Duration:
Morning | approx. 11 hours
Walking grade:
Level 2: The excursion by bus is followed by a moderate walking tour. You may need to climb some stairs.
Description:
Join us on a fascinating Norman journey, a land of farmlands, beaches, and towns with their picturesque, half-timbered houses: a bucolic scenery as a backdrop to the WWII tragic events. It is a land with a rich culinary tradition, based on its fine local produce like world-famous cheeses and apples from which cider and the brandy Calvados are made. Normandy also boasts many historic landmarks, such as the city of Arromanches, the closest harbour linked with the liberation of Western Europe after D-Day. The staggeringly big concrete blocks remaining from the Mulberry artificial Harbour bring the massive Allied operations here back to life.
Continue your morning, at Longues-sur-mer impressive sight with its artillery battery. It has the only German coastal defense battery classified as an historic monument on the D-Day landing beaches. Enjoy a traditional Norman lunch break in Bayeux facing the famous Cathedral. Step into the story of the remarkable ascent of the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror in the city of Bayeux. The city boasts a fabulous historic center as well as its world-famous, UNESCO-listed 270-feet-long tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066. In the afternoon enjoy a visit and a Calvados tasting to a traditional distillery. Discover the richness of Calvados, its history and production secrets, in the heart of Pays d’Auge. Your Norman journey will end in Caudebec where you will board the ship.
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