Battlefields to D-Day Beaches

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Battlefields to D-Day Beaches
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Battlefields to D-Day Beaches

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This new D-Day Beaches tour offers the chance to commemorate the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II. Accompanied by a knowledgeable D-Day Landing Beaches guide we see the key sites, cemeteries and monuments.

 

Includes:

*  Luxury coach travel
*  1 x Overnight 2 berth inside cabin on Brittany Ferries with buffet breakfast
*  4 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast
*  Entrance to Arromanches 360 Theatre
*  Entrance to The Atlantic Wall Museum
*  Entrance to Caen Memorial Museum
*  Entrance to Airborne Museum

This new D-Day Beaches tour offers the chance to commemorate the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II. Accompanied by a knowledgeable D-Day Landing Beaches guide we see the key sites, cemeteries and monuments.

 

Includes:

*  Luxury coach travel
*  1 x Overnight 2 berth inside cabin on Brittany Ferries with buffet breakfast
*  4 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast
*  Entrance to Arromanches 360 Theatre
*  Entrance to The Atlantic Wall Museum
*  Entrance to Caen Memorial Museum
*  Entrance to Airborne Museum

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Novotel Caen Cote De Nacre Hotel
The Novotel Caen Côte de Nacre is located 20 minutes from the beaches of the Allied Landings, near the Peace Memorial. It offers a heated outdoor swimming pool, a terrace and a garden. Each guest room at the Novotel has satellite TV and free Wi-Fi internet access. At the Caen Côte de Nacre's restaurant, the Gourmet Bar, guests can enjoy traditional cuisine.
The Classic Room is warm and cozy, and comes with practical features: air-conditioning, fiber-optic WiFi, shower, courtesy tray and safe.
Bars & Cafes are a 5 minute drive from the hotel where you can get a local taxi into the centre for your evening meals. Alternatively you could purchase your evening meal in the hotels restaurant.

Onboard with Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth to Caen

The cruise ferries Mont St Michel and Normandie make the sailings from Portsmouth to Caen. You'll be able to enjoy high standards, comfort, French-influenced restaurants and the excellent service you would expect from Brittany Ferries.

Mont St Michel and Normandie both have a wide range of facilities and entertainment on offer. During the roughly six-hour crossing your onboard experience could include:

 * DJ and children's entertainment in high season

* Cinemas, shops, games rooms and sun decks

* Delicious French food in the à la carte and self-service restaurants

* Fully stocked bar and coffee shop

Upgrades

Cabin Supplement - Larger 2 Person sharing a 4 berth inside cabin - £32.50 Per Person

Cabin Supplement - Outside cabin (Port hole) 2 Person sharing a 4 berth outside cabin - £52 Per Person

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Sat - Later departure as we head south to Portsmouth for our overnight crossing to Caen. Settle into your cabin as we sail through the night.

Sun - This morning we disembark the boat and spend the day exploring Caen. Later we check into our hotel with your evening at leisure.

Mon - Today, we spend a day exploring the British and Canadian sectors of the Normandy Beaches. With our own knowledgeable guide, we can immerse ourselves in the incredible D-Day Landings. We will visit the Arromanches 360 Circular Cinema, an immersive experience with surround cinema screen to bring the military action to life. Later we travel to Ouistreham and visit the museum at the restored Grand Bunker, part of the Atlantic Wall, the most powerful German coastal battery.

Tue - This morning we travel into the centre of Caen with free time in the morning to explore its castle built for Norman the Conquerer which also houses the Fine Arts Museum and Normandy Museum. This afternoon, we visit the Caen Memorial Museum which tells the story of 20th century history in Europe by an innovative 360-degree film.

Wed - Another fascinating day today, this time exploring the American sector of the Normandy Beaches. We visit the Airborne Museum at Sainte- Mère-Eglise which is dedicated to the American paratroopers engaged in the Normandy invasion of 1944. Later we visit German trenches & explore the WWII bunkers of Maisy Battery, Normandy’s best kept secret after being buried for 60 years!

Thu - After breakfast we depart the hotel and make our way to the port where we cross back to Portsmouth on the daytime ferry. Once we arrive in Portsmouth dock we continue with our journey home.

