D-Day Landing Beaches – Operation Overlord / Normandy, France
September 2023 Dates/Prices To Be Announced
Springfield Walks & Tours is raising a group of people interested in a tour of the D-Day Landing Beaches battle sites and museums. Please contact us asap with your contact information to be on the interest list. Be ready to make your reservation with a $200 deposit once the 30 persons minimum is reached. Trip will include most expenses, cost is anticipated at $3100pp.
This trip will spend 3 full days exploring the battle sites with an English speaking expert guide. You’ll stand on some of the most hallowed ground in history. A day in Bayeux to explore on your own time, and half a day in Paris on a driving tour and outside visit to Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower, plus an inside visit to Napoleon’s Tomb.
This is going to be a trip of a lifetime to remember!
Call, text, or email your contact information
217-502-8687 / garret@springfieldwalks.com
Priority: If interested in this trip you must have a passport which can take a couple of months to receive
– apply for your passport online or at the post office.
This is a “bucket list” opportunity to tour and visit the famous Normandy Landing Beaches of Operation Overlord in Normandy, France that began the liberation of Europe in WW II. You’ll spend 3 full days with an expert Normandy battlefield guide who will guide the group to select museums of importance and locations of significant battle action and events. You’ll walk some of the most hallowed ground in history! You’ll visit several sites made famous in movies like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and the Longest Day. Walk the sacred sands of Omaha Beach and visit the American Cemetery above the cliffs where over 3,000 fell. Stand on the cliffs of Point du Hoc where American Rangers scaled the cliffs under murderous fire and grenades. You’ll walk the German trenches and gun bunkers some with guns still in place where MG42s and 88mm artillery rounds rained hellfire down on the 5 beaches. You’ll even explore the 5-story German command bunker now restored and now open to the public.
There’s dozens of museums to visit but we’ll focus on the top rated for the best experience possible. Visit the Battle of Normandy Museum, the only museum to encompass the history of all 5 beaches in one museum. We’ll stop at the famous 101st Airborne Museum where you can experience a simulator of the airborne jump into Normandy under fire as well. Learn about the incredible history of the famous jump that started the battle the night beforethe morning invasion. Visit the Caen Memorial Museum which is well known as the best D-Day museum in the world where you see amazing exhibits and even an optional video experience depicting the battle with actual photographs and video footage that immerses you into the battle.
This is going to be an amazing experience!


Trip Includes:
- Coach airfare
- Hotel
- Breakfasts
- Tour director
- Normandy guide
- Normandy coach
- Entry fees on itinerary
- Group welcome dinner
- Group farewell dinner
- RT Springfield/Chicago shuttle
- Paris half day tour
You Pay:
- 6 lunches
- 3 dinners
- Travel insurance
- Applicable tips (tour guides, meals)
- Hotel extras
- Extra expenses you incur
We recommend that you travel light, only 1 small suitcase and 1 carry-on such as a bookbag is suggested to avoid extra charges at airport.
Trip Requirements to Travel:
- Must have a valid U.S. passport
- Must be fully vaccinated
- Must be COVID compliant during travel
- Able withstand rigors of international travel
- Purchase travel insurance
- Sign travel contract


Trip Highlights:
- All 5 landing beaches
- American Cemetery
- Bayeux British Cemetery
- La Cambe German Cemetery
- Point du Hoc
- Long sur Mere Gun Battery
- Mereville Gun Battery
- Brecourt Manor Gun Battery
- 101st Airborne Museum
- Dead Man’s Corner
- La Fiere Bridge
- Pegasus Bridge
- Heisville
- St. Mere Eglize
- Battle of Normandy Museum
- Caen Memorial Museum
- And much more!


Planned Itinerary:
A tour director will be with and lead the group the entire way there and back.
Though we have a planned itinerary of sites to be visited, sometime a site becomes unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control. Be assured that if a site becomes unavailable that a suitable replacement will be provided. There’s an abundance of historical battlefield sites to choose from.
Travel Day
* Springfield to O’Hare shuttle
* Overnight flight to France
Day 1
* Arrive Paris, France midmorning
* Paris shuttle to Bayeux
* Lunch stop
* Check-in to hotel
* Dinner
* Leisure evening on own
Day 2, 3, 4
3 full days exploring the Normandy Battlefield with a professional battlefield guide on board a deluxe motor coach for your comfort.
Self-pay lunch stops each day.
Back to hotel by 6pm for dinner and evenings on own time.
Bring:
- comfortable walking shoes
- small umbrella
- jacket, coast can be windy

Day 5
After 3 days of exploring the battlefield some time to decompress might be in order. So this day is time on your own to go explore the village of Bayeux on your own. However, your tour director will be available for any assistance you might need.
- Explore the 11th Century Gothic Notre Dame Cathedral
- Visit the Tapestry Museum and see the famous Norman Conquest Tapestry
- Explore the shops, relax at the cafes
- Shuttles available to explore other villages, sites, and attractions
Day 6
- Early breakfast andcheck-out of hotel.
- Bayeux shuttle to Paris
- Lunch in Paris
- Paris driving tour, stops at Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and inside visit to Napoleon’s Tomb.
- Late afternoon flight to Chicago arriving the same day.
- Chicago to Springfield shuttle.
Ready to Sign-up?
Single – $TBA / Double – $TBA per person
garret@springfieldwalks.com
217-502-8687
Once full payment is made your travel contract will be sent to you.
Sign the contract, return the contract, receive your confirmation to travel!
FULL PAYMENT IS DUE BY JUNE 1ST



We’ll bivouac in the small village of Bayeux, the first French village liberated by the Allies.
The very easy walkable village dates back to the Norman Conquest and many of the buildings are old monastery buildings that have been converted into quaint little shops, boutiques, eateries and sidewalk cafes.

This Operation Overlord is expected to fill quickly, only 48 seats available.
Questions: 217-502-8687 / garret@springfieldwalks.com
All sales are final. Full refund if minimum of 30 is not met and trip cancels, refund if trip cancels due to force majeure, act of God or government. If unable to travel you can turn in travel insurance for a refund or you may transfer your reservation up to July 1st date.