Guide
How to Visit the D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy: What It Costs and How Long You Need
The whole visit in one page. What it costs (almost nothing), where the sectors are, how to get between them, and which departure suits the days you have.
Normandy Travel Blog
Five pieces on visiting this coast. How to plan the whole thing when almost nothing charges admission. The five landing sectors, west to east, with what survives at each. The facts that catch people out. Whether the beaches work with children. And whether to do it from Paris or sleep in Bayeux. Longer, decision-shaped pieces live in the guides.
Beaches
The Five D-Day Landing Beaches of Normandy: What Is Left to See at Each One
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, west to east, with what actually survives at each one and how long you need there.
Facts
14 Facts About Normandy That Surprise First-Time Visitors
The tapestry you cannot see until 2027, a tide that outruns a walker, and a cheese named after a village of two hundred people.
Families
Normandy with Kids: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How Long to Allow
A war cemetery, a nine-hour minibus and a tidal bay are three different problems. Which days work at which ages, with the real minimum ages.
Compare
Normandy Day Trip from Paris or Stay in Bayeux? An Honest 2026 Comparison
260 kilometres each way against a night on the coast. The arithmetic, the hours, and when the long day is genuinely the right call.
Start with the practical pages
If you are planning rather than reading, start with the practical pages. Visiting Normandy has the four admission prices and the hours. Getting there has the trains, the drive and the cruise call. And Normandy Excursions lists every guided departure with its price.