Les Plages (The D-Day beaches) The events of the two Great Wars remain in the French collective consciousness — nowhere more so than Normandy, which received the brunt of the destruction. This excursion ends at the American Cemetery situated above Omaha beach.
Bayeux Bayeux houses the famous embroidered Bayeux Tapestry, a two-hundred-and-thirty foot long fabric, which depicts the events of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings.
Mont St. Michel and St. Malo Mont Saint-Michel is a small island covered in buildings, shops, and restaurants — with a wonderful view. Saint-Malo was once a fortress on the water, but now the town has grown far beyond its original borders. The place oozes medieval charm, and its many nearly packed restaurants attest to…