Multi-Days Tours

Multiple days tours, focused on WWII Highlights in the North-West of France, 1940 to 1944. Tours start in Paris. Contact us for a pick-up at a different location.

Our 3-day Tour - Dunkirk, Dieppe, DDay

  Day 1 : After we pick you up, we will drive to Dunkirk where your tour will start. Early in the Second World War, in late May 1940, the Allied forces of British, French and Belgian troops were trapped by the invading German army on the coast of France and Belgium, in the area around Dunkirk. The desperate and near-miraculous rescue that followed – controlled from Dover Castle – saved the Allied cause in Europe from total collapse, and was the biggest evacuation in military history. Find out the key facts about Operation Dynamo during our tour and visit the grounds. Night in Dunkirk.

  Day 2 : Drive to Dieppe. In 1942, the Combined Operations Headquarters had good reasons for attempting a raid on Dieppe: on the eastern front a decisive battle was pitching the advancing German troops against the resistance of the Red Army and the Russian people. Stalin asked Churchill and Eisenhower to help the USSR by opening up a Western front in continental Europe, to prevent Hitler from throwing all the might of his armies against the Soviets. As a result, Great Britain planned a series of major raids against German defence installations along the Channel. Only one such operation was actually conducted: Dieppe. Learn about Operation Jubilee when on August 19th, 1942, the ground forces that were taking part in the raid included 4,963 men and officers from the 2nd Canadian Division, 1,005 British commandos, 50 US rangers and 15 Frenchmen. A fleet of 237 ships and landing barges, including 6 destroyers, brought them near the seashore. In the air, Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force bombers and fighters took part in the operation. Night in Bayeux or Caen.

  Day 3 : DDay tour of your choice of tour, with a focus on American, British or Canadian landings. See our DDay tours for details or information on the different possibilities. At the end of the day we will drive you back to the location of your choice.

Our 4-day Tour - Dunkirk, Dieppe, DDay 2 days

  Day 1 : After we pick you up, we will drive to Dunkirk where your tour will start. Early in the Second World War, in late May 1940, the Allied forces of British, French and Belgian troops were trapped by the invading German army on the coast of France and Belgium, in the area around Dunkirk. The desperate and near-miraculous rescue that followed – controlled from Dover Castle – saved the Allied cause in Europe from total collapse, and was the biggest evacuation in military history. Find out the key facts about Operation Dynamo during our tour and visit the grounds. Night in Dunkirk.

  Day 2 : Drive to Dieppe. In 1942, the Combined Operations Headquarters had good reasons for attempting a raid on Dieppe: on the eastern front a decisive battle was pitching the advancing German troops against the resistance of the Red Army and the Russian people. Stalin asked Churchill and Eisenhower to help the USSR by opening up a Western front in continental Europe, to prevent Hitler from throwing all the might of his armies against the Soviets. As a result, Great Britain planned a series of major raids against German defence installations along the Channel. Only one such operation was actually conducted: Dieppe. Learn about Operation Jubilee when on August 19th, 1942, the ground forces that were taking part in the raid included 4,963 men and officers from the 2nd Canadian Division, 1,005 British commandos, 50 US rangers and 15 Frenchmen. A fleet of 237 ships and landing barges, including 6 destroyers, brought them near the seashore. In the air, Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force bombers and fighters took part in the operation. Night in Bayeux or Caen.

  Days 3 & 4: Spend two days touring the Landing Beaches for a better understanding of Operation Overlord. See our DDay tours for details or information on the different possibilities. Spend another night in Bayeux or Caen. At the end of the second day we will drive you back to the location of your choice.

Our 5-day Tour - Dunkirk, Dieppe, Battle of Normandy 3 days

  Day 1 : After we pick you up, we will drive to Dunkirk where your tour will start. Early in the Second World War, in late May 1940, the Allied forces of British, French and Belgian troops were trapped by the invading German army on the coast of France and Belgium, in the area around Dunkirk. The desperate and near-miraculous rescue that followed – controlled from Dover Castle – saved the Allied cause in Europe from total collapse, and was the biggest evacuation in military history. Find out the key facts about Operation Dynamo during our tour and visit the grounds. Night in Dunkirk.

  Day 2 : Drive to Dieppe. In 1942, the Combined Operations Headquarters had good reasons for attempting a raid on Dieppe: on the eastern front a decisive battle was pitching the advancing German troops against the resistance of the Red Army and the Russian people. Stalin asked Churchill and Eisenhower to help the USSR by opening up a Western front in continental Europe, to prevent Hitler from throwing all the might of his armies against the Soviets. As a result, Great Britain planned a series of major raids against German defence installations along the Channel. Only one such operation was actually conducted: Dieppe. Learn about Operation Jubilee when on August 19th, 1942, the ground forces that were taking part in the raid included 4,963 men and officers from the 2nd Canadian Division, 1,005 British commandos, 50 US rangers and 15 Frenchmen. A fleet of 237 ships and landing barges, including 6 destroyers, brought them near the seashore. In the air, Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force bombers and fighters took part in the operation. Night in Bayeux or Caen.

