The Vélomaritime: from Courseulles-sur-Mer to Arromanches

The Juno Beach Centre is the only Canadian museum on the D-Day landing beaches. The Centre presents the civil and military war effort in Canada and on the various fronts during the Second World War. This place of remembrance pays tribute to the 45,000 Canadians who lost their lives during the war, including 5,500 during the Battle of Normandy and 381 on D-Day. The Juno Beach Centre is also a window on the Canada of today. Explore Juno", a tour for young visitors, for the whole family. Hosted by young Canadian guides, the average visit lasts 1 hour 30 minutes. Guided tour with a Canadian guide of the beach and the remains of the Atlantic Wall from April to October. Duration: 45 minutes. Visit times on the museum website. The Juno Beach Centre is committed to remembrance and sustainable development NEW 80th anniversary : New temporary exhibition "Rising to the Challenge: The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War" from 1 February 2023. Updated "Faces of Canada Today" room Outdoor exhibition "The Juno Beach Centre and the 17 United Nations SDGs".

The America Gold Beach Museum comprises two historic exhibition areas. The America area tells the story of the very first air mail link between the United States and France, made by the three-engined Fokker America which made a water landing at Ver-sur-Mer on the 1st of July 1927. The Gold Beach exhibition area tells the story of the painstaking preparations for the D-Day Landings by the British secret services and of the events on Gold Beach on D-Day, when the 69th Brigade made its victorious assault on the 6th of June 1944. Scale models, slide shows, photographs, personal objects and testimonies, etc. Unaccompanied tour time: 40 minutes.

Located on the heights of Mont Fleury, overlooking the Gold Beach area, the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer commemorates the 22,442 men and women who lost their lives under British command during D-Day, and throughout the Battle of Normandy. The Memorial also includes a tribute to the French civilians who lost their lives that summer. It is the only site in Normandy where all these names can be found together. They are presented in chronological order on the 160 columns that make up the Memorial's central pergola. The Memorial is set in over 20 hectares of land, with a breathtaking view over the beach and the Mulberry port at Arromanches. In 2024, King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the Memorial and inaugurated the Winston Churchill Centre. This visitor center includes two galleries, an educational area and a café serving snacks and drinks 7 days a week throughout the summer. Visits to the Memorial and Winston Churchill Centre are free of charge. Parking is subject to a charge (3.50? per day, 10? for coaches), which helps finance the upkeep of the site. The Memorial also offers tailor-made guided tours for school groups. Please email contact@normandymemorialtrust.org to arrange a visit with your school.

Small-scale traditional biscuit making. Visits of the production workshop by appointment. Tour lasts: 25 mins. Our produce is on sale on site in the factory boutique.

The various phases of the Allied landing operation are presented. Explanation on how the Winston artificial harbour was built and operated from its design to its final use (3D animation, animated scale models, slide show, archive footage, etc.). Unaccompanied or guided tour in French: 1h15. Visitor aids in 19 languages. Film in 9 languages, slide show in 6 languages.

"The 100 days of Normandy" The images projected on nine screens stem from British, Canadian, German, American and French archives. On both sides of the Channel, one was preparing for this longawaited moment. Then, in spite of unfavorable weather conditions, came the morning of June 6, 1944, the fi rst step towards the liberation of Western Europe. From the landings on the 5 beaches of the Manche and Calvados departments to the tragic bombing of Le Havre on September 12, the Battle of Normandy lasted 100 days. Experience 20 minutes of pure historical intensity! To improve the visitor experience, our reception area has been fully redesigned: maps, the chronology and the outcome of the Battle of Normandy are now presented. Several British military artifacts from the Caen Mémorial collection are also on display. Film screened every 30 minutes, on the hour and at the half hour. Commentary overlooking the artificial harbour from the cinema’s terrace roof (30 minutes) during school holidays).