Enjoy an unforgettable and unique tour of Deauville with a friendly personal guide from ToursByLocals. A seaside resort it may be but one with style and chic and no better way to look beyond the surface than with a passionate private guide from ToursByLocals.

Truly relax on the pristine sandy beach among the colourful parasols spread all over or take a stroll on the boardwalk which dates back to 1923.

Natural beauty of the beach and local parks is one thing but the stunning architecture throughout will catch your eye especially Villa Strassburger. Visit Les Franciscaines where you can enjoy over 500 works by André Hambourg housed in its museum.

Foodies can take their palette on an adventure, of sorts, with the short trip to Camembert to sample its delectable cheese and try some local cider.

A flexible schedule and itinerary, your local guide will give you an all round authentic experience. Your ToursByLocals guide can customize an itinerary to make it a truly tailored experience.

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Full day tour of the D-Day Beaches from Caen/ Bayeux

On this full day tour from Caen or Bayeux, you'll walk on the footsteps of the 156 000 GI's who liberated France and Europe.

With me, you'll gain the unique perspective of the grandson of Resistance fighters, who told me "almost " everything they went through during these awful 4 years. Things I didn't find in history books, even the best ones.

In Arromanches, you'll immerse yourself in the terrible first days of combat.
In Longues sur Mer, you'll grasp what was really the Atlantic Wall.
In Ste Mère Eglise, I'll explain you in details how the Americans were able to capture the Cherbourg Peninsula so quickly and its importance for the battle of Normandy and Europe.

On Omaha beach, you'll walk on holy grounds as I'll explain you in details the initial assault.
And, of course, at the Normandy American Cemetery, I will share with you the stories of many of the boys fallen here for Liberty.

Entrance fee to the D-Day Omaha Museum by the Normandy American Cemetery

Longues sur Mer Gun Battery with the Levitt

Le Havre Phillip Morris Camp October 17th

Explore all the history rich D-Day Beaches from Caen/ Bayeux with your local guide-driver

It takes 1h30 driving from Le Havre/Honfleur to the US sector of Omaha. On the way to get there we'll stop to Bayeux. D-day, June 6th is just the first day of what it is called the battle of Normandy, which lasted until end of August and Bayeux was the only city intact in the region. We'll walk in the streets and you we'll see the buldings are mainly from 17\18 centuries with also medieval houses from 14\15 centuries. You'll visit the cathedral from 11th century built in 1077. Next, we'll drive to la pointe du Hoc one of the most famous D-day Normandy sites. You'll hear how the rangers scaled the cliffs to destroy the cannons that could fire on Utah and Omaha beaches. We'll lead on to Omaha where the 1st &amp; 29th US Div landed. You'll see and visit German defences and bunkers part of the Atlantic wall. We'll have lunch at "LA Sapinière" restaurant where you can taste the cider made locally. Finally we'll go to the stunning and moving American cemetery where over 9000 battle of Normandy victims lay to rest.

Discover the first city liberated during Operation Overlord &amp; Omaha Beach.

Bayeux and American Sector Omaha Beach Shore Excursion from Le Havre or Honfleur.

American D-Day, full day tour from Bayeux

This tour will show you the main sites where US soldiers landed on D-Day. We will get out on site and on the beaches (if the tide allows) and you will hear what happened there in the early hours of June 6th. I will show you the remaining bunkers and gun positions and point out specific actions that took place on those sites.

We will have as well the chance to pay our respects to some of the men and women who gave their lives for our freedom today in visiting the American cemetery. This is a very unique place, very peacefull, and overlooking Omaha, the beach where Americans had the highest casualties on D-Day.

I usually prefer showing the real battle sites and the cemetery and don't spend much time in musuems. However if you wish to see a museum, it'll shorten the time spent at the other sites.

stained glass window in Sainte Mere Eglise church

See the highlights of American landing beaches

Normandy Day-Trip from Le Havre Shore Excursion

Discover Omaha Sector, the worst place where the American soldiers were fighting during the summer of 1944. Would you like to see it all, but you only have one day? Well, I can help you with that.

Born and raised in Normandy (around Cherbourg near Utah Beach), I am passionate about Second World War and the 20th century History so I would love to share all about it while you are visiting my home land. I have been a guide in Normandy for 10 years and I worked with school kids for 3 years. I enjoy guiding families with children who are curious to learn more about the history of World War II.

The spirit of the American Youth rising from the waves

Visit Bayeux and the Omaha Sector (Omaha Beach, US Cemetery and Pointe du Hoc)

On June 6, the Overlord Operation occured in the Normandy region, This historical event encompasses five different sectors.

These areas of interest extend from the department of Manche, to the department of Calvados, for a total of 50 miles/80 kilometers, bordered by the English channel.

You will have the opportunity to see, learn and understand the different areas where the American Allies landed on the first hours of D-Day during WW II.

Since my childhood, I have been able to learn about all the landing sectors as my close family and myself are natives to the area.

On D-Day Anniversary, I used to participate on the observed commemorations and, because our family home is located on Gold Beach, we always appreciated welcoming all WWII veterans.

My goal is to make your journey special, the same way I experienced it!