  Days 3 & 4: Spend two days touring the Landing Beaches for a better understanding of Operation Overlord. See our DDay tours for details or information on the different possibilities. Spend two more nights in Bayeux or Caen.

  Day 5 : The end of the Battle of Normandy, the Falaise Pocket. The Falaise Pocket or Battle of the Falaise Pocket was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. A pocket was formed around Falaise, Calvados in which the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies.The battle is also referred to as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape and is sometimes referred to as the Chambois Pocket, the Falaise-Chambois Pocket, the Argentan–Falaise Pocket or the Trun–Chambois Gap. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine river, which opened the way to Paris and the German border for the Allied armies. At the end of the day we will drive you back to the location of your choice.

Our 6-day Tour - Dunkirk, Dieppe, DDay 2 1/2 days, Oradour S/Glane

  Day 1 : After we pick you up, we will drive to Dunkirk where your tour will start. Early in the Second World War, in late May 1940, the Allied forces of British, French and Belgian troops were trapped by the invading German army on the coast of France and Belgium, in the area around Dunkirk. The desperate and near-miraculous rescue that followed – controlled from Dover Castle – saved the Allied cause in Europe from total collapse, and was the biggest evacuation in military history. Find out the key facts about Operation Dynamo during our tour and visit the grounds. Night in Dunkirk.

  Day 2 : Drive to Dieppe. In 1942, the Combined Operations Headquarters had good reasons for attempting a raid on Dieppe: on the eastern front a decisive battle was pitching the advancing German troops against the resistance of the Red Army and the Russian people. Stalin asked Churchill and Eisenhower to help the USSR by opening up a Western front in continental Europe, to prevent Hitler from throwing all the might of his armies against the Soviets. As a result, Great Britain planned a series of major raids against German defence installations along the Channel. Only one such operation was actually conducted: Dieppe. Learn about Operation Jubilee when on August 19th, 1942, the ground forces that were taking part in the raid included 4,963 men and officers from the 2nd Canadian Division, 1,005 British commandos, 50 US rangers and 15 Frenchmen. A fleet of 237 ships and landing barges, including 6 destroyers, brought them near the seashore. In the air, Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force bombers and fighters took part in the operation. Night in Bayeux or Caen.

  Days 3-4-5: Spend 2 1/2 days touring the Landing Beaches for a better understanding of Operation Overlord. See our DDay tours for details or information on the different possibilities. Spend two more nights in Bayeux or Caen. The third day we will drive to Limoges after the half-day tour.

  Day 6 : Oradour-sur-Glane is that village in the Limousin region of France where, on 10 June 1944, the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich unexpectedly entered the small village, rounded up the inhabitants, massacred them, looted the houses and shops and then set fire to the town before continuing on their way north to join other German troops defending their position in Normandy. With minimal intervention, the village has been left as a memorial ever since. At the end of the visit we will drive you back to the location of your choice.

Best Of Normandy - Multiple days tours. Details and information about the different tours can be found on this website or are available upon request.

Tours start in the Bayeux or Caen area. Contact us for a pick-up at a different location and for a quote.

Our 3-day Tour - DDay 1 day, Mont Saint Michel, Pays d'Auge

Our 4-day Tours - DDay 2 days, Mont Saint Michel, Pays d'Auge or DDay 1 day, Mont Saint Michel, Pays d'Auge, Medieval Normandy

Our 5-day Tour - DDay 2 days, Mont Saint Michel, Pays d'Auge, Medieval Normandy.

Nights in Bayeux or Caen, drop-off at the location of your choice at the end of the last day.

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Vikings in Normandy Tours start in the Bayeux or Caen area. Contact us for a pick-up at a different location and for a quote.

In 911, a Viking leader named Rollo, who had been based by the estuary of the River Seine close to Rouen in France for about a decade, launched an unsuccessful raid on Paris. Later in that year, he went on to besiege Chartres, where, again, he was unsuccessful. This totally unique and exclusive tour allows to walk in the footsteps of Rollo and his successors

Day 1 : Start your tour at Jumièges Abbey, founded on a gift of forested land by the Merovingian King Clovis II in the year 654 to Saint Philibert. The ruins of Jumièges Abbey impress by their scale and by their setting in a beautiful meander of the River Seine. In the abbey’s heyday, few religious establishments in France were more renowned, more powerful, or more charitable. The Vikings’ extremely fast boats allowed them to take their enemies by surprise – their main advantage. Arriving by sea, their boats were versatile enough to enable them to navigate up rivers to reach wealthy urban settlements located inland. Monasteries were often a choice target as because they were wealthy and poorly defended. The fact that the Vikings were pagans meant that they had no moral qualms about raiding Christian religious institutions. Jumièges was not spared.

Continue to Rouen, the birthplace of Normandy. King Charles agreed to offer Rollo the north-western corner of France (from the River Epte to the sea) in return for Rollo’s allegiance. The territory given to Rollo was the frequently-attacked coastal frontier, and putting it in the hands of a Viking ally would spare the French from having to deal with invaders.

