Rouen Shore Excursion: Private D-Day Beaches Full-Day Tour

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Rouen Shore Excursion: Private D-Day Beaches Full-Day Tour

By Normandy Day - Normandy Tours

Free cancellation available

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Features

Free cancellation available
9h
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Rouen is a city shaped by history — Joan of Arc, Gothic cathedrals, centuries of war and resilience. This full-day private tour adds another chapter: the beaches and battlefields where World War II turned in favour of the Allies.

The D-Day sites are roughly two hours from Rouen. Your driver choices you up directly — at the cruise terminal or your hotel — and takes you through the Normandy countryside to Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer.

This is a private tour, so the pace is yours. Linger where it matters. Move on when you're ready. No itinerary forced on you by a group, no bus full of strangers.

Your guaranteed return means you never have to worry about making it back to the ship on time. Your driver handles that entirely.

Upgrade with a licensed historian guide to unlock the deeper stories — the tactics, the decisions, the human cost — behind each site you visit.

Activity location

Pointe du Hoc
- 14450, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

Pointe du Hoc
- 14450, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

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Dates

Travellers

Private Driver Only (No Guide)

9h
English

Explore at your own pace: travel with a private driver to all key points of interest, without any guided commentary.
Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€1,038.57 x 1 Traveller€1,038.57

Total

Private Van + Expert Guide

9h
English

Enhance your experience with an expert guide offering historical context, fascinating stories, and unique insights all day.
Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€1,644.91 x 1 Traveller€1,644.91

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What's included, what's not

Flexible photo stops throughout
Air-conditioned vehicle
Bottled water
Private return transfer from Rouen cruise terminal or hotel
Guaranteed return to ship before departure
Entrance fees to museums and memorial sites
Meals and drinks
Service charge for your driver
Licensed historian guide (available as a paid upgrade)

Know before you book

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Specialised infant seats are available
Transport options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Pointe du Hoc

On the morning of June 6, 1944, US Army Rangers were given what many considered a suicide mission: scale a 30-meter cliff face, under enemy fire, and destroy a German gun battery threatening both Omaha and Utah Beach. They made it. Today, Pointe du Hoc remains almost exactly as the Rangers left it. Shell craters scar the earth. Concrete bunkers sit split open by Allied bombardment. Gun emplacements still point towards the Channel. It is one of the most preserved D-Day sites in Normandy — and one of the most visceral.

Omaha Beach

Omaha was the bloodiest of the five D-Day landing beaches. American forces faced heavily fortified German positions on the bluffs above — and paid an enormous price. Today the beach is wide, quiet, and edged by dunes. Standing here, looking out to sea, it is almost impossible to reconcile the stillness with what took place. That contrast — between the peace of the place now and the violence of that morning — is what makes Omaha unlike anywhere else. Your driver will give you time to walk, reflect, and take in the scale of it.

Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer

Perched on the bluffs above Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery holds 9,387 graves — soldiers, sailors, and airmen who gave their lives in the liberation of Western Europe. The rows of white marble crosses and Stars of David stretch across 70 acres of manicured lawn, facing west towards America. The site includes a memorial chapel, a Wall of the Missing bearing 1,557 names, and an interactive museum telling the storey of the Normandy Campaign. Few places in the world carry this kind of weight.

Location

Activity location

Pointe du Hoc
- 14450, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

Pointe du Hoc
- 14450, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

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