Experience a unique Rouen tour with a friendly, experienced guide from ToursByLocals. Dodge the crowds and see the sights with a local private guide who knows the area inside out and is happy to give you an entertaining private tour that reflects your own interests.

Make sure to see the Gros Horloge which is a large medieval landmark and astrological clock. Our local guide can show you the best spots in Vieux Rouen. You might want to retrace the history of Joan of Arc and enjoy a walk through the large Jardins Des Plantes.

Choose from the Rouen tours offered by ToursByLocals, and feel free to suggest alternative places and activities that you would enjoy. Your Rouen private tour can be customized by your personal guide to include exactly what YOU want to see and do.

Rouen

Start from Rouen to discover the history of the D-Day with monuments and amazing places in a Mercedes sedan.
Visit the typical Normandy country, have a walk on the beaches of the D-day where did the liberation of Europe begin.
Learn what really happened on all these places of the American and English part of the famous landing and discover how difficult the battle of Normandy was. Enjoy this full day with a local guide passionate about this history.

View of the artificial port of Arromanches from the circular cinema

Let's explore the landing beaches!

The D-day private tour in Normandy!

Discover Rouen, its many charms and beautiful buildings.

See the cathedral painted over 30 times by Claude Monet, the square where Joan of Arc was burnt on the stake age 19, a 14th C clock, the beautiful gothic law court. . .

We will meander through pedestrian cobblestone streets lined with half-timbered houses, look at the Seine river and its famous harbour and simply enjoy all the charms of Rouen, Normandy's capital city.

We could enjoy some local foods, cheeses and apple-based produce and discover the handicraft such as ceramics and linen fabric.

It would also be possible to stop on the way to Rouen in a beautiful old benedictine abbey or drive along the Seine river where fruit trees abound in Summer.

Saint Maclou communal grave (plague period)

Walking Guided Tour Of Rouen

Rouen Highlights half day tour

While taking a stroll around Rouen, we will walk in the footsteps of a local hero Saint Roman, a Viking chieftain Rollon, the first ruler of Normandy ( year 911), a fearless warrior Joan of Arc, a hardworking seamstress Mathilde and an inspired impressionist Claude Monet, an illiterate docker and a chef who brought French cuisine to the American public, Julia Child.  

At the same time Rouen 's architecture will unfold the story of Normand capital in front of us, as the city still preserves traces of different periods of its History regardless of the bombings that took place during the Second World War .

We will dive into Rouen's past by means of local stories and legends to emerge in Rouen's busy present day life.  

Come along and become an expert in deciphering  Rouen's history across  its streets!

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

Rouen's main historical street through an openning in the 16th century golden dial of the Gros Horloge

The view of Rouen's Cathedral from Claud Monet's improvised workshop

Library Staircase, Cathédrale Notre - Dame de de Rouen

Ready for a trip back in time? Explore Rouen to discover every epoch in Norman history

Rouen - Historical Private Walking Tour

Joan of Arc and the historic center in Rouen

Explore the medieval center of Rouen with wonderfull timbered houses and five churches with different style, discover the history of this old town from the Viking Rollon to Joan of Arc in a walking tour!

Friendly tour with a local guide, we could also have lunch together.

Walking tour with churches, Joan of Arc and timbered houses!

Start from Rouen to go to la Manche to visit the most famous place of Normandy: the Mont Saint Michel, one of the most beautiful places in the world! Learn its history and why this place stayed intact from the wars.

Try typical food for lunch in authentic restaurants.

Discover this magic place with a local guide in this amazing experience!

Entrance fee to the Abbey of Mont Saint Michel.

Discover the Mont Saint Michel in Normandy with private local guide

Mont Saint Michel Full Day Tour

In Giverny Claude Monet envisioned and designed a place where a thought became a lanscape design and the latter became a painting that we can admire in the best art museums all over the world.

To understand a painting and its impact on the society we need to learn more about its creater and his time. I find it increadibly important we get aquianted with Claude Monet while strolling in a small village he chose to be his home, admiring Monet's beloved gardens that were reproduced according to his painting and taking a look inside his house redecorated by the great painter himself against the latest Parisian fashion.

Come along and become Claude Monet's dear guest. And believe me he wouldn't invite just anyone !

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

In the afternoon we can expend this tour by adding a visit of Rouen or of The Museum of Fine Arts in Rouen. We can also enjoy a cider tasting or visit magnificent ruins of Richard the Lion Heart's Castle!

A Story of One Man, Claude Monet, and An Art Mouvement that has changed the Art World Forever

Giverny - Half Day Tour from Rouen

Honfleur and Deauville - Full Day Private Tour

I would love to invite You to explore two magical towns in Normandy: Honfleur and Deauville!

