5-Day Break
Day 1 – Local departure by coach then onwards to Caen for a four-night stay.
Day 2 – Sword & Juno Beaches (included)
Walk 1: Our first walk starts on Sword Beach where the men of the 3rd Division landed on D-Day. We follow the route inland to Hermanville War Cemetery. We then walk out to the Hillman Bunker complex, captured by the Suffolk Regiment.
Walk 2: We begin on Juno Beach at Bernieres-sur-Mer, seeing the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada house, and then following the Canadian assault inland to Tailleville. We end with a visit to the Canadian War Cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer. B
Day 3 – Omaha Beach & St Mere Eglise (included)
Walk 3: We start at the huge American War Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. We walk down to the area where the 1st US Infantry Division came ashore seeing the German bunkers and memorials. We move on to Les Moulins, seeing the area where the men of the 29th Division landed, and finish at the ground around the Vierville Draw, immortalised in ‘Saving Private Ryan’.
Walk 4: After lunch we travel to St Mere Eglise and look at US Paratroop operations. We start at the Iron Mike Memorial at la Fiere, and walk across the marshland to Cauquigny, and then then to ‘Timmes Orchard’, where airborne troops held out for four days, ending with the story of the fighting for the key village of Amfreville. B
Day 4 – Gold Beach (included); Pegasus Bridge (optional)
Walk 5: We start on the right flank of Gold Beach at Asnelles, seeing where the 1st Hampshires landed suffering some of the highest British casualties on D-Day, and follow the landing beach to where the Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) came ashore. We follow their route inland and end at Crepon where the Green Howards memorial is located. In the afternoon join us on an optional visit to Pegasus Bridge and Memorial Museum B
Day 5 – To Calais, then return home. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast D=Dinner
Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost.
Accommodation
You’ll stay for four nights at the 3-star Mercure Caen Cote de Nacre. The hotel has a restaurant and bar and all bedrooms have T.V., telephone, radio and air-conditioning.
Extras
Optional Excursions.
Single room supplement £129
Travel Insurance: from £30.95 |
