BestPrivateTours.com - Medieval Bayeux & D-Day Landing Beaches

OVERVIEW

Bayeux is a major tourist attraction, best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux Tapestry, made to commemorate events in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

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 6 June 1944.

Pointe du Hoc was a point of attack by the Usa Army Ranger assault group during Operation Overlord in World War II.

We offer you a private customized tour of the most spectacular sights of Bayeux and of the D-Day landing beaches with our comfortable and air conditioned Sedan/Van departing from your port of call. You will have a fluent English speaking Driver Guide who will escort you through the discovery of the area.

Your private guided tour will start with the charming town of Bayeux. You will visit the Musee de la Reine Mathilde which displays the famous Tapestry. The medieval Tapestry is probably the world’s most famous embroidery.

Bayeux Cathedral is another main highlight of the town, a Norman-Romanesque church built on a site previously occupied by Roman sanctuaries. The present cathedral was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England.

Free time for lunch.

You will continue your private tour with the visit of Omaha Beach, where the 29th and the 1st Infantry Division landed with 34,000 men and visit the American interpretive centre and cemetery.

The next stop will be Pointe du Hoc, where the American 2nd Rangers Bn climbed the 110 feet high cliff.

On the way back to the ship, the last visit is the German Military Cemetery where over than 21 thousands German soldiers are buried.

Return to your port of call.