Normandy and Brittany for groups: the D-Day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel and Carnac

Day 1 : Journey to Rouen

• Early morning departure from the location of your choice.
• Drive to Normandy, with regular breaks.
• Arrival in Rouen in the early afternoon.
• Discovery of the centre: the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rue du Gros-Horloge and Place du Vieux-Marché.
• Check-in at the hotel.
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 2 : Honfleur and the Côte Fleurie

• Drive to Honfleur and stroll around the Vieux Bassin and the wooden Church of Sainte-Catherine.
• Drive through Trouville and Deauville.
• Drive to the Bessin and check-in at the hotel in the Bayeux area for two nights.
• Visit to the Bayeux Tapestry (on request).
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 3 : The D-Day beaches

• Day with a specialist D-Day guide (on request).
• Arromanches and the remains of the artificial harbour.
• The American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, above Omaha Beach.
• Pointe du Hoc and its shell craters.
• Visit to the Caen Memorial (on request).

Day 4 : Mont-Saint-Michel

• Drive to the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
• Access to the Mont by shuttle from the car park, then the climb up the Grande Rue.
• Visit to the Abbey (on request).
• Walk across the bay with an approved guide (on request).
• Drive to Saint-Malo and check-in at the hotel for two nights.
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 5 : Saint-Malo and Cancale

• Walk around the ramparts of Saint-Malo intra-muros and view of Fort National.
• Guided tour of the corsair city (on request).
• Afternoon in Cancale, a fishing port renowned for its oysters.
• Oyster tasting at the port of Cancale (on request).

Day 6 : The Pink Granite Coast

• Drive to Perros-Guirec.
• Walk along the customs officers' path, among the pink rocks of Ploumanac'h.
• Boat excursion to the Sept-Îles archipelago (on request).
• Drive to Finistère and check-in at the hotel in the Quimper area for two nights.
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 7 : Quimper, Locronan and Concarneau

• Discovery of Quimper: the Cathedral of Saint-Corentin and half-timbered houses.
• Visit to the HB-Henriot faience works (on request).
• Stop at Locronan, a granite village.
• End of the day in Concarneau and stroll through the Ville Close.
• Crêpe dinner in a crêperie (on request).

Day 8 : Carnac and the Quiberon peninsula

• Drive to the Morbihan.
• Discovery of the Carnac alignments, more than 3,000 menhirs.
• Guided tour of the alignments with the Maison des Mégalithes (on request).
• Tour of the Quiberon peninsula and the Côte Sauvage.
• Check-in at the hotel in the Vannes area.
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 9 : Vannes and Nantes

• Stroll through the old town of Vannes, its ramparts and its wash houses.
• Drive to Nantes.
• Visit to the Château des Ducs de Bretagne (on request).
• Discovery of the Machines de l'Île and the Great Elephant (on request).
• Drive to Le Mans in the late afternoon and check-in at the hotel.
• Dinner in the hotel restaurant (on request).

Day 10 : Le Mans and return

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Stroll through the Cité Plantagenêt and past the Cathedral of Saint-Julien.
• Return journey to Belgium, with regular breaks.
• Arrival back in your region in the evening.