Spend a sobering day of remembrance in Normandy, visiting the beaches where the D-Day landings took place and paying your respects to fallen soldiers at stirring and serene memorials. On this day trip from Paris, visit the Omaha beache and walk among the graves at the Normandy American Cemetery.

Meet your guide in Paris and settle into a comfortable, air-conditioned minibus for the ride north toward the Atlantic. Arrive at the Point du Hoc, where 90-foot (27-m) cliffs rise from the sea above Omaha Beach and Utah Beach, where 225 American Rangers landed on the morning of June 6th, 1944. Absorb the stillness of the atmosphere at this powerful site as you look out over the crashing surf and stretches of sand where thousands perished.

Visit the Normandy American Cemetery in Colville-sur-Mer, where neat rows of 9,000 white crosses stretch across the lawns on a hill above the sea. Reflect on the price of war at this moving memorial before moving on to see the vestiges of the Mulberry Bridge artificial harbor at Arromanches and the German artillery battery at Longues-sur-Mer. Then visit the Overlord Museum in Colville-sur-MerColville-sur-Mer.

Your trip ends with the return to Paris