On foot or by bike

D-Day Landing Beaches — hiking & cycling

Memorial routes across the five beaches, the batteries, the cemeteries and the major Battle of Normandy museums.

GR footpaths

GR 223Hiking

D-Day Beaches Coastal Path

The GR 223 follows the whole Normandy coast. Its central section links Ouistreham to Grandcamp-Maisy via Sword, Juno, Gold Beach and Arromanches: cliffs, Atlantic Wall batteries and Mulberry harbour remains line the walk.

Distance
95 km
Duration
4 to 5 days
Level
Moderate
  • Pegasus Bridge and the Caen canal
  • The Arromanches cliff and its Mulberry harbour
  • The original guns of the Longues-sur-Mer battery
  • The American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach

Stages on the map

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  1. 1Ouistreham — Sword Beach
  2. 2Courseulles-sur-Mer — Juno Beach
  3. 3Arromanches — Mulberry harbour
  4. 4Longues-sur-Mer battery
  5. 5Colleville-sur-Mer — Omaha Beach
  6. 6Grandcamp-Maisy

Cycle routes

EuroVelo 4Cycling

The Vélomaritime — from the beaches to the Bessin

EuroVelo 4 crosses Normandy along the coast. Between Ouistreham and Isigny-sur-Mer, the cycle route serves all five landing beaches and the major memorial sites, mostly on quiet roads.

Distance
120 km
Duration
2 to 3 days
Level
Easy to moderate
  • Sword, Juno and Gold Beach in succession
  • Arromanches 360 and the D-Day Museum
  • Bayeux, its tapestry and cathedral
  • The Cotentin marshes and canals

Stages on the map

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  1. 1Ouistreham
  2. 2Arromanches-les-Bains
  3. 3Bayeux
  4. 4Omaha Beach
  5. 5Isigny-sur-Mer
VélorouteCycling

From the D-Day Beaches to Mont-Saint-Michel

This long-distance cycle route links Omaha Beach to Mont-Saint-Michel over 260 km: from the Bessin coastline through the Norman bocage to the bay and its great tides. A signed route designed as a multi-day journey.

Distance
260 km
Duration
5 to 7 days
Level
Moderate
  • Omaha Beach and Port-en-Bessin
  • Character villages of the bocage
  • Granville and its privateer Upper Town
  • The arrival facing Mont-Saint-Michel

Stages on the map

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  1. 1Omaha Beach
  2. 2Port-en-Bessin
  3. 3Saint-Lô
  4. 4Granville
  5. 5Mont-Saint-Michel

Build your itinerary

Combine these trails with our themed itineraries and add your favourite stops to your trip.

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