Travel with a small group to Paris, the Normandy Invasion Beaches, and Mont St-Michel. Experience historic sites from D-Day, explore the stunning abbey at Mont St-Michel, and enjoy the flexibility and personal attention of a tour designed for 8-12 travelers. Local guides and expert leaders ensure a memorable and immersive journey.

Travelers depart from their home airport and join the group in Paris. Take some time to rest up, and let’s have a quick “meet and greet” and then go out for dinner in Paris.

Enjoy a group dinner in Paris after a meet and greet.

After breakfast, depart Paris via private van to Bayeux. If time permits, make a stop in Giverny, the home and gardens of the famed Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Afterwards, we head towards Bayeux, headquarters for our Normandy Beaches stay at the historic Churchill Hotel.

There is time to explore Bayeux and the famed Bayeux Tapestry.

Begin where it all started, Pegasus Bridge. Follow in the footsteps of the British attackers to walk across the bridge to Café Gondrée, the first structure liberated on D-Day. Madame Gondrée, who lived there as a 5-year-old girl, tends to customers to this day.

Visit the nearby Commonwealth cemetery, Sword and Juno beaches, the site of Ouisterham Casino and the Commandos Memorial.

Finish up at Arromanches and the Mulberry artificial harbor. Our professional tour guide tells the stories you’ve never heard before of the strategy, bravery, and leadership that made the invasion a success.

American paratroopers jumped into Normandy the night before the land invasion. Soon after, gliders crash landed into the countryside. We visit those sites and hear unbelievable stories of bravery by heroes like Private Charles DeGlopper at La Fière and Major Dick Winters at Brecourt Manor.

A visit to Sainte-Mère-Église brings us up close and personal with the battle.

It is on to Utah Beach to put our feet on the same sand the heroes did when the landing ramps dropped and they were given the orders to 'go'. A visit to the new Utah Beach where General Teddy Roosevelt Jr., rallied his men with the quote, 'We’ll start the war from here'.

Go on to visit the bomb craters, pillboxes, and cliffs of Pointe du Hoc where Lt. Col. James Rudder and 225 Rangers overcame unbelievable resistance to take the enemy.

No visit is complete without entering the Church of Angoville-au-Plain, still bearing the scars of war. Hear the tale of two American medics responsible for perhaps the greatest acts of mercy on that fateful day.

If time permits, there is a visit to the German cemetery at La Cambe.

Begin by visiting the gun emplacement at Longues-sur-Mer.

Then it is onto the sands of 'Easy Red' at Omaha beach. If like the others who have visited, you will be frozen in stunned silence while facing the same landscape from the viewpoint our men faced when they exited the landing craft and hit the beach. Everyone always asks, 'how did they do it?' Follow the path of Medal of Honor recipient Jimmy Monteith. See exactly why if it were not for his valor and bravery, the outcome of June 6, 1944 may well have gone the other way. Our professional guides tell us of the courage, incredible daring and risks taken to overcome what seemed like an impossible task.

No description can be given of a visit to the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. Words cannot express the emotions brought about when confronted with the monuments, crosses, and Stars of David honoring the fallen.

Our last visit is to Vierville Draw, 'Dog Green' sector. It was here that the National Guard unit from Bedford, Virginia landed and faced brutal resistance as the first wave of invaders. The 'Bedford Boys' proportionately took the greatest sacrifice of any unit in the invasion. See the pillboxes, guns, and obstacles confronted on the way to victory. Hear the descriptions of courage and grit while standing on the hallowed ground where the fighting took place.

Mont St-Michel is truly one of the wonders of the world. Perched on a rocky islet about half a mile off the Norman coast, the ancient abbey rises above the clouds in a stunning setting. Our private vans provide round-trip transportation with a guide as well as admission to the abbey.

It’s getaway day. We are scheduled to take the train back to Paris St. Lazare station (2 1/2 hour trip). Please schedule airline departure for after 2 pm.

Options are available for those wishing to spend more time in Paris or Normandy.