Half-day tours last around 4 hours — ideal for anyone who would like a focused introduction to D-Day, for those with limited time, for families with young children, or those with a tighter budget. Choose between a Sword Beach or Gold Beach itinerary, morning or afternoon.
Choose Your Itinerary
Four options: Sword Beach or Gold Beach, morning or afternoon.
Sword Beach Tour
Pegasus Bridge
Learn how daring and successful the glider assault by Major Howard and men from the British 6th Airborne Division was. One of the most audacious operations of D-Day, securing the bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne river.
Hillman Strongpoint
A German bunker complex that proved a thorn in the British side for many hours on D-Day. Understand the ingenious design of the Atlantic Wall fortifications and how British forces eventually overcame them.
Sword Beach
Landing site of the British 3rd Infantry Division, as well as British and French Commandos. Hear about their extraordinary plan of attack and the immense obstacles they faced.
Gold Beach Tour
Gold Beach
Visit the landing sector of the British 50th Infantry Division. It was here that Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the Green Howards earned the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day — the highest award for bravery in the British Commonwealth.
Arromanches
See the remains of the remarkable Mulberry artificial harbour, still visible in the English Channel. This extraordinary invention became the most important Allied supply port in North-West Europe until December 1944.
Longues-sur-Mer Gun Battery
A large German gun battery that still has its original artillery pieces in place — a major threat to the invasion fleet on June 6th, dealt with swiftly by the combined British and French navy.
British War Cemetery at Bayeux
Time for reflection at the British War Cemetery, final resting place and memorial for 6,452 soldiers of various nationalities, including German.
Tour Times
Morning tours: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Afternoon tours: 1:30pm – 5:30pm
