Visit Omaha Beach : A Day on Omaha Beach Tour
A day at Omaha Beach offers one of the most moving and memorable experiences in Normandy. Stretching between Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer, Omaha was one of the two American landing sectors on D-Day and saw some of the fiercest fighting of 6 June 1944.
Discover Omaha Beach
Walk along the vast shoreline with your guide and learn how American troops came ashore under intense fire. Seeing the landscape first-hand—the beach, bluffs and surrounding countryside—helps bring the events of D-Day to life and provides a much clearer understanding of the challenges faced by the soldiers.
See Les Braves, a sculpture which honors the immense courage of the Allied soldiers who landed on June 6, 1944. Unveiled during the 60th D-Day anniversary in 2004, the 30-foot steel monument symbolizes hope, freedom and the sacrifices made of those who freed Europe.
Visit the Normandy American Cemetery
The Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, contains the graves of 9,387 American servicemen. With its museum, visitor centre and reflecting pool, it is truly an emotional place for remembrance and reflection over this period of history.
Explore Pointe du Hoc
Travel west to Pointe du Hoc, a 100-foot cliff and the highest point between Omaha a,d Utah Beach. During the War it was fortified by Germans who believed it would be impossible to invade, however during the D-Day battles, U.S. Army Rangers scaled these huge cliffs. The battlefield still contains German batteries and bunkers, as well as enormous bomb craters.
Omaha Beach Museums
D-Day Omaha Museum
Located between two of the most popular D-Day sites in the area (Normandy American Cemetery and Pointe du Hoc), the D-Day Omaha Museum can be found inside an original quonset hut, which was originally used for storing equipment during the beach landings, later turned into a field hospital. Inside, find a massive collection of artifacts, including weaponry, an Enigma machine and vehicles.
Overlord Museum
Home to thousands of wartime artefacts, vehicles and life-size displays, the Overlord Museum is one of the original and most popular WW2 museums in Normandy. The collection was put together by a man who witnessed the conflict and landings, and was then involved in the reconstruction of Normandy.
Normandy Victory Museum
One of the newer museums in the area, the Normandy Victory Museum was opened in 2017 and is comprised of 10,000 original artifacts, military vehicles, archival film footage and some incredible historical exhibits. This museum helps to learn about what happened in the days and months after D-Day.
