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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 03:30 PM
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Recommendation! We are leaving for France on Sunday and want to take a D-Day tour in Normandy. Please recommend a highly rated, well-informed tour/guide for us!
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 03:41 PM
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If you mean a private tour next week, I think you may be too late to be asking this question. Whatever. Type "D-Day tour guide" in the search box. There have been many threads on this subject.
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 04:30 PM
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We do not need a private tour but one with a maximum of about 8 persons. Are we too late?
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 04:41 PM
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Are you interested in a d-day daytrip tour from Paris or Bayeux or where?
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 05:22 PM
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We need a tour from Bayeux where we will be staying for 2 nights.
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 05:43 PM
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www.battlebus.com

I loved them as do many other fodorites (use the search function above to see many very favorable mentions of the group). We did a one day American sites tour with them but with more time we'd have gone back for at least one more day with them.
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 05:44 PM
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www.battlebus.fr

sorry!
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Old Jun 5th, 2007, 06:07 PM
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Keep your fingers crossed that Colonel Warman is available for your tour.
http://www.normandybattlefields.com/personalized.htm

He took us on a fantastic tour of Normandy last December. He meets you at the train station, you rent a car and he conducts the tour. Colonel Warman was taught by professors who were there on Day 1 and he knows more personal stories and can take you places that the standard bus tour can't do. Be prepared for lots of walking even if it's raining - he won't notice! We were just 3 - my husband and I and our 14 year-old son. We were obviously very impressed. We booked a couple of months ahead and had to send a check as a deposit, but maybe you can use a Visa. Email me at verbier7@comcastnet if you want more info. You're lucky you have more time than we did.
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Old Jun 6th, 2007, 06:53 AM
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Another vote for Battlebus; hope you're not too late in reserving space on any tour especially if you want the 6-8 person mini van-type experience.
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here's another alternative: Roel

www.victorytours.com
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Or, you can go to the Travel Information Bureau and hire a guide with van for 70-90€ per carload (up to 7).

We've also hired a driver in the parking lot of Bayeux station. If you don't speak French, get there early, because the anglophones are the first ones to be engaged.
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