Visit the Normandy landing beaches from Paris at a respectful, personal pace — Omaha, the American Cemetery, Pointe du Hoc and Arromanches — with a private chauffeur and an optional licensed guide.
Plan a D-Day tour ↗The beaches where the Allied landings of June 1944 took place deserve more than a rushed coach schedule. With a private chauffeur you decide how long to spend at each memorial, when to pause, and which sites matter most to you — travelling there and back from Paris in the quiet comfort of a luxury vehicle.
Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery, Pointe du Hoc, Utah Beach and Arromanches.
No fixed coach timetable — your chauffeur follows the itinerary and rhythm you choose.
A licensed local historian can accompany you to bring the events of D-Day to life.
Some guests add the Caen Memorial museum for context before reaching the coast, while others combine the beaches with Mont-Saint-Michel over two days or a wider Normandy itinerary including Bayeux and its famous tapestry. For the distance we suggest a First Class sedan or a Business Van; your driver manages the route, parking and timing so the day stays unhurried.
Around 2h45–3h from Paris. We recommend a full-day booking with an early start to make the most of the sites.
A typical day takes in the Caen Memorial, the Normandy American Cemetery above Omaha Beach, the Pointe du Hoc and Arromanches — the route is yours to set.
As a fixed, all-inclusive price covering the vehicle, chauffeur and mileage for the day; the guide is an optional add-on. Contact us for a quote.
Yes. On 22 September 2026 our chauffeur took a guest to the Normandy American Cemetery at 11:14, the Overlord Museum, the Omaha Beach clifftop and the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum by 12:21, then the Pointe du Hoc, with the drive back to Paris in the evening. Allow 2h45 to 3h each way, leave early, and the time at each site is yours.
The Normandy landing beaches reward an unhurried, personal visit, and a private chauffeur lets you set the pace rather than follow a coach timetable. A classic full day from Paris (around 2h45–3h each way) takes in the Caen Memorial for context, the Normandy American Cemetery above Omaha Beach, the dramatic Pointe du Hoc and the artificial harbour at Arromanches. We can focus on the American, British or Canadian sectors, add a licensed historian guide, and adapt timings so each site gets the respect and the quiet it deserves.
Typically the Caen Memorial, the American Cemetery, Pointe du Hoc and Arromanches; we tailor the route to your interests.
Yes — a licensed local guide can accompany your tour to explain the events of June 1944 in depth.
On 6 June 1944 the Allies came ashore across five code-named beaches spread over roughly 80 km of Norman coast. The American sector covers Utah and Omaha — the bloodiest of the landings — overlooked today by the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, with its thousands of white marble crosses, and by the clifftop gun battery at the Pointe du Hoc scaled by the US Rangers. To the east, the British beaches Gold and Sword and the Canadian Juno Beach — with its dedicated centre at Courseulles — tell the Commonwealth side of the story, close to the remains of the artificial Mulberry harbour at Arromanches. Deciding which sector to focus on shapes the whole day, and pairs naturally with a broader Normandy itinerary if you have longer.
Because the sites stretch along the coast and the drive from Paris is around 2h45–3h each way, most visitors treat this as a full, early-start day rather than a half-day. A private chauffeur to the D-Day beaches lets you linger at the cemetery, walk Omaha at low tide or reach the quieter memorials that coaches skip, then rest on the way home. We can add a licensed historian guide, adapt the order of stops to the tides and opening hours, and keep the mood calm and respectful throughout.
Utah and Omaha, overlooked by the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer and the clifftop battery at the Pointe du Hoc. Gold and Sword are the British beaches and Juno is Canadian.
Yes. We can focus the day on Juno Beach and its Centre at Courseulles, or mix American, British and Canadian sites to suit your interests.
One full day covers the essential American sector or a Commonwealth-focused route. To explore both sectors in depth, an overnight stay near Bayeux is more comfortable.
On Tuesday 22 September 2026 one of our chauffeurs drove a private guest from Paris to the American sector in a Mercedes E-Class. The times below are his, read straight off the day's photos.
11:14 — Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer. Drop-off at the visitor centre entrance, by the American Battle Monuments Commission sign; the car waits in the large tree-lined car park. No slot to keep: the guest stayed as long as the place asked.
