History Trips to Normandy

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  • Secondary School, Sixth Form

Key Highlights

  • Visit to the Arromanches Invasion Museum
  • Attend a D-Day Landing beaches guided tour
  • Visit to Caen Memorial Museum
  • Visit to Ranville Cemetery and Merville Battery
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A History School Trip to Normandy will cover the events of 1944 in great detail via a broad range of museums and memorials, key topics such as, The Inter War Years, The Collapse of Peace, Life in Occupied Europe and The Role of the US can be studied here. Take a look below at what a WST history itinerary can look like for your school tour to Normandy.

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Sample itinerary for a 4 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart from your school to arrive in Normandy in the afternoon

Afternoon

Check in at your accommodation followed by an evening meal

Evening

Free time in the evening for local orientation

Day 2
Morning

Arromanches, including the Arromanches Invasion Museum, 360 Degree Cinema and Mulberry Harbour

Afternoon

D-Day Landing beaches guided tour

Evening

Evening meal at your hotel

Day 3
Morning

Caen Memorial Museum

Afternoon

Memorial Pegasus Museum, Ranville Cemetery and Merville Battery

Evening

Evening meal at your hotel

Day 4
Morning

Depart your hotel for your journey back to school

Trip Details

Educational Visits In Normandy

Other Study Visits

  • Arromanches 360 Cinema
    The film mixes archival footage filmed in June 1944 by war correspondents, with current shots on the same site, now restored to peace. A dramatic recreation of the experience of landing in Normandy during the invasion. Arromanches 360 is the only circular cinema open in France today.
  • D-Day Landing Beaches
    Guided tours covering the key landing beaches Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword and Juno can be arranged and are highly recommended. The guides are experienced historians from Caen Memorial Museum.

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Other Cultural Visits

  • Cite de la Mer Aquarium, Dieppe
    Discover the maritime activity of the fishing ports of Normandy at this museum in Dieppe. You can visit the museum which takes you through the history of shipbuilding via a series of interactive visits and then discover marine habitats in the aquarium.
  • Honfleur
    This old, picturesque port retains its authentic Norman charm, characterised by houses with slate covered frontages painted by well known artists of the Impressionist movement. A visit Eglise Sainte Catherine is a must; it’s the largest church made out of wood in France.
  • Caen
    One of the main cities in Normandy, Caen is approx. 60 minutes drive from the coast. After a visit to the well known Caen Memorial Museum, Caen has a great range of shops and cafes.
  • Food Visits
    Normandy has an excellent range of food related visits which give a great insight into the culture of this this region and gives students the chance to enter food producing environments to see how local produce is made and in many cases have a go at making it themselves, not forgetting a chance to taste it at the end.
  • Biscuiterie Cormier, Asnelles
    You will see a demonstration of biscuit making and then get a chance to have a go yourselves.

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