of the Allied Land Invasion. There was however a cruel surprise in store for Colonel Rudder’s men…


50 minute visit – includes freetime
Public toilets available
6. Normandy Colleville American Cemetery
On June 8, 1944, the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. Come and honour the graves of our fallen Heroes, discover the gold-embossed gravestones of the three Medal of Honour recipients – listen to some stories from their lives – and peruse the wall of the missing upon which are engraved the names of 1557 servicemen never recovered…
The Big Red One – ‘BRO’
No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First!
20 minute visit – includes freetime
7. Saint Laurent-sur-Mer – Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops of the First Division nicknamed ‘The Big Red One’. However faced with the 12,020 experienced combat troops of the German 352nd Infantry Division, the battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division had its work cut out. During this memorable visit you’ll find out why nothing here went according to plan on D-Day. Thus we shall discover how ‘Bloody Omaha’ earned its name…
The 29th Infantry Division, 2nd & 5th Rangers
20 minute visit – includes freetime
8. Vierville-sur-Mer {Saving Private Ryan}
On D-Day at 06:30, the U.S. Army’s 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, along with units of the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions, landed on Omaha Beach, below Vierville-sur-Mer. The 29th Division & The Rangers suffered extremely heavy losses in the very first few minutes. On this stop you’ll find out how the courageous soldiers persevered on ‘Bloody Omaha’, and how in the face of all odds and at the prospect of certain death, they finally cut through the formidable German defenses.
Homeward-Bound
25 minute drive back to Place de Québec
Public toilets available
Place de Québec 17:45
We will depart our last stop on schedule at 17:20. During our relaxing drive back to the station you will have 25 minutes to reflect on the day’s touring and have a casual chat with your Guide. We always appreciate feedback about your D-Day experience and welcome any last-minute questions. Please do not hesitate to let your driver know if we can be of any further assistance. Thank you for choosing NormandyONtour.
END OF THE TOUR
17:45
*Your Group D-Day tour lasts a total of 8 hrs including one hour for lunch.
Drop-Off Times: After dropping clients off at Place de Québec at 17:45, upon request, your driver may then drop you at Bayeux Train Station at appx 18:00.

NormandyONtour
6 Voie Panoramique
14960 St. Côme-De-Fresné
Calvados, Basse-Normandie
View of Arromanches from our HQ
Company # 00211 18 14
Reg: 835 397 027 RM 14
Chauffeur VTC # 01417003101
Transport License: 2018/28/0000616
Tel: +33 783 810 921

Get In Touch


