Forge Goes BACK to NORMANDY
Back to Normandy 2023
Book your reservations now for our Normandy trip, and get ready to experience the history and culture of this amazing city!
Tour Highlights
Tour the D-Day Museum and the old city of Caen, William the Conqueror’s castle and abbayes… WWII battles in and around Caen.
British 6th Airborne Division objective on June 6, 1944.
German coastal battery near Sword Beach.
No. 4 Commando & Atlantic Wall museums.
British and Canadian landing beaches.
D-Day manmade harbor (Mulberry).
15th century Norman town and the Bayeux Tapestry.
German coastal gun battery.
Landing beach for the 1st & 29th U.S Infantry divisions.
Active German coastal battery on D-Day.
Cliffs between Omaha & Utah Beaches, scaled and held by the 2nd & 5th U.S. Ranger Battalions.
First town liberated after an airborne assault by the 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions, 6 June 1944.
Landing beach for the 4th U.S. Infantry Division.
During the battle for Normandy this was the HQ for the 6th German Airborne Regiment.
Behind Utah Beach and the D-Day objective of the 101st Airborne Division.
10th century Benedictine monastery and walled village.
Encirclement and destruction of the 5th & 7th German Armies … last battle of the Normandy Campaign.
Home and gardens of the impressionist painter, Monet.
Rommel’s HQ during the Battle of Normandy.
King Louis XIV’s 17th century palace west of Paris.
Eiffel Tower, Arch of Triumph, Notre Dame and more.
See you in Normandy!
SAMPLE Itinerary from 2022 below. 2023’s is COMING SOON
Sunday – Travel TO:
- Fly from to Paris (CDG)
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Monday:
- Arrive Paris … travel to Caen
- Historic tour of Caen
- Check-in to Hotel Mercure Centre – Port de Plaisance
- Welcome dinner at hotel (D)
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Tuesday:
- Visit Caen D-Day Memorial … lunch at Memorial
- Tour Merville Battery
- Tour Pegasus Memorial
- Visit British cemetery (B & L)
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Wednesday:
- Visit Ouistreham (No. 4 Commando Museum)
- Tour Atlantic Wall Museum
- Visit Sword Beach & Juno Beach
- Visit the Bayeux Tapestry (B)
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Thursday:
- Travel to Longues sur Mer Battery
- Visit Arromanches (Mulberry) museum
- Tour Musee at Tilly – sur- Seulle
- Travel in and around the battlefields of Caen
- Explore the Battle of Hill 112
- Tour Abbaye De Ardenne (B)
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Friday:
- Depart Caen for La Tronquay
- Visit Beach and Cemetery at Omaha
- Visit Big Red One Museum
- Visit D-Day Omaha Beach Memorial Museum
- Check-in to Hotel Reine Mathilde (B)
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Saturday:
- Tour Pointe du Hoc
- Explore Maisy Battery
- Visit German Cemetery La Cambe
- Travel to Ste. Mere Eglise
- Check-in to Hotel La Sainte Mere (B & D)
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Sunday:
- Visit Glider, C-47 & Neptune museums
- Depart for La Fiere & Chef du Pont Bridges
- Travel in & around Ste. Mere Eglise (B)
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Monday:
- Travel to the Musee de la Batterie de Crisbecq
- Then visit de la Batterie d’Azeville
In & around Ste. Mere Eglise - Visit Dead Man’s Corner Museum
(HQ, 6th German Fallschirmjäger (Paratrooper) Regiment) (B)
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Tuesday:
- Depart Ste. Mere Eglise
- Travel to the Utah Beach Museum
- Tour in & around Ste. Marie du Mont
- Visit 101st Abn battle area in Carentan
- Travel to Mont. Ste. Michel… check-in to the Mercure Hotel
(B & D)
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Wednesday:
- Tour Mont Ste. Michel & the Abbey
- Travel to Montormel & the battle museum
- Travel in & around Falaise
- Drive to Evereux … check-in to the Hotel Best Western Evreux (B&D)
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Thursday:
- Travel to Giverny & tour Monet’s House & gardens
- Drive to La Roche Guyon for a castle visit
- Travel to Versailles for a palace visit
- Arrive Paris, check in to the Hotel Trianon Rive Gauche (B)
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Friday:
- Paris overview tour
- Remainder of the day free at leisure (B)
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Saturday:
- Day at leisure
- Evening Seine dinner cruise with Bateaux Parisiens (B & D)
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Sunday – Travel HOME:
- Fly home to USA from CDG Airport (B)
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Daily Meals Provided:
B – Breakfast
L – Lunch
D – Dinner
To learn more and register, please contact:
VFMAC Travel
1001 Eagle Road | Attn: Mr. Tom Goldblum | Wayne, PA 19087
wridley@vfmac.edu | tgoldblum@vfmac.edu
(703) 250-4242 or (610) 989-1329
