From your Paris hotel to the D-Day coast and back in about 9 hours: the Normandy American Cemetery, Omaha Beach and its museums at your own pace, with the car waiting at every stop. Bayeux, Honfleur, Étretat or Mont-Saint-Michel on request.
Plan a Normandy tour ↗Normandy day trip from Paris · about 9 hours with your private chauffeur · from €849 per vehicle
The price is per vehicle, not per person — your own private car and chauffeur for the whole day. Nothing is charged until you confirm.
Normandy's history and coastline deserve more than a rushed coach tour. With a private chauffeur you set the pace: visit the American Cemetery and Omaha Beach, explore Bayeux, or reach the iconic Mont-Saint-Michel — all in the comfort of a luxury vehicle, with door-to-door service from Paris.
The practical reason is simple: no train reaches the D-Day coast. Trains from Gare Saint-Lazare stop at Bayeux, about 10 km inland, and the memorial sites stretch along some 80 km of shoreline beyond it, linked only by taxis or seasonal shuttles. Coach tours solve the transport, but they leave from a fixed meeting point around 6.30–7 am, come back after 9 pm and keep the same clock for fifty people. A private car removes both problems. You are collected at your own door, the car drops you at the entrance of each site and waits in the car park, and you leave when you are ready, not when the group is. If the cemetery holds you longer than planned, the rest of the day moves around it.
The package gives you your car and chauffeur for about 9 hours. The drive to the coast takes around 2h45 to 3h each way on the A13, which leaves roughly three hours on the ground: enough for the American sector around Omaha Beach without hurrying, not enough to add every site in Normandy. This is the day as we usually plan it.
Would you rather spend those three hours differently? Bayeux and its tapestry, a natural lunch stop on the way back, can replace one of the museums. If you want the Pointe du Hoc as well, or to stay for the flag lowering at the cemetery one hour before closing, choose our longer D-Day Beaches day instead: about 10 hours, from €949 in a sedan, described on our Normandy American Cemetery from Paris page. And if the coast appeals more than the history, Honfleur and Étretat are closer, around 2h to 2h30 from Paris.
A longer day on the D-Day coast can also take in the Caen Memorial, the Normandy American Cemetery above Omaha Beach, the Pointe du Hoc and the artificial harbour at Arromanches — a moving, personal route you set with your chauffeur rather than following a fixed coach schedule. Prefer scenery? We can build a day around Honfleur's harbour, the cliffs of Étretat and a seafood lunch on the Alabaster Coast.
Because these are long distances, we recommend booking a First Class sedan or a Business Van for families and small groups, so everyone travels in comfort. Your driver handles the route, parking and timing — you simply enjoy the day. We can also combine Normandy with a return via CDG airport if you are flying out the same evening.
On 22 September 2026 one of our chauffeurs drove a private guest along exactly that coast in a Mercedes E-Class: the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer at 11:14, the Overlord Museum, the Omaha Beach clifftop just before noon, the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, then the Pointe du Hoc and home to Paris in the evening. The full road diary and his photos are on our D-Day beaches tour from Paris page.
One price for the car, not per person. It covers your chauffeur for about 9 hours, fuel, tolls and waiting, from and back to your address in Paris.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Luggage | Price (about 9 h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan (Business Class) | up to 3 | 2 suitcases | €849 |
| Van (Business Van) | up to 7 | 7 suitcases | €1,069 |
| First Class | up to 3 | 2 suitcases | €1,169 |
Prices per vehicle, not per person. Shared by seven in a Van, the day comes to about €153 each. The longer D-Day Beaches day (about 10 hours, with the Pointe du Hoc) starts at €949 in a sedan. Nothing is charged until you confirm.
Check your date ↗Normandy is far more than its wartime coast. Inland, Rouen — the historic capital of the duchy — rewards a half-day, with the Gothic cathedral immortalised by Monet, the medieval Gros-Horloge clock and the square where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. The region is also France's dairy heartland: the creamy Camembert, Livarot and Pont-l'Évêque cheeses all take their names from Norman villages, while the apple orchards of the Pays d'Auge produce the cider and Calvados brandy you can taste at a working farm. Many guests fold a tasting or a long seafood lunch into a wider route, or extend the day into an overnight; if you only need the car for part of a stay, our hourly chauffeur service covers local hops between sites.
Because Normandy's highlights are spread across a large region — the D-Day coast to the west, Honfleur and Étretat along the Seine estuary, Rouen inland — a private chauffeur to Normandy is the simplest way to see several in a single trip without juggling rural trains and taxis. Tell us whether history, gastronomy or coastal scenery matters most, and we build the driving day around it, with an early Paris pickup and an unhurried pace at each stop. Your driver knows the quieter back roads and where to park at popular sites such as the Étretat cliffs and the Mont-Saint-Michel footbridge.
Be clear about the shape of the day first: of the nine hours, close to six are spent on the road. What you pay for is that the road is not yours to drive, and that the three hours on the coast belong to you.
It is worth it for families and couples who want real time at the cemetery rather than a slot in a schedule; for relatives of veterans, who often need longer at one grave or one stretch of beach than any group allows; for travellers with a single free day in Paris who want to see the American sector properly and be back for dinner; and for groups of four to seven, for whom the Van at €1,069, shared seven ways, competes directly with seven coach seats, with your own route and your own door.
It is probably not for you if you are travelling alone on a tight budget: a coach day tour costs far less, includes commentary and gets you to the same beaches, only on its own timetable. If what you want is Rouen or Giverny, the train is cheaper and fast, about 1h30 to Rouen direct from Saint-Lazare. With very young children, six hours in a car in one day is a lot to ask; two days with a night in Bayeux work better. And if you want the history explained as you go, add a licensed guide or choose a guided tour, because your chauffeur drives and waits but does not guide.
Taken by our chauffeurs while they waited for their guests on private Normandy day trips from Paris. No stock images.
The landing beaches are around 2h45–3h from Paris. We recommend a full-day booking with an early start.
We usually collect you at 8 am and have you back in Paris around 5 pm, traffic permitting. The package covers about 9 hours; with some 2h45 to 3h of road each way, that leaves around three hours on the D-Day coast.
Your private car and chauffeur for about 9 hours, pick-up and drop-off in Paris, fuel, tolls and waiting at every stop, from €849 per vehicle. Museum tickets, meals and a guided tour are not included; the chauffeur drives and waits but is not a guide.
As a fixed, all-inclusive price covering the vehicle, chauffeur and mileage for the day. Tell us your preferred sites and we'll send a quote.
Yes. Entry is free and there is nothing to book. It is open every day except 25 December and 1 January; check the day's opening hours on the official ABMC website.
Yes — we can arrange a licensed local guide on request to accompany your D-Day or Mont-Saint-Michel tour.
For the distances we suggest a First Class sedan for couples or a Business Van for families and small groups, so everyone travels comfortably on the longer legs.
Yes. We can build in a stop at a cider farm or fromagerie in the Pays d'Auge, or a seafood lunch on the coast, as part of your itinerary.
Both work. The D-Day beaches or Mont-Saint-Michel make a long but doable single day from Paris; combining the coast, Rouen and Norman gastronomy is more comfortable over two days with an overnight stay.
About 360 km — roughly 3h45 to 4h each way. It works best as a long full-day trip or combined with an overnight stay.
Train, coach tour, rental car or chauffeur, compared honestly region by region.
The longer D-Day Beaches day: about 10 hours, with the Pointe du Hoc and the flag lowering.
The abbey island on Normandy's far border, about 3h45 to 4h each way.
Omaha, Utah, the American Cemetery and Arromanches at a respectful, personal pace.
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