I am taking my son and nephew (both 15) to London/Paris for 8 nights this August. We arrive Fri am in London, and will spend 2 or 3 nights there, and then take the Eurostar to Paris. The only firm thing I have booked in Paris is a B%26amp;B stay, Tue thru Thur. We fly home on Sat. I am trying to figure out what is the best way to do a D-Day tour, and maybe MSM - but the war sites are more important to me. I don%26#39;t want to wear the boys out, but we are all in great shape physically. Also we all are WWII nuts, so I do want to see whatever we can. I just don%26#39;t know logically, what approach is best. Here is my schedule so far:
Fri - arrive London am, sightsee, hotel
Sat - sightseeing in London, stay in hotel
-------------------------here is where I need help!
Sun - sightseeing in London, stay in hotel
Mon - early train to Paris, train to Bayeux -
the earliest we could be there is 12:46 - and that is taking the 6:30 train out of
London, maybe a half day tour if we can
make it, or MSM, hotel in Bayeux
Tues - full day battle tour, or MSM, eve. train
back to Paris
OR
Sun - breakfast in London, train to Paris,
train to Bayeux (by 3pm), dinner, explore
Bayeux Sunday eve, stay in hotel
Mon - full day battle tour, stay hotel
Tues - MSM tour? Train back to Paris, B%26amp;B stay
Wed - Paris, staying at the B%26amp;B
Thu - Paris, staying at the B%26amp;B
Fri - Paris sightseeing, hotel
Sat - flight home
I guess I am torn about cutting the London stay back to 2 nights, but that would make Normandy much more enjoyable...and the main focus of this trip is France anyway. I don%26#39;t want us to be so exhausted by the time we get to Bayeux that we just collapse - but I only have those 2 days in between London and Paris that I can play with, and I don%26#39;t know if just one night in Bayeux might be too ambitious. Any advice you can give me is very much appreciated!!!
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If the World War II sites are your main interest I would certainly allow a full day. We just got back last week from our trip to Normandy. We spent 2 nights in Bayeux (1 was basically an arrival night) and we then took the full day %26quot;American Sector%26quot; tour through Battlebus. It was fascinating and yes it was a full day. The guide was really up on his history and we thought it was a good way to see the sights and not have to worry about driving ourselves to each spot. We stayed at Hotel Churchill which actually has a shuttle to MSM too. Trip from Bayeux to MSM is about 1 1/2 hours to drive. Hope this helps.
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Thank you. I am definitely leaning towards the 2 nights in Bayeux.
Do you know if the Hotel Churchill shuttle will take other from other hotels? I has seen this somewhere, and I was trying to book with them, but I haven%26#39;t had any luck yet.
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