The Ultimate Normandy Vacation

Explore the historic region of Normandy over 8-days and 7-nights

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The Ultimate Normandy Vacation

Eight days from Paris to the Deauville coast, centuries-old Bayeux, Mont Saint-Michel, and the D-Day beaches. Taste Calvados and Camembert at the source, walk Monet’s gardens at Giverny, and explore medieval Rouen — from William the Conqueror to World War II.

Full Itinerary

After landing in Paris, you’ll be personally greeted at Charles de Gaulle airport and brought to Deauville for the first part of your Normandy adventure.

Day 1 — Welcome to Normandy

Check in for 2 nights at the 4-star Normandie Barrière in Deauville. Free time and dinner on your own — time to recharge after the flight.

Day 2 — Fécamp and Honfleur

Drive north along the Normandy coast to Fécamp, where white cliffs rival those at Dover. Then south to Honfleur, the multicolored old port that inspired Claude Monet and Gustave Courbet and helped give birth to Impressionism.

Lunch at Huître Brûlée — Normandy oysters in a lively local café.

After lunch, a visit to the quirky Satie Museum, dedicated to the offbeat and prolific local composer. Then a walk along the Old Port before returning to Deauville.

Dinner suggestion: L’Essentiel. One Michelin star, fresh Normandy seafood with a subtle Asian twist. A block from the hotel near a quiet inlet yacht dock.

Day 3 — Deauville to Bayeux

Morning historical tour of Deauville and Trouville, then inland to Pont-l’Évêque and Cormeilles for Calvados — Normandy’s famous apple brandy.

Lunch at Crêperie Bar Mont Mirel. Crêpes were born in Brittany and Normandy before Paris adopted them. Eat them at the source.

Then on to the Busnel tasting room, a 200-year-old Calvados distillery in the Pays d’Auge countryside. Finish with a visit to an AOC Camembert dairy farm just outside the village of Camembert itself. (Neufchâtel or Pont-l’Évêque can be substituted.)

Drive to Bayeux and check in at the Domaine de Bayeux, a converted 18th-century mansion in this charming medieval canal town — the first town liberated on June 6, 1944, and your base for the next three nights.

Dinner suggestions: Michelin-starred La Rapière, or the rustic Lion d’Or.

Day 4 — Mont Saint-Michel

Morning drive to Mont Saint-Michel. Beginning in the 10th century, Bishop Aubert — guided by a vision of Saint Michael — set out to build a monastery on a rock amid the roiling tides of the North Atlantic. It took centuries. Your guide will show you the abbey and the village below.

Lunch at the legendary Mère Poulard, or a nearby restaurant with stunning views of the Mont.

Return to Bayeux for a tour of the town and the Bayeux Tapestry, chronicling the story of William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Day 5 — Normandy D-Day Tour

The story of the D-Day invasion begins with a drive to Sainte-Mère-Église. The “longest day” started with pre-dawn parachute drops in and around this town. From there, Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, with a lunch stop at a seaside café along the coast.

The afternoon brings you to Arromanches Harbor and Pointe du Hoc, finishing at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, timed for the flag-lowering ceremony. If you have a family connection to the battle, let us know — your guide will highlight it.

Dinner suggestions: La Pommière, or the Michelin-starred dining room at La Chènevière — a converted mansion just outside town that served as Nazi headquarters during the Occupation and Allied HQ during the Liberation.

Day 6 — Rouen

Check out and drive to Rouen for a walking tour of the medieval quarter. See the cathedral — famously painted over and over by Monet — and learn the story of Joan of Arc, the teenage girl who inspired the French to defeat the English during the Hundred Years’ War and was burned at the stake here by the British.

Lunch at Brasserie Paul, a local institution since 1898.

Check in at Hôtel Bourgtheroulde, near the cathedral. July through September, the nightly cathedral light show is visible from the hotel or the nearby square.

Afternoon tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring 15th-century masters and Monet’s cathedral paintings.

Day 7 — Giverny and Paris

Drive to Giverny and tour the house and gardens of Claude Monet. He was a celebrated Parisian artist when he left for the countryside and turned his home into a paradise of gardens and exuberant color. Lunch at Le Jardin des Plumes, right next to the gardens — an acclaimed Normandy chef elevating rustic cuisine in a gorgeous setting.

Afternoon drive to Paris and a visit to the Musée de la Libération, dedicated to the Resistance and life under the Nazi occupation. The Musée d’Orsay or Louvre can be substituted. Drop-off at your Paris hotel.

Evening on your own in Paris.

Day 8 — Transfer to CDG and Home

Private transfer to CDG or Orly from your Paris hotel. Guide services end.

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