Must-see attractions in D-Day Beaches

  • Top Choice
    Longues-sur-Mer Battery

    These mammoth German artillery pieces remain in their colossal concrete emplacements – the only in-situ large-calibre weapons in Normandy. The first…

  • Overlord Museum

    This excellent museum has an astonishing collection of restored WWII military equipment from both sides; the human dimension of the war is brought…

  • Pointe du Hoc Ranger Memorial

    At 7.10am on 6 June 1944, 225 US Army Rangers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder scaled the impossibly steep, 30m-high cliffs of…

  • Juno Beach Centre

    Juno Beach’s only specifically Canadian museum, the nonprofit Juno Beach Centre, has multimedia exhibits on Canada’s role in the war effort and the…

  • Musée du Débarquement

    Down in Arromanches itself and right on the beach, the Musée du Débarquement makes for a very informative stop before visiting the beaches. Dioramas,…

  • Arromanches 360° Circular Cinema

    The best view of Port Winston and nearby Gold Beach is from the hill east of town, site of the popular Arromanches 360° Circular Cinema, which screens…

  • Mulberry Harbours Caissons

    The harbour established at Omaha was completely destroyed by a ferocious gale (the worst storm to lash the Normandy coast in four decades) just two weeks…

  • Musée du Débarquement de Utah Beach

    This impressive museum is a few kilometres inland from the US landings at Utah Beach. Guided tours of the museum and of the landing site can be arranged…