Planning
How to Visit the D-Day Beaches in Normandy: Sites, Hours and What to Book (2026)
What is free and what is paid, the 2026 closures, where the days start and how long they run: the D-Day beaches of Normandy planned from the ground up.
Normandy Blog
Short answers to the questions people ask before a few days in Normandy. Paris or Bayeux? What is open in 2026? Can the children come? Planning a Normandy tour? The fares sit side by side there.
Start with the post on how to visit the D-Day beaches if this is your first time, then the cemetery post for what to expect at Colleville. The facts post covers the landings, the cliffs and the harbour towed across the Channel. The family post sorts the days by age, and the last one weighs a day from Paris against a night in Bayeux. Longer planning pieces are in the guides.
Remembrance
The American Cemetery in Normandy: the Memorial, the Graves and the Visitor Center
The colonnade and the statue, the reflecting pool, the chapel, the Garden of the Missing and the visitor center, with the hours, the free guided visits and the 2026 notice.
Facts
D-Day Facts from the Normandy Coast That Will Surprise You
The hour the landings began, a clifftop the Rangers climbed, a harbour towed across the Channel, and the year the beaches joined the World Heritage List.
Families
Normandy's D-Day Beaches with Kids: Ages, Hours and What Suits a Family
The youngest age each kind of day takes, how long children sit in a van, what the museums charge them, and how to bring them to a war cemetery.
Comparison
Paris or Bayeux for the D-Day Beaches of Normandy: Which Is Worth It?
Hours on the road against hours on the ground, the price of each, what you see, and the train in between: two ways to reach the beaches in a day.
The practical answers are in the visitor guide and the FAQs, and every tour is compared on Normandy Tours.