Comments on: 10 tips for planning a trip to the Beaches of Normandy

By: ShaNae

ShaNae — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:03:41 +0000

I am planning a 2024 trip. My son does WWII re-enacting and his unit has to be on Omaha Beach on June 29th. He will be staying where our soldiers stayed and eating K rations, my question is where do I need to fly into from Utah, USA?Paris? Also, we want to include Bastogne and the Ardennes Forest. Any suggestions? Thanks

By: MaureenMuldowney

MaureenMuldowney — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:14:11 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. We are planning our trip for this summer and didn’t know where to start. Now I do!!!!!

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:15:10 +0000

Yeah I would agree on the big bus tours. Our guide was very knowlegeable but way too fast paced. We were rushed from place to place. Not much time to meditate on what happened there when the guide is rushing you off to the next site. If you have to do the big bus due to cost, try to do a two days tour. But if I had to do it over again, I would have chosen a smaller tour group. Unless you are a real history buff, I don’t recommend doing the beaches on your own. It’s too spread out. And everything shuts down at 5.

By: Christina Bernstein

Christina Bernstein — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:23:12 +0000

Thank you for this terrific information. I have been thinking of staying over in Bayeux and thought about getting a local guide to the Normandy beaches from there. It is a very long trip from Paris, especially when weather or traffic accidents cause “les bouchons” so I think the train is much more relaxing choice from Paris, I think Gare St. Lazare…

By: Professor Steve Solosky

Professor Steve Solosky — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 14:53:23 +0000

Thanks for the great tips, Bryan.

I have taken 25+ trips to the Normandy Invasion Beaches through my company, The Traveling Professor’s Small Group Tours. If going to the Normandy Invasion Beaches, I strongly urge travelers to NOT take one of those big bus tours. Big vehicles simply cannot get down to beaches like “Easy Red” and “Dog Green” where the toughest battles, like the one depicted in “Saving Private Ryan” took place. Small group tours also can visit special places, like the privately owned and perfectly intact Hillman Bunker. Big bus tours can’t get there. Lastly, with a smaller tour, travelers have more input on how much time to spend at a particular place. Big bus tours are on a schedule -their schedule, not yours.