Together we will travel through Normand history while strolling tiny Medeival streets paved with cobblestones and lined with timber-framed houses in Honfleur as well as large avenues decorated with gorgeous villas in Deauville.

In order to truly experience Normandy, I suggest we taste it: home-made patesserie, freshly harvested crustaceans, local cheese and bread, high quality apple-based drinks like cider, pommeau or calvados.

If you want to visit our charming region and to sample local cuisine, this tour is the perfect way to do it!

My dearest guests , this tour can be customized ! I can arrange for visits that are not available for public : a 20th century villa of an americain businessman, Ralph Strassburger, or the most important artillery support point of the "Atlantic Wall", Mont Canisy etc. Just tell what are you interested in!

Explore Norman History and Flavors !

Rouen and Honfleur Private Tour Shore excursion

After having picked you up at the ship or your hotel, we will visit Honfleur, a picturesque harbour town nestled in the Seine estuary, traveling over the famous Normandy bridge.

You will love Honfleur, where explorers sailed from to the Newfoundland, namely. A lovey inner harbour enclircled by high multi-colored houses.

Rouen, an hour away, is the capital of Normandy. History packed, 2000 half timbered houses, famous especially through Joan of ARc and the beautiful gothic cathedral.

Rouen Market place (place du Vieux Marché)

See Beauty of Rouen and Honfleur Guided Tour

D-Day Beaches from Rouen full day tour (Optional from Paris)

On this full day tour of the Normandy D-Day sites from Rouen or Paris, not only will you see the most important places of that day which changed the course of history, but you'll also learn many less-known facts only a real local can tell you.

As a grand-son of Resistance fighters and third generation in Normandy, I can say that I really know what I am talking about when it comes to Normandy, D-Day and the battle of Normandy.

Marguerite , my grandmother used to celebrate all her life, D-Day, June 6th, for two reasons: for Liberty, and also for the fact that she got married the next day thanks to Liberty arriving.

Also, did you know that our local apple brandy, the Calvados, played quite a role in the preparation of the success of D-Day?

And did you know why, among the five landing beaches, Omaha Beach, got so much reinforced prior to June 1944?

I'll explain you that on this fantastic full- day Private Tour of the Normandy D-Day Beaches from Rouen or Paris.

Omaha Beach "The Braves" your guide with a small group from Chicago

Omaha Beach "The Braves" your guide with a couple from Chicago

Le Havre Phillip Morris Camp October 17th

Omaha Beach "The Braves" your guide with a couple from Dallas

Spend the day on the D-Day Beaches sites of Normandy uncovering history

Private Half-Day tour of Rouen, from Caen Rouen- Honfleur- Le Havre

Having lived a couple of years in Rouen, when I was a child I have fond memories of this town.

This tour of Rouen starts in Caen, Rouen, Honfleur or Le Havre by 11AM or earlier if you need to be back sooner.

On your way to Rouen, I'll explain you the rich history of Normandy from the Vikings to June 6th 1944.

I will explain you how Rouen became the richest town of France by the 13th Century, and show you all the jewels, and off the beaten track streets, full of typical half timbered houses.

You will learn about Rollo, the Vking who founded Normandy by 911CE, and of course Joan of Arc, the young girl who defeated the English during the Hundred's Year war, burned at the stake in the heart of the town on 1431.

You 'll visit the Cathedral, Gros Horloge Street, Joan of Arc burial place, and Maclou Cloister, one of the most Gothic places in Europe, and the Parliament of Normandy.

Private Half-Day tour of Rouen, from Caen Rouen- Honfleur Le Havre--

Private Full Day Tour of Rouen Castles & Abbeys. Private Tour Guide from Rouen

In this full day tour from Rouen delve into the amazing past of Normandy's castles and Abbeys.

Graduated from the Sorbonne University in History ( MA ) and a with a real passion for Medieval History, I will take you through the streets of Rouen to discover Rouen's cathedral, Gros Horloge, and Joan of Arc legacy.

Having ancestors who fought in the crusades, the history of Richard the Lion Heart and his amazing Chateau Gaillard means a lot to me.
I would love to show you this real Crusader's castle overlooking the Seine river.

But Normandy would not be Normandy, without the Vikings and their heir, the great William the Conqueror.

You will also explore two very important abbeys, William loved, and also where he married Mathilda of Flanders, the women he loved so much.
In Jumièges Abbey I will show you, 1200 years after they did it, the marks of the destructions led by the Vikings.

This full day tour is perfect for those seeking to deepen their knowledge of France and Normandy.

Near Rouen with a family from Norway last year

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