I took a tour with Overlord Tours of the Normandy Beaches in November, 2023 and thought I'd write a review as several people on this website recommended I use them. We toured the Utah/Omaha beaches, the Coleville Sur Mer Cemetery, Eglise Angoville du Plain, and St. Mere-Eglise and it was an incredible experience. I would absolutely recommend and use Overlord again. Our guide, Anoine, was fantastic. Worth every cent. He said he'd pick us up at 8:30, he was there at 8:25. He said he'd drop us at the train station for our 6:34 train, we were there at 6:15. He was informative, entertaining and possessed supreme knowledge of the Invasion and all the details. The best part was when we went to the beaches: he stopped the car and painted an incredible picture of what the Allied Troops when through that day. He'd give a 10 minute speech with diagrams and say "I really want you to understand how it was" the troops took those beaches, and what they had to overcome. We came away awed and inspired and emotional. We were in Paris for 6 days, Frankfurt for 2, and the tour was easily the best and most enjoyable part of the trip.
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Sapulpa, OK, USA
6523 posts
Thank you for this great review. Other folks have also said how good the Overlord tours are; good to know.
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Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
14718 posts
Reported the post from rankuupuser between mine and Jane's as spam.
I'm so glad you had a wonderful experience! Even if you are well-read on WWII, it is so enriching to have a good guide! Now I recommend you watch The Longest Day. You will recognize a lot of the scenes and understand what they are presenting. One of the guides I had for the landings said they thought The Longest Day was the best and most faithful movie to what actually happened.
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Ashburn VA
817 posts
Related question. How was the weather? I’ve looked at websites for daily averages, but at that time of year, I can only imagine cold temps accompanied by wicked winds.
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Freedonia
16269 posts
When I took the tour with Overlord, it was in October a couple of years ago. It was rainy and overcast when we visited the beaches--similar to the weather on the day of the actual landings.
I got a better feeling of what the troops were going through than it being a warm, sunny day.