Longues-Sur-Mer Battery

This German artillery battery is located on the cliff overlooking the sea and forms part of the Atlantic Wall and is the only one inside the D-Day landing beaches area to have been listed a historical monument.

Omaha Beach Museum

Driving west of Arromanches lies Port-En-Bessin which is a small town with a thriving fishing industry. Omaha Beach can be found to the West with the clifftop village of Colleville-Sur-Mer marking the start of the approach road to the larger of the two American cemeteries. This is the cemetery in the opening sequence of ‘Saving Private Ryan’. Here you will find rows of crosses covering the clifftop lawns. Operation Overlord is explained n the Visitors centre, and the Pointe Du Hoc monument is close by on the way to Utah Beach. St Laurent is 2.5 KM further on and holds the Omaha Beach Museum.

Overlord Museum

Located a short distance from the famous “Omaha beach”, Overlord Museum chronicles the period of the Allied landing until the liberation of Paris. The museum holds 10,000 pieces from the personal items of individual soldiers to tanks, armoured vehicles and guns from the six armies in Normandy.

Pegasus Bridge Museum

Dedicated to the men of 6th Airborne Division the museum exhibits tell the story of the capture of the bridge over the Caen Canal which was vital to the success of the British airborne assault on D-Day. The original Bénouville Bridge, renamed Pegasus Bridge after the liberation, is on display in the park of the museum along with a Bailey bridge and a full size copy of a wartime Horsa glider.

Arromanches 360 Cinema

High up on the cliffs above the invasion site lies Arromanches 360. A 360 cinema experience plunges viewers into the heart of the fighting. The film is a tribute to soldiers from all countries and to the 20,000 civilians who were killed during this battle for the liberation of Europe, battle which gave rise to so much hope.

Arromanches Invasion Museum

The D-day Museum overlooks the very spot where one of the Mulberry Harbours was constructed and where its remains can still be seen today, just a few hundred metres from the shore. The museum recounts the whole story of this remarkable logistical feet by means of models, machinery and movies.

Caen Memorial – Centre for History and Peace

The Caen Memorial is a war museum dedicated to conflict in the 20th century and stands above the headquarters used by the German army during June and July 1944. An area is devoted to the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy showing the true extent of the fierce fighting and mass bomb attacks that decimated the area in what was a key episode in the liberation of Europe.

NEW – The Caen Memorial is even more spectacular and immersive, with the opening of a brand new 360-degree cinema room. Comprising previously unseen archive footage it will screen a film about the transition between WWII and the Cold War, and tells the story of the origins of Europe, from the turn of the 20th century to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The over-riding theme of the exhibition is to raise awareness of how fragile peace is.