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Walking Tour in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel
Explore the landscape around one of Normandy’s UNESCO World Heritage–listed treasures on this 3-hour Mont Saint-Michel walking tour. Follow a guide from the base of Mont Saint-Michel to Tombelaine Island and watch the shallow waters for sightings of native wildlife. Cross gentle rivers and sandy flats, and enjoy sweeping views over UNESCO–listed Mont Saint-Michel. During your tour, capture the scenery on camera and gain insight into Mont Saint-Michel’s rich history.
WW2 Jeep Tour Utah Beach Half Day
A unique and immersive experience aboard a real WW2 Jeep on the Landing beaches to discover the history of D-Day. You will be accompanied by a local guide who will explain the history of June 6, 1944 to you in detail. Far from the crowds and tourist sites, you will leave for a 4-hour walk in the middle of the Normandy bocage, on the beach of Utah Beach where the Allied forces landed in 1944. Your local guide, who has a perfect knowledge of Normandy, will be able to accompany you to the lesser known historical sites of June 6, 1944 in Sainte Mere Eglise and Utah Beach.
Private Tour D-Day Beaches & Museum from Cherbourg Port
Your own driver-guide at disposal, providing knowledge of the area and giving you some free time is a unique way to discover the landing beaches. A museum is included in this tour. We will not rush you and will allow for plenty of liberty to explore the sites and take it in, take pictures, etc. The sites have been handpicked to optimize your time and allow you to grasp the scale of the DDay invasion while you walk in the footsteps of the American soldiers. You will have guide books inside the car at your disposal, including some for children if you travel with your little ones. This is a great way to make good use of the driving time while you are taken from site to site.
Airborne Museum Admission Ticket
Located in the centre of Sainte-Mere-Eglise and only a few kilometers from Utah Beach and the landing beaches, the Airborn Museum facing the bell tower on which paratrooper John Steele was suspended on the D-Day. Through spectacular museography, the Airborne Museum will make you live the D-Day alongside the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne. Discover an exceptional collection of historical artifacts, an authentic glider and a C-47 aircraft that participated in the D-Day operations.
Abbey du Mont Saint-Michel Priority Entrance Tickets
The Hasso Plattner's collection at the Museum Barberini spans the arc from the 1860s to the early 20th century and brings together works from three generations of artists. Based on eight central themes, the collection offers the opportunity to understand the development of French landscape painting in the styles of Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and Fauvism. With your Museum Barberini tickets, you can check out several rotating temporary exhibitions during your visit, featuring artists ranging from Van Gogh and Richter to Picasso and Monet. The Impressionists, Neo-Impressionists, and Fauvists revolutionized painting with light-filled landscapes, breaking free from traditional pictorial themes. They captured fleeting sensory impressions as directly as possible on canvas, inspiring later artists such as the Fauvists.
Cherbourg Like a Local: Customized Private Tour
With our walking tours, you’ll skip the mundane historical tours and discover the city through a local’s eyes. Experience a tour that will transform the way you travel to make it as much about the people you meet, as it is the places you see. Our local guides (Lokafyers) are passionate about their city and eager to share their knowledge and perspective. Since Lokafyers are not professional guides and tour occasionally, they provide an experience that’s authentic and personal, like a friend showing you around their city. By the end of the tour, you'll feel comfortable navigating the city and confident that you have all the information you need to make the most of your stay.
Self Guided Audio Tour around Mont Saint-Michele island
Travelers come to the island of Mont Saint-Michel to visit the legendary medieval abbey. To get to it, you must pass through the surrounding walled town. Our audio guide will show you the way to the abbey and tell you about the island's history along the way. You will learn about sites including: Museums, Other churches, The cemetery, Lookouts, Legendary restaurants, Medieval fortifications on the island. The audio commentary was written by a professional historian, lifting the veil of mystery over the creation and popularity of Mont Saint-Michel Abbey. You won't get lost in the narrow streets, a handy offline map in the app will guide you. Walk at your own pace, without a tour group. The route passes by the abbey, and you can visit it on your own if you wish (visiting the abbey is not included in this tour). The walk ends at the castle wall, and from there you can go for a walk along the bottom of the bay or relax in the restaurant.
Entrance ticket to the Battle of the Hedges Museum
An ideal visit for families (1h30 approx.) in which everyone finds their interest during a course that is at the same time complete, lively and interactive. A museum with a unique atmosphere, full of emotion that takes you into the daily life of the 1940s with the soldiers but also the civilians. (Re)discover a period sometimes forgotten and yet decisive on the road to Liberation... It took place a few weeks after June 6, 44, it was the Battle of the Hedges... Through 27 hyperrealistic sound stages, you will discover a collection of more than 15,000 authentic objects and old military vehicles, discover the days after D-Day and take part in this tribute to the civilians and soldiers who fell in the Normandy countryside. .
Mont Saint-Michel Abbey in the Middle Ages: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
_______ PLEASE NOTE: This self-guided walking tour does not include entry to the Mont Saint-Michel Abbey. It is not their official audio guide but one created by a passionate local guide within the area. Please check online for entry fees and opening times. _______ Go inside the Mont Saint-Michel Abbey back to explore a simpler time when the monks of the Abbey lived their lives according to the scriptures and the ebb and flow of the seasons. The way this Benedictine abbey was constructed over centuries, on a remote rock facing the sea, reveals what spirituality could inspire back then. With this audio guide, you'll find out: • How books were written before computers and the printing press • How heavy stones were transported before the invention of engines • Why monks don't have BBQs • The truth behind the daily life of clergy in feudal society • What links jet-setters and kings
Private walking tour of Mont Saint Michel with a licensed guide
Visit one of the most spectacular sight in Normandy! The beauty of the architecture, its long history and the movement of the highest tides in continental Europe make this site "must see" in our region. Known as a Marvel of the Western World, the monument and its unique natural setting are also now classified World Heritage sites by UNESCO. Mont Saint Michel is the region's star attraction since pilgrims first flocked here 1000 years ago, it now draws almost three million visitors each year and had only 40 true inhabitants. Fast pass to skip the queues at the Abbey provided by your tour guide.