Out and About in Normandy: Historic Normandy

Juno Beach Centre (Courseulles-Sur-Mer)

Only Canadian Museum on the Landing Beaches, explaining the role of Canada in the Second World War as well as an insight into Canadian culture.

Bayeux

The first town to be liberated on D-Day, Bayeux is home to the Battle of Normandy memorial museum and the moving British military cemetery. The town itself is steeped with history from its impressive cathedral and mediaeval centre. There are markets every Wednesday morning and on Saturday.

Bayeux Tapestry

The town of Bayeux is he story of William and Harold dominates the area and is brought to life by a visit to the legendary tapestry at Bayeux.

Arromanches

Arromanches is a small seaside town that played a critical role in the D Day landings of World War II. There are the remains of the Mulberry Harbour, an informative museum dedicated to the landings and a 360° degree cinema showing a film of the D Day and the 1944 Landings.

Falaise

Visit the town where William the Conqueror was born and the site of the end of the Battle of Normandy.

Merville Battery
(The Normandy Experience: Far from Ordinary)

The battle of Normandy, as if you were there! Experience 8 minutes in the centre of a significant event in the Battle of Normandy in a flood of noise and smoke for an experience of a lifetime.

The Normandy Beaches

Follow the 'Circuit de Débarquement', a signposted route along Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah landing beaches, which follows the execution of 'Operation Overlord'. Major places of interest en route include Pegasus Bridge Museum, The Mulberry Harbour and 1944 Invasion Museum at Arromanches, the 360º degree cinema at Arromanches, the American military cemetery at Omaha Beach and the 1944 Battle of Normandy Museum at Bayeux.

The Caen Memorial Peace Museum is a journey through history, with its main exhibits including a spectacular video presentation of D-Day Day (showing the events from Allied and German perspectives on a split-screen), models of bunkers, battleships and battlefields, artifacts from the French Resistance and a tribute to the Holocaust.

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American Military Cemetary memorial statue

Graves in the American Militatry Cemetary