4 Day, D-Day Cycling Tour | World at my Cleats

Three or Four Day, D-Day Beaches Tour

Cycling to, from & along the D-Day beaches

Route: Caen-Pegasus Bridge-

Sword-Juno-Gold-

Omaha.

Starting at around €700 per person (based on two people sharing a room)

Customised tours available

What's included:

Luggage transfer
Accomodation
Breakfast
Guide
Bike hire

Each tour is customisable depending on the choice of accommodation, distance and itinerary. If you have any special requirements we will build them into your own unique experience

The Tour:

2021 marks the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. On June 6, 1944 – 150,000 British, Commonwealth and American troops waded ashore at dawn and confronted the German guns. Within the month one million Allied troops had landed in France via these beaches. By which time many dramatic battles had either been fought or were now raging in the fields, farms and rural towns behind the coast.

We provide guided cycling tours taking in the beaches of Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah. Today these beaches are a picture of tranquillity and seem to ramble effortlessly alongside a seamless, sandy coast. To cycle, the coastal road here is a real treat further enhanced by turning inland and taking in country lanes, rustic villages, remote dairy farms and orchards. The experience is always enhanced by great hospitlity, strategic lunch stops and for those of a sensitive disposition – nice, smooth roads.

This is a very rewarding cycling country and there is lots to absorb. It is an area of inspiration and memory and rightly commemorated as the place of “the beginning of the end” of the Second World War.

The D-Day route is divided into five different landing beaches each, and everything in between, with its own story to tell. This is a small group ride and will suit riders wanting to take in the beaches during this special year of commemoration. We will be staying in comfortable accommodations in or around Bayeaux which provides a variety of establishments to cater for most tastes. The group will cycle to different places of significant interest each day at a suitable pace and distance. The tours will be guided from the saddle by one of our team.

The Accommodation:

Accommodation is provided by a variety of 3 and 4-star hotels and chateaux a cycle away from the beaches. Breakfast will be provided each day and your hotel will be within a brisk stroll of some fantastic restruants. Bags will be collected from the point of disembarkation (ferry port or airport) and taken to the hotel.

The Itinerary

Day 1:

On landing on French soil the party will travel toward Pegasus Bridge which saw the first action of the D-Day offensive. In 1944 the bridge was successfully attacked by the British Army who landed airborne troops by glider. The group will then cycle in-land back toward Bayeaux

Maximum distance: 40 miles

Day 2:

We will cycle from Bayeaux to Gold and Sword beaches and take in the many sites of the landings which are all commemorated, with great respect by the local communities. There are plenty museums, memorials and events 'en route', all of which have a compelling story to tell.

Maximum distance: 40 miles

Day 3:

The group will cycle to Port-en-Bessin and Omaha Beach, the site of the 1st US Division’s bridgehead and the scene of fierce fighting on the first day of the action. We will cycle along the coastal path as far as Grandcamp Maisy. After lunch, we will turn inland again and head for our accommodation in Dangy.

Maximum distance: 40 miles

Day 4:

We will be cycling to our last beach, Utah – the place of the 4th US Division’s landing by sea and air. After lunch in a local town, we will return inland via a number of famous old towns en route which played a significant part in the campaign. Our last night will be spent at a local establishment enjoying some fine local hospitality.

Maximum distance: 50 miles