We used a similar tour company to Battlebus - Roel of Victory Tours. It was a small van (max 8 passengers) and he took us to very specific places and knew when to avoid the large bus crowds.

Roel picked us up outside the train station in Bayeux - we were driving and there is a close public parking lot, but others were taking the train from Paris, so it was convenient.

Battlebus also seemed like a good option from the reviews I read. We were limited though due to schedules and Roel worked out great!

Check out the Rick Steves site - there is a lot of detailed information about D-Day tours.
http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/graffiti53.html

(I hope its not a problem that I posted this site?)

good luck!

Thanks for posting the Taxis du Bessin prices, which as I said confirm that its is NOT 70 to 100 Euros for a full day tour.

An example price from the list is 160 Euros for a 5 hour tour, which is not that much less than the 450 Euros most touring compnaies charge for a 9 hour tour.

Um, that's five hours of <i>waiting</i> time in addition to the time on the road. So when you add the transit time from Bayeux to Arromanches then down the beach to Pointe du Hoc to Ste-M&egrave;re &Eacute;glise and back to Bayeux (a little over 2 hours), the 160&euro; tour makes for a pretty full day.

Hey, I'm just trying to be fair. I will leave it to others to judge whether 160&euro; is &quot;not that much less&quot; than 450&euro;.