Departing
Sat 10 May, 2025
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Pickup Points
  • (TBC) Abergele 1 Tesco Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Abergele 2 Bowling Green
  • (TBC) Abergele 3 Pentre Mawr Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Bagillt Blossoms Inn
  • (TBC) Belgrano Windjammers
  • (TBC) Bodelwyddan 1 Bus stop opp garage
  • (TBC) Bodelwyddan 2 Vicarage
  • (TBC) Caerwys Drangons Rest
  • (TBC) Carmel Halfway House Inn (Main Road)
  • (TBC) Chester A55 Holiday Inn (post house roundabout)
  • (TBC) Colwyn Bay 2 Guys Newsagent
  • (TBC) Colwyn Bay 3 Railway Station
  • (TBC) Conwy Lancaster Square
  • (TBC) Craig y Don 1 St Pauls Church
  • (TBC) Deganwy 1 Castle Hotel
  • (TBC) Denbigh 1 Plas Pigot
  • (TBC) Denbigh 2 Colomendy
  • (TBC) Denbigh 3 The Green
  • (TBC) Denbigh 4 Lenten Pool
  • (TBC) Dobbs Hill Layby
  • (TBC) Dyserth 1 Cross Keys Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Dyserth 2 The Vicarage
  • (TBC) Dyserth 3 High Street (Opp Thomas Av)
  • (TBC) Dyserth 4 The Vicarage
  • (TBC) Ewloe St. Davids Park
  • (TBC) Ffynnongroew 1 The Crown Inn
  • (TBC) Ffynnongroew 2 Farmers Arms
  • (TBC) Flint 1 The Ship Hotel
  • (TBC) Greenfield 1 Queens Hotel
  • Coast Road
  • (TBC) Greenfield 2 The Packet House
  • (TBC) Gronant Wayside Stores
  • (TBC) Holway Garage opp Post Office Holway Garage opp Post Office
  • (TBC) Holywell 1 Baths Main Road
  • (TBC) Holywell 2 Victoria Hotel
  • (TBC) Kinmel Bay 1 Junct St Asaph Avenue/ Bronwen Avenue
  • (TBC) Kinmel Bay 2 Silver Birch
  • (TBC) Kinmel Bay 3 Anwyl Estate Entrance
  • (TBC) Kinmel Bay 4 Traffic Lights Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Llanddulas The Fairview Inn
  • (TBC) Llandudno 1 Clarence Hotel
  • (TBC) Llandudno 2 Mostyn Broadway Coach Park
  • (TBC) Llandudno Junction 1 Station Hotel Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Llandudno Junction 2 Barclays Bank
  • (TBC) Llanrhos Post Office
  • (TBC) Lloc Rock Hotel
  • (TBC) Meliden 1 Roundwood Avenue
  • (TBC) Meliden 3 Garden Centre
  • (TBC) Meliden 4 Manod Road Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Mochdre Bowling Green
  • (TBC) Mold opp Station Motors Chester road
  • (TBC) Mostyn opp Lletty Hotel
  • (TBC) Mynydd Isa The Griffin
  • (TBC) Northop Car Park Entrance
  • (TBC) Old Colwyn 1 Top shop
  • (TBC) Old Colwyn 3 Queens nursing home
  • (TBC) Old Colwyn 6 opp Marine Hotel
  • (TBC) Old Colwyn 7 Jnc. Abergele Rd Highlands Rd Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Penrhyn Bay 1 St Davids Church
  • (TBC) Penrhyn Bay 2 Post Office bus stop
  • (TBC) Pensarn 1 Roundabout Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Pentre Halkyn Billy Jeans
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 1 Clwyd Carpets Coast Road
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 10 Ffordd Onnen/ Nant Drive
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 11 Opp. Jolly Sailor
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 12 Pendyffryn Gardens
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 13 Mini Roundabout
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 14 St Elmos Drive
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 2 Ffrith Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 3 Police Station
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 4 Victoria Hotel
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 5 Bus station
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 6 Williams Estate Agents
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 7 Junction Fforddisa/ Lon Goed Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 8 Penrhwylfa Cross Roads
  • (TBC) Prestatyn 9 Whitehouse Caravan Park
  • (TBC) Queensferry Asda bus layby
  • (TBC) Rhos on Sea 1 Cayley Arms
  • (TBC) Rhos on Sea Hickorys
  • (TBC) Rhuddlan 1 Vicarage Lane Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhuddlan 2 Rhyl Road Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhuddlan 3 Highlands Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhuddlan Pentre Lane Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhyl 10 Marine Lake Bus Bay
  • (TBC) Rhyl 11 Sealife Centre Bus Bay
  • (TBC) Rhyl 12 Junction Churton Road/Russell Road
  • (TBC) Rhyl 13 Junction Old Golf Road/Russel Road
  • (TBC) Rhyl 14 Eastville Bus stop - opp denmore
  • (TBC) Rhyl 15 The Bodfor
  • Bodfor Street
  • (TBC) Rhyl 16 Lynton Walk Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhyl 17 Tynewydd Est Entrance
  • (TBC) Rhyl 18 St Thomas Church
  • (TBC) Rhyl 19 Dyserth Rd Cemetery
  • (TBC) Rhyl 2 Boulevard Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhyl 20 Ffordd Derwen
  • (TBC) Rhyl 28 Stanley Park Avenue/Rhuddlan Rd Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhyl 3 Rosehill Road
  • (TBC) Rhyl 4 St Margaret's Drive Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Rhyl 5 Parry's Corner/ Pendyffryn Rd Nth (by phone box)
  • (TBC) Rhyl 6 Junctions Grange Rd/ Clifton Park Rd
  • (TBC) Rhyl 7 Vale Road Flats Bus Stop
  • Layby
  • (TBC) Rhyl 9 Catholic Church
  • (TBC) Ruthin Craft Centre Ruthin Craft Centre
  • (TBC) Sandy Cove Bus Stop
  • (TBC) St Asaph 1 HM Stanley Hospital
  • (TBC) St Asaph 2 Cathedral Bus Stop
  • (TBC) St Asaph 3 Fountain Garage
  • (TBC) St Asaph 4 Ashley Court Bus Stop
  • (TBC) St Asaph 5 Bod Erw
  • (TBC) St Asaph 6 Bishops Walk Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Towyn Wendover Bus Stop
  • (TBC) Trefnant 1 Village Hall Bus Stop - Near Traffic Lights
  • (TBC) Trefnant AA Box
  • (TBC) Trelawnyd 2 Memorial Hall
  • (TBC) Voel Depot Voel Coaches
  • (TBC) Wrexham 2 Plas Coch Pub near sainsburys
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Novotel Caen Cote De Nacre

This new D-Day Beaches tour offers the chance to commemorate the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II. Accompanied by a knowledgeable D-Day Landing Beaches guide we see the key sites, cemeteries and monuments.