New
DISCOVER D-DAY PACKAGE CAEN MEMORIAL MUSEUM
AND VISITS TO D-DAY SITES IN HISTORIC VEHICLES
Besides the three basic programs offered by D-Day Academy, for 2010 we offer a brand new one day concept : The Discover D-Day Package, combining a visit to the world famous Caen Peace Memorial Museum, including lunch, and a hair re-arranging escapade with the D-Day Academy period” museum on wheels” during the after-noon.

Groups from 7 to 100 persons, all-inclusive price of €85 per person
  Programme:

09.30 Visit “LE MEMORIAL” Museum, including preset lunch
14.00 Embark onboard 1944 D-Day Academy vintage military trucks with an historian, documents and on board period radios and equipment to: Pegasus-Bridge or the Juno-beach area
15.30

D-Day Academy Base 5 miles west of Caen for: History workshops and “hands on” experiences connected to the five senses:

--To taste: 1944 food still manufactured to-day by the same companies

-- To smell: wartime artifacts and the delicate 40’s perfumes from Paris.

-- To see: and test military optics of the time and glance at the daily press and fashion magazines of 1944.

-- To hear: period voices and songs and music through 1944 radios and tannoys .

-- To touch: emblematic D-Day objects under expert guidance. Handle German and Allied personal equipment, weapons, artillery, armour and a Spitfire fighter aircraft.
16.30 Mount armored fighting vehicles for a hair re-arranging escapade over rough terrain on the Canadian battlefield of Carpiquet
17.00 1944 style drinks and snacks.
17.30 Return to Caen Mémorial Museum in period vehicles to conclude an unforgettable 1944 experience.
 

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