Accessible Normandy D-Day Beaches and Wwii Cemetery

This excursion is for guests that use a cane/walker, have limited mobility issues or for companions of those guest that have booked mobility equipment tour.

Those guests that are fully dependent on their mobility device please book: LEH_AC4 Accessible Mobility Equipment -Normandy D-Day Beaches And WWII Cemetery.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

Visit some of the most significant sites in the D-Day invasion at Normandy, which marked the beginning of the Allied liberation of northwest Europe. You will first see Utah Beach where more than 20,000 troops landed on D-Day. For a more comprehensive understanding of this watershed invasion, you will browse the Utah Beach D-Day Museum – whose exhibits chronologically recount the story of D-Day – and the Utah Beach Monument, a red granite obelisk that commemorates the U.S. troops. Continuing on to Pointe du Hoc, you will view the cliffs overlooking the English Channel that American soldiers climbed while suffering heavy losses to disarm a German stronghold. You will also have the opportunity to visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Omaha Beach. This is the final resting place of nearly 9,400 soldiers who died during the Normandy campaign. Traveling through the sea of marble crosses and Stars of David is a deeply moving experience.

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.