Three of us will spend a Day in Bayeux in order to visit the Normandy Beaches. We would appreciate any suggestions about the kind of tour to take and the best tour companies. Although I am a healthy 81yo, I am not sure about doing a full day tour. What are your thoughts on a half-day tour?
Recommend a tour of the D-Day Beaches in May
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daleboothnormandytours.com
Dale does excellent tours; if you do a Search here or on Trip Advisor, you will find many satisfied clients.
We did a whole day tour, and I don't know what I would say about a half day tour. In fact, I'm not even sure he does them. Part of the time, of course, you are riding in the van so it's not as though you'd be on foot for 8 hrs. It is a long day, though.
Have a wonderful trip.
Ditto above. We toured with Dale Booth two years ago and he was fabulous. Since he is an independent tour guide I would assume he could make some adjustments to suit your needs. Our experience was the highlight of our trip. I would highly recommend him.
jaauca, congrats on being as am I a healthy 81 and exploring the D Day beaches (as we did a year ago). I don't know tour companies as we were on a Seine River cruise and Normandy beaches were a side trip. But you should go and also include Bayeux Tapestry nearby. All this could be done in a day though likely you will be worn out.
A recent obit: George Kerchner died age 93 who had led the D-Day attack on Point du Hoc. I recall the big guns and the many casualties.
Bill in Boston
Jaauca...we did a D-Day tour last May out of St Mere Eglis with a very informative Britiss gentleman named Ellwood. his website is www.ddaybattletour.com
Enjoyed the tour immensely!
Actually there is an "s" on tour so it's http://www.ddaybattletours.com/
Diane
We did a great tour of Normandy about 3 years ago.
We left Paris in the morning taking a train to CAEN ,hopefully I spelled it correctly, visited the fabulous War Memorial and then took a afternoon train to Bayeux. We had enough time to see the Bayeux Tapestry which is a must.Spent the night in Bayeux.
The night morning we took a great 1 day tour by OVERLORD TOUR
You are driven in a small van which comfortably sat about 8 people.
We found the tour very interesting and informative.
The van returned us to Bayeux about 6PM and the driver graciously offered to drive us to the train station for our return to Paris.
I took this trip when I was 79 years old and did not find it tiring.
It was a highlight of that trip to France.
Absolutely go and have a great time
My husband and I(seniors) are considering the half day tour with Overlord Tours. How far is the train station from the pickup site? Would we be safe to take the train from 10:10 train from Paris that is due to arrive at 12:20. The tour is due to begin at 1:30. Would appreciate any help. thanks.