Spend two days exploring France’s Normandy and Brittany regions on this tour from Paris with an overnight stay in Caen. Visit the beautiful historic cities of Rouen and Honfleur, and tour World War II sites including the infamous Normandy D-Day landing beaches and the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. The next day, venture to the beautiful walled port city of Saint-Malo, followed by a tour of Mont St-Michel, one of France’s most iconic attractions. Overnight accommodation, dinner & breakfast, entrance fees and transport are included.
Posted By : AdrianneC_B
We’ve used Viator in the past overseas and have been happy, but this tour fell flat for a few reasons. There were a lot of older couples in this group who were quite slow. Getting on and off the bus seemingly took forever. Perhaps we should have paid for the private tour. The tour information was provided in both English and Spanish, meaning the tour guide was repeating the same material in multiple languages. As a result, there was a lot of noise, generally. There wasn’t time to ask many questions. Be prepared for that. The phone charger in our row of seating was damaged, and we were in one of the rows with a window seal blocking our view, and we were required to stay in the same seats during the entire 2-day (plus overnight) trip, so that was disappointing. The accommodations were okay. The front desk personnel at the Novotel were so so and didn’t really aim to please. Also, the 2-day is actually a portion of a 3-day trip. On day 2, because we did not stay for the entire tour, we had to transfer buses to get home. This meant that me and my partner were stuck with the least desirable seats left on the bus. We were both in aisle seats, unable to truly sit next to each other, for the entire 4+ hour ride home to Paris. And there were no phone chargers in that tour bus. So it made for a long ride home, generally. Overall, the locations and timing of the tour was good, though we would have liked more time at Omaha Beach to visit the museum. We had 20 minutes total there. As a plus, our guide was intelligent and cared.
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Posted On : 2023-10-17 05:35:26
Posted By : Leonie_r
The tour guide was entertaining and very knowledgeable. Great content and fantastic small group. We saw as much as possible in the two days and the tour guide kept us away from the general crowds and that was the best.
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Posted On : 2023-10-08 19:31:14
Posted By : Jon_B
We traveled to the most significant historical places in and around Normandy. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and had an entertaining personality!
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Posted On : 2023-09-26 12:57:30
Posted By : Pat_M
Wonderful tour! The guide was knowledgeable and kept things interesting. The stop of Honfleur which is a quaint fishing village had wonderful seafood at the fish market. Of course Mont Saint-Michel and the D-Day memorials/beaches/ cemetery was the highlight and what we went for and did not disappoint.
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Posted On : 2023-09-25 11:47:22
Posted By : Nancy_L
Leila, our English and Spanish speaking guide, did a wonderful job. She was very knowledgeable sharing historical and cultural information in a pleasing manner. We liked the itinerary and places we visited. The bus ride returning to Paris was a little too long, however.
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Posted On : 2023-09-18 10:01:13
Posted By : Kamala_H
Very nice tour. Everything was great, including hotel we stard and food. The most memorable were visit to Rouen snd St, Michael
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Posted On : 2023-09-06 17:25:55
Posted By : MIGUELANGEL_P
Visiting Saint Malo & mount Saint Michel with their spectacular Abady. Omaha beach was very emotive. We have very little time to shop souvenirs or to enjoy by ourselves the places. Our tour guide Leonor was very nice and kind but the bus driver was very rude and grinch
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Posted On : 2023-08-22 18:58:23
Posted By : Doug_S
I want to start this review with our tour guide, Amelia, was very good. She was very knowledgeable about all the places we visited. I would have liked less time at the two towns we stopped at on the first day and more time at Omaha Beach. We had 15 minutes which seemed like not enough time. Perhaps incorporate more than one beach? The second day was great at Mt St. Michael. Plenty of time to explore and see the entire area. The coach was comfortable and the hotel was nice after a long day of travel. My only suggestion would be to spend more time on the beaches.
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Posted On : 2023-08-01 15:47:42
Posted By : Amy_S
This is hard because it was all pretty incredible. Honfluer was such a cool surprise, so beautiful, calm, and charming. Mount Saint Michel was spectacular but the view from a distance was more impressive than actually being inside (in my opinion). The hotel in Caen was fine, nothing special, but we were so tired all we needed was a good meal and a comfortable bed which it had! Our tour guide was so warm and friendly and had lots of fun tips, it was very well organized.
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Posted On : 2023-07-23 17:19:49
Posted By : Kristi_S
The first half of the trip was fine. The backhalf was not.
When we booked the tour, it was known we were returning on Bastille Day. The paperwork, the emails and even the conversations with the team before we left was that we would be dropped off at the same spot we were leaving from. Most of us had hotels right there (we wanted to be close for the Bastille Day fireworks). We were also assured we'd be home in time for the fireworks.
Lie #1. Once on the return, we were told we would be dropped off at a different spot due to Paris being shut down for Bastille Day. We would be responsible to pay for a taxi to take us back in to the city (out of pocket $100).
15 minutes in, the most hideous smell happened. Our return bus smelled like poop (literally recirculating the toilet) and we broke down. That part was fine. Our guide didn't give us any information. He was too busy being on his phone "I'm not sure what will happen. Last time this happened we had 2 drivers and they fixed it together". Our driver was trying, but obviously struggled. Two people on the trip tried to help, but the guide still chatted on his phone.
We were told a repair truck was coming, but it would be an hour. Ok...also fine. It's not their fault the bus broke. However, when it did come, they quickly tossed all of the luggage on the side of the road (see picture...brand new bag had the wheel ripped off). To add insult here, the guide didn't allow anyone to take luggage. He said the bottom of the bus was full (it was empty....he just didnt' want to wait around for the load). Those with luggage had to wait for a second bus that he PROMISED would be there in 30 minutes. The families - yes FAMILIES - left behind were assured the 2nd bus would be there within 30 minutes. Well guess, what..... He jumped on the bus and drove away.
Lie #2. The driver, in his broken English, told us there was no second bus, there was never a second bus, and w'd have to wait for him to repair. Another hour later, and we are on our way in the poop mobile (the guide told us the toilet smell was from before covid....do the math - that is THREE YEARS of old poo). After about 45 mintues, we pulled over again. Our driver timed out and we needed a replacement driver.
Quite a few people ended up booking ubers (2 hours outside of Paris...imagine that fee) on their own charge to be sure they would make it back. Again, the families had to stay - ubers weren't available out there that would hold 4.
We arrived in Paris, well after time for the fireworks, outside of the city so we were stuck with a cab (during the Bastille Day post-fireworks crowd), a broken bag and a lot of tears from all of the kids on the bus.
I've reached out to ParisCityVision, GrayLine both directly in email and on their corporate sites. No answer at all. They started off talking, but as soon as I mentioned "refund" they stopped all communications.
Oh, and PS. When the first bus left, they left the luggage of a Chinese Speaking family on the side of the road. Luckily we saw it but no thanks to the tour guide. They were waiting for the bus when we finally arrived.
And as a final insult to injury....the driver had all of the supplies on the bus he needed for the repair. He just didn't know how to do it, and the guide obviously didn't even bother to try.
In short: Go ANYWHERE else with anyone else. AVOID THIS COMPANY!!!
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Posted On : 2023-07-21 11:34:41