11:25 — Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer. A few minutes along the road. On an outside wall, a painted poem opens with "Souviens-toi d'Omaha" — remember Omaha. The Hall Expo is showing Monuments Men — L'art à l'épreuve de la guerre (4 April 2026 to 3 January 2027), and next door the Omaha Beach Tours leave in WW2 Jeeps and Dodges (2 to 8 seats, 40 min or 1h15) for anyone who wants that ride as well.
11:59 — Omaha Beach from the clifftop. The beach, the dunes, the sea, a late-summer sky.
12:21 — Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, about 200 m from the sand: a Sherman M4 tank at the door, a 155 mm "Long Tom" gun, a bunker turret and the flags of the Allied nations.
The Pointe du Hoc followed, then the drive back to Paris in the evening.
What the private chauffeur changes is simple. You are dropped at the foot of each site and collected there; parking is his concern, not yours; and the time spent at each stop is decided on the spot, not by a coach timetable. Our photos of the day, left to right: the Overlord Museum facade, the painted poem, the Sherman tank and the Long Tom gun at the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, its entrance sign, and our Mercedes E-Class outside the Overlord Museum.
Our chauffeur went back inside the Overlord Museum on 27 September 2026; the photos of its rooms — the Sd.Kfz. 251/7 half-track, the Air Corps trailer, the soldier's kit and the weapons wall — are on our Normandy American Cemetery page.
Four days after the trip above, on Saturday 26 September 2026, one of our chauffeurs drove another private guest from Paris to the Omaha sector in a Mercedes. This D-Day beaches tour from Paris started later in the day: the first photo is stamped 16:25. It still took in Les Braves and the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, which settles a question we are often asked — a private Omaha Beach tour does not have to begin at dawn. The times are again read straight off the chauffeur's photos.
16:25 — Les Braves, Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Low tide, the sand open for hundreds of metres, a few visitors standing between the steel blades. Anilore Banon's stainless-steel sculpture was set on the beach in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of D-Day; its three elements are called 'The Wings of Hope', 'Rise, Freedom!' and 'The Wings of Fraternity'. Drop-off on the seafront, pick-up at the same spot, no clock running.
17:10 — A 155 mm 'Long Tom' on the way. Seen through the car window along the D-Day coast: an American 155 mm M1 field gun, the US Army's long-range piece of the Second World War, resting on its wheeled carriage. The kind of detail you only catch from a car that is in no hurry.
17:24 — Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. The façade reads 'OMAHA BEACH — Musée Mémorial / Memorial Museum — 6 JUIN 1944' beneath the French, American, British and European flags. Painted on the wall are the insignia of the units tied to this beach: the Big Red One of the 1st Infantry Division, the 29th and 2nd Infantry Divisions, the Rangers, the Seabees and the US Army Air Forces.
18:29–18:30 — Outside the museum again, in evening light. The blue frontage of the Musée Mémorial d'Omaha Beach announces 1,400 m² of exhibition and a film, with a gun at the door; on its plinth, the Sherman tank stands beside a Czech hedgehog, one of the steel obstacles the Germans planted on the landing beaches. A few steps away, the 'Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer – Les Moulins' totem marks where the road runs down to the sea. Les Moulins was one of the five draws — the valleys leading up from Omaha Beach — code-named D-3, between the Dog Red and Easy Green sectors.
The 22 September visit ran on a morning clock: cemetery at 11:14, museum by 12:21, then the Pointe du Hoc. This one covered the heart of the Omaha sector between half past four and half past six, with the same 2h45–3h drive each way. The principle is identical both times: you are dropped at the foot of each site and collected there, parking is the chauffeur's concern, and how long you stay is decided on the spot. Whether you leave Paris at first light or later in the day, the programme is built around you.
Yes. On Saturday 26 September 2026 our chauffeur drove a private guest from Paris to Omaha Beach with a later start: Les Braves at 16:25, the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum at 17:24, and photos outside the museum again at 18:30. Allow 2h45 to 3h each way; the chauffeur adapts to your timing and we check museum opening times with you when you book.
Les Braves is a stainless-steel sculpture by the French artist Anilore Banon, installed on the sand at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Its three elements are called 'The Wings of Hope', 'Rise, Freedom!' and 'The Wings of Fraternity'. Your chauffeur drops you on the seafront and collects you there.
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from 949€up to 3 passengers · full day
from 1189€up to 7 passengers · full day
Indicative from-price for a private day trip; the final quote depends on your exact itinerary, dates and group size. First Class and larger groups on request.
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