Final-year school trip to Normandy: the D-Day beaches, Bayeux and Mont-Saint-Michel (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-537
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
The Caen Memorial, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Bayeux and Mont-Saint-Michel: the whole of Normandy for an unforgettable final-year trip.
Normandy offers a final-year class a complete trip: understanding 6 June 1944 at the Caen Memorial and on the beaches, paying respects at the American Cemetery at Colleville, strolling through Bayeux, the first town liberated in mainland France, then discovering Mont-Saint-Michel, the ‘Wonder of the West’ rising from a bay with the strongest tides in continental Europe. The return journey passes through Rouen and its cathedral. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote; the journey is made by day, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving, and the coach stays with the group throughout the stay.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Normandy
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Normandy (about 5 to 6 hours depending on your school, excluding breaks).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Free lunch on the way, then crossing of the Pont de Normandie and stop in Honfleur, around the Old Harbour.
- Check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 2: Caen Memorial and Arromanches
- Visit to the Caen Memorial, devoted to the Second World War, D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
- Free lunch, then drive to Arromanches (about 40 minutes).
- View over the remains of the artificial harbour built by the Allies in June 1944 (free access).
- Visit to the D-Day Museum in Arromanches (on request).
- Return to the accommodation, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and Bayeux
- Stop at Pointe du Hoc, the cliff stormed by the US Rangers on 6 June 1944, still scarred by bomb craters (free access).
- Walk on Omaha Beach, then a moment of remembrance at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer and its visitor centre (free access).
- Free lunch, then afternoon in Bayeux: the cathedral (free admission), the old town and the British war cemetery.
- Visit to the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy in Bayeux (on request).
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: A day at Mont-Saint-Michel
- Drive to Mont-Saint-Michel (about 1 hour 30 minutes) and access to the Mont by the free shuttle from the coach park.
- Climb up the Grande Rue and along the ramparts, then visit to the abbey (on request).
- Free lunch, then walk across the bay with an approved guide, depending on the tide times (on request).
- Return to the accommodation, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 5: Rouen and return to your school
- Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
- Drive to Rouen (about 1 hour 30 minutes) and visit to the cathedral (free admission), painted many times by Monet.
- Walk under the Gros-Horloge to the Place du Vieux-Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431, then free lunch.
- Departure in the early afternoon and daytime drive back to Belgium.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group's disposal throughout the stay
- The services of one driver (two drivers if the journey requires it)
- 4 nights in a hotel or youth hostel in or around Caen or Bayeux, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 5
- Admission to the Caen Memorial
- The coach excursion to the D-Day beaches: Arromanches, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville
- The coach excursion to Mont-Saint-Michel
- The stop in Rouen on the way back
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the driver
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls
The price does not include
- Visit to the D-Day Museum in Arromanches
- Visit to the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy
- Visit to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel
- Guided walk across the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions, a respectful attitude in the war cemeteries; the bay is only crossed with an approved guide, never alone, because of the tides and quicksand).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school's online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: April to June and September–October; the bay is crossed barefoot (bring shorts and a towel), and the Bayeux Tapestry Museum is closed for works until its planned reopening at the end of 2027. France uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium; it is often windy on the coast, so bring a windproof jacket. Lunches are not included: allow a budget of around €10–15 per pupil per day; on request, the hotel can provide packed lunches.
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- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
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Final-year school trip to Normandy: the D-Day beaches, Bayeux and Mont-Saint-Michel (5 days)
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