Band of Brothers Sites in Normandy: A Private Day Trip from Paris

In the footsteps of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne: from Sainte-Mère-Église to Brécourt, Utah Beach and Carentan, in one private day from your Paris hotel — with an optional licensed WWII guide.

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Band of Brothers day trip from Paris at a glance

A private car and chauffeur for about 12 hours, from your Paris hotel to the American airborne sector behind Utah Beach and back: the places where Easy Company jumped, fought and held in June 1944, at your own pace, with the car waiting at every stop. From €1,399 per vehicle, not per person. Longer than our D-Day beaches day, because this sector lies further west.

Price: From €1,399 per vehicle (up to 3) · €1,599 Business Van (up to 7) · €1,999 First Class
Duration: About 12 hours, door to door · around 5 hours in Normandy
Distance: A little over 300 km to Sainte-Mère-Église · about 3 h 15 to 3 h 30 each way
Pickup: Your Paris hotel or any address
Included: Chauffeur, vehicle, fuel, tolls, parking, waiting at every stop, bottled water
Licensed WWII guide: Optional, on request: from €490 for the day on site, confirmed at booking
Not included: Museum tickets, meals · extra hour €95
Cancellation: Free up to 24 h before pickup · card payment at booking
Operator: Paris-based since 2015 · VTC licence EVTC075167695

Who Easy Company were, and why this sector

Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, is the unit Stephen Ambrose followed in his 1992 book Band of Brothers, and the one the 2001 HBO series of the same name brought to millions of viewers.

On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944 its men jumped over the Cotentin, behind Utah Beach, scattered across fields and hedgerows far from their drop zones. Their task, like that of the whole 101st, was to secure the causeways leading inland from the beach so that the troops landing at dawn could get off the sand.

That is why this day is not the same as the classic D-Day tour. Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery lie further east. The Band of Brothers story happens in a small area west of the Vire: a handful of villages, a manor, a crossroads and a town, a few kilometres apart. It is ideal for a private car, and almost impossible to do well by public transport.

Your day, site by site

Early departure from Paris, around 7 am, so that you reach the Cotentin by mid-morning. The order below is the usual one; your chauffeur adapts it to your interests and to museum opening hours.

Sainte-Mère-Église. The town the 82nd Airborne liberated in the first hours of 6 June, the church where paratrooper John Steele hung from the steeple, and the Airborne Museum. Richard Winters himself landed near the town that night.
Brécourt and the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument. On the morning of 6 June, Lieutenant Winters led a small group of Easy Company men against a German battery firing on Utah Beach, near the Brécourt manor north of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont — the action of the second episode. The manor is private; the fields are seen from the road. A few minutes away, on the D913 towards Utah Beach, stands the bronze statue of Winters dedicated on 6 June 2012, in honour of all the junior officers of D-Day.
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah Beach. The village square and church the paratroopers fought around, then the beach itself and the Utah Beach Landing Museum, where the airborne and seaborne stories meet.
Dead Man’s Corner, Saint-Côme-du-Mont. The crossroads on the road to Carentan, today home to a museum devoted to the paratroopers on both sides.
Carentan. Taken by the 101st on 12 June; the next day, at what the Americans called Bloody Gulch, south-west of the town, the line held against the German counter-attack.
If time allows: Angoville-au-Plain. The small church where two American medics treated the wounded of both armies on 6 and 7 June, and whose stained-glass windows remember them.

Back in Paris in the evening, around 7 pm, after roughly five hours on site. More time in Normandy is simply an extra hour at €95.

With or without a guide

Your chauffeur knows the roads, the parking at every site and the order that saves time. That is enough for travellers who have read the book, watched the series twice and want to stand in the places themselves.

A licensed WWII guide is something else: a historian who meets you in Normandy, rides with you between the sites and tells the story of each field, often with maps, photographs and the names of the men who were there. For this sector, where so much of what happened is invisible from the road, many visitors find the guide makes the day.

We can add one on request, from €490 for the day on site, confirmed when you book. For comparison, private day tours that combine a guide and a van from Paris are commonly advertised above €2,000; here, a Business Van and a guide come to €2,089 for up to seven people.

Practical notes for a long day

Leave early. It is the single decision that decides how much you see. A 7 am departure gives you the whole sector without rushing.
Book the right vehicle. Up to three travellers in Business or First Class; families and groups of four to seven in the Business Van, which is also the best value with a guide.
Wear walking shoes. Brécourt is seen from the lane, Utah Beach is sand, and the villages are best on foot.
Check the museum days. Opening hours vary with the season; your chauffeur plans the order around them.
Two days instead of one? Add a night in Bayeux or Sainte-Mère-Église and combine this sector with Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery the next day: ask us for a quote.

Frequently asked questions

Can you visit the Band of Brothers sites in one day from Paris?

Yes, with an early start. Sainte-Mère-Église is a little over 300 km from Paris, about 3 h 15 to 3 h 30 each way, which leaves around five hours in Normandy on a 12-hour day.

Which Band of Brothers sites does the day include?

Usually Sainte-Mère-Église, the Brécourt fields and the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah Beach, Dead Man’s Corner at Saint-Côme-du-Mont and Carentan, with Angoville-au-Plain if time allows. The order is yours to set.

How much does a private Band of Brothers day trip from Paris cost?

From €1,399 per vehicle in Business Class (up to 3 passengers), €1,599 in a Business Van (up to 7) and €1,999 in First Class, for about 12 hours including chauffeur, fuel, tolls, parking and waiting.

Is a guide included?

No, the price covers the car and the chauffeur. A licensed WWII guide can join you on site on request, from €490 for the day, confirmed when you book.

Can I visit Brécourt Manor?

The manor is private property, so the fields where Easy Company attacked the German battery are seen from the road. The Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument, a few minutes away on the D913, is open to everyone.

Is this the same as the D-Day beaches tour?

No. Our D-Day beaches day covers Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery and the Pointe du Hoc, further east. This day stays in the airborne sector behind Utah Beach, where Easy Company fought.

Which vehicle should we book?

Business or First Class for up to three travellers, the Business Van for four to seven. With a guide, the van is the best value: €2,089 in total for up to seven people.

What if we want more time in Normandy?

Each extra hour is €95. For a fuller visit, split the trip over two days with a night in Normandy and combine it with Omaha Beach: ask us for a quote.

Your Band of Brothers day trip

All-inclusive private price: chauffeur, vehicle, fuel, tolls and waiting.

Business Class

from 1399€up to 3 passengers · about 12 h

Business Van

from 1599€up to 7 passengers · about 12 h

First Class

from 1999€up to 3 passengers · about 12 h

Fixed price per vehicle for the day described; a licensed WWII guide is optional, from €490. Larger groups and two-day trips on request.

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