The Normandy beaches that made up the D Day landing zones are places of both great beauty and interest and while the excellent books on the subject can meet the interest, it is only being there that you can appreciate the huge, complicated and ultimately successful endeavour undertaken by the Allies on 6 June 1944.  It is while standing on one of the vantage points above Arromanches-les-Bains or Omaha that the scale of the operation becomes clear and the years of planning pri

First walk finished, and it's time for coffee at the famous café. The first building to be liberated in France on D Day, the café remains in the hands of the original family. Inside, a treasure trove of memorabilia. See the Walking the D Day Beaches page for details of the tour. https://www.untoldww1.com/about