A German bunker, part of the Atlantic wall

Infinity pool at the American cemetery, Omaha Beach

American Landing Sectors, our Allies will always be remembered

Full Day Caen D Day tour

A private tour of Honfleur and the typical villages of Normandy

Discover the beautiful city of Honfleur with your private driver. With this private tour, you will enjoy the charm of this tipically Norman city of Honfleur : its old basin, its St. Catherine Church, its typical half-timbered houses covered with slates and its art galleries.
You will discover too a typical Norman village which is Pont-Audemer! Also called the Norman Venice because the small streams flow between the Norman houses. The place where I grew up !
You will take your lunch in the favorite restaurant of the locals where you will always taste a cuisine of the best fresh local products !
You will visit a distillery, the best calvados (apple alcohol) in Normandy, where you will be explained the "Calva" !

A private day in the heart of typical Normandy

Shore excursion from Le Havre Port, Normandy, DDay

Discover the American sector of the D-Day with a local licensed guide, focusing on the sites where heavy losses were suffered by American soldiers, the tour stops at the Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Rangers and finally, the American Cemetery and memorial of Normandy.

This is not just a tour or a history lesson but a real experience with me to show you why my region is the most interesting and beautiful region of France.

If you have specific itineraries or if you want to follow the footsteps of soldier from your family, please let me know in advance to do research and bring you on site.

Landing beaches, American sector up to 3 passengers, Following the footsteps of American soldiers

D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy full day tour

Durnig this tour your going to see some of the sites where the couragouse americain soldiers landed and started to free Europe from Nazis Occupation.
This visit is made to remeber that the Europeans owe to this landing their freedom.
The sites are :
- La Pointe du Hoc: You will be impressed by the bunkers, the shell holes and the cliffs of the German battery where fought the Rangers. Their mission was to destroy the cannons 155 pointed to the large with a range of 12 miles.
- Bloody Omaha: discover the beach where landed on the 6th of June 1944 more than 34000 soldiers of the 1st and 29th divisions. Many American soldiers died facing the German forces. The conditions where terrible for the Americans.

- Discover the remains of the artificial harbor, the Mulberry

Lunch in a local restaurant

- Visit the moving American war cemetery where are buried more than 9000 soldiers.

On the way back you will cross the battlefield of the Hedgerows.

Church of Sainte Mere Eglise where landed the paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division. On the steeple a mannequin representing John Steel when he hung up his parachute

Utah Beach where landed the 4th Infantry Division. The museum, a Higgings boat, two check elements (erected along the beaches by the Germans.)

German bunker in the battery of La Pointe du Hoc

War monument on the honor of the Rangers who attacked the German Battery of the Poine du Hoc

The memorial symbolising the spirit of the American youth rising from the waves

View of the American war cemetery of Colleville Sur Mer located above Omaha Beach

Honor the memory of the soldiers who landed in Normandy on WW2

If you want to discover the highlights of Normandy in one day, this tour is for you!

During that day we will together go to different battlefields, military cemeteries, and memorials to get a better understanding of the greatest landing operation ever undertaken.

My main asset is not only my knowledge about the landing operation but my enthusiasm for doing tours. I have been passionate about the second world war since I'm 13 years old. Doing tours it is not a job for me but a passion! I have been a battlefield tour guide in Normandy for more than 8 years. I met several WWII veterans and had the chance to guide some of them.

Come with me and let's go back to 1944. . .

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D-Day from LeHavre Cruise Port

Deauville - Historical Private Walking Tour

A small town built from scratch in the 1860s , turned out to be an extremely profitable real estate deal and the most prestigious sea-side resort in Normandy .

It has always had everything to please :  an endless sandy beach, outstanding villas and a casino, the most prestigious horse races and purebred auctions, fashionable boutiques, all kinds of cultural festivals : classical music, cinema, photography, literature.

It's not surprising  Coco Chanel's opened her  first prêt-a-porter boutique in Deauville.  

Deauville has always been a perfect place to see and to be seen! 

Come along and become an expert in the life of a distinguished member of Parisian aristocracy.

If you wish to customize this tour, please do not hesitate to ask!

Gare Trouville - Deauville (Train station)

Parasols in Deauville ( Beach umbrella characteristic to this town)

Ready for a day in the life of a distinguished member of Parisian aristocracy?

US Dday Tour: a gateway to the liberation of Europe

From Le Havre or Honfleur, drive west to La Cambe, (US war cemetery, then German). Next stop is: Pointe du Hoc where Rangers scaled under a heavy fire a 100-foot cliff to capture German strategical coastal gun battery. A short drive then will lead to Omaha, and with several stops will allow to discover and walk on this terrible beach. After the visit of the American Memorial and Cemetery, one of the most striking point of the day, a stop will be made in Longues (huge German coastal defense) and another one in Arromanches to see what still exists of the artificial Harbour.

follow the paths of the US soldiers on June 6, 1944

You will follow in the footsteps of the American soldiers who landed in Normandy on June 6th 1944 with the objective of liberating Europe.

DDay is the introduction of the last chapter of the war in Europe. From the Normandy bridgehead to the surrender of the Nazi regime, 11 months will pass.
Our journey will lead us to explore the various sites where the US forces will operate on DDAY. We will see both Omaha and Utah Beach as well as Sainte Mère Eglise, the epicenter of the US airborne operations on that day.
We will also explore the Pointe du Hoc and Angoville au Plain to talk about specific actions and highlight the incredible qualities displayed on that day.

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