Suggested Itinerary
Day 1 - Caen
Board our private executive coach at your designated pick up points – take the cross Channel ferry from your preferred port – continue to Caen and check in to the 3* Hotel des Quatrans – dinner in the hotel.
Day 2 - D-Day Beaches & Mémorial de Caen
Guided coach tour focusing on the D-Day landings and taking in sights such as Pegasus Bridge and Arromanches, selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry harbours built on the Normandy coast – visit the D-Day Museum overlooking the spot where one of the harbours was constructed and where its remains can still be seen today – continue to the Mémorial de Caen, a museum serving as a powerful reminder of the precious and precarious nature of peace.
Day 3 - Caen & the Bayeux Tapestry
Guided tour of the thriving and dynamic city of Caen whose sights include the Abbaye aux Hommes and Ducal Castle – the Bayeux Tapestry Museum houses the tapestry that recounts in great detail William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in 1066.
Day 4 - Honfleur & Seine Estuary boat trip
Time at leisure to explore picturesque harbour town of Honfleur that inspired numerous French artists, to visit the Old Dock surrounded by pretty narrow houses or to admire the Lieutenancy and Saint Stephen's Church – boat trip along the beautiful Seine Estuary.
Day 5 - France to UK
Take our Channel crossing back to the UK and then return to our original departure points with comfort stops en route.
Tour Features
All excursions & guided tours included
Welcome dinner
Professional tour manager
Executive coach throughout
Return Channel ferry crossings
One free place per 10 paying passengers
Guided tour of D-Day Beaches & D-Day Museum
Memorial at Caen
Caen – guided tour
Bayeux Tapestry
Honfleur & Seine Estuary boat trip
Rouen
Hotel
Four nights at the centrally located 3* Hotel des Quatrans in Caen. Facilities at the hotel include a restaurant and bar and all rooms are en suite. Dinner is included in our hotel on the first evening and the remaining nights are on bed and breakfast basis.
Tailor-make this tour
Your tailor made tour
Here are some more suggested places of interest you might like to include:
- Rouen - a beautiful town of picturesque half-timbered houses and architectural treasures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and St Ouen Abbey
- Château de Miromesnil - four centuries of architectural styles are evident in the château while ancient cedar of Lebanon dominate the magnificent gardens
- Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen - an outstanding collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures by renowned artists such as Caravaggio, Monet and Sisley
Tour Reviews
Reviews for Normandy & Calvados Country
Date of tour: May 2017
Thank you for helping arrange our U3A expedition to Normandy, earlier this month. Everything went very well and we had a satisfied clientele who seemed to really enjoy the smooth running of the holiday and the programme we had arranged. The coach drive was excellent and the hotels absolutely fine for 3 star status. I am glad we arranged the breakfast at Arromanches as nowhere else was open at that time of the morning and it was a very good and welcome meal. I think the Bell Foundry and the Christian Dior museum gave a lighter touch, as well. So thank you or all you did – not least in response to telephone conversations altering things – but I do feel we got it right in the end.
JT, Broadway
Date of tour: May 2013
Just to thank you for all your help and guidance in making our visit to Normandy so enjoyable. It all went well and all the members without exception enjoyed themselves. Normandy is as beautiful as ever and the late Spring meant the Auge area was a cascade of apple-blossom, fat cattle and fine Calvados. Thank you for arranging such a varied and interesting package for us, and the added information from the French Tourist Board proved invaluable in giving us the background to each place of interest we visited.
DB, Chichester
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Remember this itinerary is just our suggestion. Tailor make this tour exclusively for your group to suit your members’ budget or preferences. You could:
- stay at a 4* hotel
- with more dinners included
- for more (or fewer) days
- include different excursions – see ‘Tailor-make this tour’ tab for suggestions
- bring a specialist lecturer
- include all entrance fees & gratuities
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