
D-Day Omaha Beach Memorial Tour
Colleville-sur-Mer • One-Day City Plan
This itinerary explores the key D-Day sites around Omaha Beach, where American forces landed on June 6, 1944. The route includes two museums with extensive WWII artifacts, the Normandy American Cemetery with over 9,000 graves, and the preserved German bunker WN 62. The Big Red One Museum is closed on Tuesdays and operates seasonally from April to October. The cemetery holds a daily flag-lowering ceremony one hour before closing. Starting April 2026, advance registration will be required for the cemetery.
Overview
Planning a day in Colleville-sur-Mer? This step-by-step itinerary covers the best of Colleville-sur-Mer in one day — 4 attractions with exact walking times between each stop, entrance fees per person, and transport alternatives.
Plan around 5h 5min to visit 4 attractions along the way. Budget roughly €69: about €16 on entrance tickets, around €2 for public transit, and roughly €51 for 3 meals. You can adjust these numbers and see a full breakdown below.
Your Day Timeline — D-Day Omaha Beach Memorial Tour
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Big Red One Assault Museum - 1st Infantry Division Memorial
The Big Red One Assault Museum is a private collection dedicated to the 1st US Infantry Division, which landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Founded in 2004 by Pierre-Louis Gosselin after 30 years o…
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Overlord Museum (Omaha Beach)
The Overlord Museum opened in 2013, located 500 meters from the Normandy American Cemetery and Omaha Beach. The museum houses the private collection of Michel Leloup, a Norman forestry operator who sp…
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
The Normandy American Cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944. Established just two days after D-Day, it contains 9,389 graves of American service members who died du…
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WN 62 (Widerstandsnest 62)
WN 62 (Widerstandsnest 62) was the most heavily defended German strongpoint on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Built as part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, this resistance…