Day 2 : Discover the Avranchin. In 933, Rollo's son William Longsword expands Normandy westwards after defeating the Vikings from Brittany. The land was then called "Breton land by the sea" and designated the area now known as the Cotentin Peninsula and the Avranchin (area around Avranches). Be ready for a great day visiting Granville and Mont Saint Michel.

Granville commands stunning views of the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel from its fortified headland. Enjoy this seaside resort’s lively fishing port and medieval Upper Town.

Explore Mont Saint Michel and its abbey, one of the first UNESCO World Heritage sites. 1300 years of history await.

Day 3 : Falaise and Ornavik Historic Park.

Falaise Castle : William's birthplace, built by the first Dukes of Normandy, it was enlarged after the conquest of England in 1066. In the 12th century, William’s descendants built two squarekeeps using the foundations of the original castle.
These buildings show the Dukes of Normandy at the height of their powers. They are most sophisticated of the Royal Dukes’ palace/keeps and best preserved of their fortresses in France.

Ornavik Historic Park : Who doesn't want to know how the middle ages workers of Normandy built their houses ? How did they craft their clothes, stock their food ? How was the life at the age of the birth of Normandy ? Ornavik's goal is to bring concrete answers to all these questions, by the most educational and living way possible. The Historic Park Ornavik is an open and living book. Whether you are Norman or not, you discover with simplicity this amazing History of the Xth and Xith centuries through the daily life of this time's population. You will leave this place with unbeliveable memories.

Day 4 : Caen and Bayeux. In the footsteps of William the Conqueror. Our visit includes the following sites :

Château de Caen : The castle was constructed on a hillock and is now in the middle of the city. With an area of 5.5 hectares, it is one of the largest castles in Western Europe. It remained an essential feature of Norman strategy and policy. The castle was built c. 1060 by William the Conqueror. His son Henry I then built the Saint George's church, a keep (1123) and a large hall for the ducal Court.

Lady's Abbey : Founded around 1060 by Mathilda, wife of William the Conqueror, this abbey for Benedictine nuns enjoyed great renown from the 11th century to the French Revolution. Mathilda is buried in the Abbey Church.

Men's Abbey : Founded in 1063 by William the Conqueror, the Benedictine abbey of Saint Etienne (Saint Stephen) in Caen was consecrated in 1077. William the Conqueror is laid to rest in the abbey church.

Bayeux Tapestry : The Bayeux Tapestry tells the epic story, in wool thread embroidered on linen cloth, of William, Duke of Normandy who became King of England in 1066 after the Battle of Hastings.

Nights in Bayeux or Caen, drop-off at the location of your choice at the end of the last day.

This is an exclusive combination tour of the best of Normandy and the Loire Valley. The tour starts in the Bayeux or Caen area and ends in Amboise. Contact us for a pick-up or drop-off at a different location and for a quote.

Our lineup for this tour :

Day 1 : DDay Tour of your choice - American, British or Canadian Tour.

Day 2 : Mont Saint Michel followed by a drive to Amboise.

Day 3 : Amboise Castle and Clos Lucé Da Vinci House, followed by a wine tasting and vineyard discovery tour.

Day 4 : Chambord and Chenonceaux castles.

The Loire Valley is a fertile region that spans Central France. It’s home not only to beautiful rivers and vineyards but hundreds of castles as well.

These Loire Valley castles range in their history and architecture, making a tour through the valley a unique experience. If you’re planning to take a trip to this region, you’ll definitely want to make sure to visit some of the best Loire castles in the area, and we have selected some of them for you.

First night in Bayeux or Caen, nights 2 & 3 in Amboise, drop-off at the location of your choice at the end of the last day.

Another Perambulations Exclusive proposition.

Liberty Road is the name given to the commemorative way marking the route of the Allied forces from Utah Beach to Bastogne. It actually has two starting markers, one at Utah Beach and the other one from Sainte Mère Eglise. It then travels across Northern France to Metz and then northwards to end in Bastogne in Belgium.

At each of the 1,146 kilometres, there is a stone marker or 'borne'. The first lies outside the town hall in Sainte-Mère-Église. Soon after the end of  World War II, Guy de la Vasselais, mayor of Bleury St Symphorien, previously French liaison officer to  George S. Patton, suggested the idea of erecting a monument to commemorate the Liberation of France by the American Armies: a monument that would symbolize the idea of Liberty. He proposed installation of a distinctive marker placed at each kilometre interval along the roads followed by General Patton's Third US Army.

What we offer is to cover a portion or all of of this route during a specifically designed tour. Because it doesn't come more customized than that, we will define together the route followed and the amount of days dedicated to this tour according to your main interests.

This tour allows for cultural stops as well at the different locations, and we will make sure that you get it all! For example visit the pirate town of Saint Malo, the race tracks in Le Mans, the cathedral in Chartres or drink Champagne in Epernay. Local tour guides may be hired to enhance your most specific excursions.