Questions about "Best of Paris in 7 Days Tour"

Because Notre Dame just reopened the interior in December it is not open to tour groups, only individuals.. that may change later of course but for now it is just an exterior tour with the group, I contacted the RS office about my tour in April and they told me the walking tour ends around 12-1. Apparently Notre Dame opens reservations for timed tickets about 2 days in advance,or you can just wait in a line to get in. Depending on the day and time it could be long or short. the other option that appears easy is if you attend an early mass.

You can take the train to Caen. Rent a car then drive to Bayeux and enjoy a few night's stay. It's a charming city. Overlord Tours offers all kinds of tour options. If you have to make it a day trip from Paris, take the train to Bayeux. (I'm not sure, but I'm guessing a taxi is the best option from the train station to the center of Bayeux where the tours begin.) Take the afternoon 1/2 day tour, and they'll drop you off at the train station at the end of the tour to catch the train back to Paris.

I'd recommend doing a full-day D-Day tour rather than a half-day tour. The D-Day sites are not in Bayeux, but rather some distance away, and of course the tour will also have to drive between them. That's rather a lot of driving, cutting sharply into the time allotted for a half-day tour.

Overlord Tours has a full-day tour (2FS) designed for folks who are staying in Paris. It picks up at the Bayeux train station, avoiding the trek into the center of town, and it drops you off at the train station in time for the late train to Paris. Overlord Tour 2FS

However, Bayeux is totally worth 2 or 3 nights if you're taking one of the full-day tours. The historic center is very nice, and there's the Cathedral, the Bayeux Tapestry (check dates--it's closing later this year for work on the building) and a good invasion museum on the edge of town.

If you have time to see more of Normandy, perhaps including Mont-St-Michel and/or Honflelur, you have several rental-car agencies located near the train station in Caen, a much larger city a short train ride from Bayeux. There's a lot that can be seen in Normandy via train and bus (I know, because that's the way I travel), but public transportation isn't terribly efficient for many of the popular destinations. If you want to supplement a D-Day tour with independent visits to war-related sites, a car will be really helpful.