Private D-Day tour from Bayeux, Paris or Sainte Mère Église

Visit the Normandy landing beaches

Bayeux Sightseeing Tours can show you the ‘highlights” of D-Day, or whatever you want to see, and all possible in one day. This is a tour for people who do not want to share the vehicle with others or have specific interests and sites they want to visit. If you have children under 8 yo, this tour is suitable for you also. Others will NOT be able to join this tour too. Groups up to a maximum of 8 people per vehicle!

Bayeux Sightseeing Tours deliberately keeps her groups small for maximum personal contact and to have enough time to show you everything we promise. This way we will also be able to answer all your questions. If your party exceeds 8, no problem. Just mail us and ask for the possibilities. If your interest is about HBO TV series Band of Brothers or Airborne in general, this will be an excellent choice too. Even the biggest history buff will like this D-Day tour!

Itinerary

Visit our “itinerary of our tours” page for more detailed information.

Details of this tour

Full day – 8hrs tour, with an English speaking guide.
Pick up time and place flexible. On weekdays, suitable for people starting from Paris also.
No pick up fee in the Bayeux – Carentan – Sainte Mère Église area.</li>
Flexible itinerary. You can discuss with us what you would like to see. Bayeux Sightseeing Tours can show you the “highlights,” or more in depth picking specific spots.

Itinerary of this full day tour:

- Sainte-Mère Église (historic house – town square – church and Airborne museum)
- Infamous hedgerow countyside
- Monument at Lt Meehan’s crashsite (Band of Brothers)
- Gen. Leclerc Monument
- Utah Beach
- Dick Winters’ Leadership Memorial
- Sainte Marie du Mont
- Angoville au Plain
- Deadman’s Corner
- Purple Heart lane
- Pointe du Hoc (read more)
- Omaha Beach
- Normandy American Cemetery (visit the AMBC website)

Besides these highlights, other possible interesting places to visit are:
- La Fiere bridge / Iron Mike Monument / Cauqaigny church and Glider Infantry Monument / Charles deGlopper Monument, MOH recipient / General Falley’s ambush side
- Crisbecq gun battery
- Carentan / Col Cole Bayonet charge Monument / E co 506th PIR route into Carentan
- La Cambe, German Cemetery
- “Big Red One” Monument / WN 62 (WN=WiederstandsNest or in English “strongpoint”) / WN 60 where Maj. Werner Pluskat saw the invasion fleet coming towards him
- Longues sur Mer gun battery. This is one of the few batteries in France still with its original guns in place
- Arromanches, with its remains of the artificial “Mulberry” harbour / Gold Beach

Depart

Bayeux – Carentan – Sainte Mere Eglise area: Pick up at your hotel lobby at 9:15am
Paris – Carentan, train station: 9:06am (in case coming in from Paris)

For Paris, book train: TRAIN NOMAD #3323 leaving Saint Lazare station at 6:12am – arriving 9:06am at Carentan train station. Book your return train: <em>TRAIN NOMAD #3318 leaving Carentan station at 6:14pm – arriving 9:03pm at Paris SaintLazare train station.

This train runs only on weekdays! Weekends not compatible with this tour. Only bookable about 3 months ahead of your tour. So, do not worry if it does not show up yet if you try to book it more than 3 months ahead.

Sainte Mère Église, Airborne Museum: 10:00am

Service

Internal PA system, as result, while on the move we are able to give you lots of additional information.
On board storage of your baggage is possible in case needed.

Prices

December 1st – February 28th: 495 Euros from 1 up to 6 persons in your group. Excluding Christmas holiday: Dec 19th 2026 – Jan 3rd 2027 at 650 Euro. Extra persons up to maximum 8 at 50 Euro per person. In case you like to travel off season this will be for you!

March 1st – November 30th: 650 Euros from 1 up to 6 persons in your group. Extra persons up to maximum 8 at 50 Euro per person.

Lunch and museum fee not included. Prices are not per person!

Sunday surcharge 50 Euro for tours on Sunday’s and national holidays