Camping Omaha Beach

Hire a bike on site to get straight out onto paths winding coastwards and inland from here, among Normandy's more than 500 kilometres of cycle path. If you're stopping off at Camping Omaha Beach on a World War II commemorative tour, the other D-Day landing beaches can easily be biked to from here. Omaha Beach D-Day Monument is three kilometres away and the Normandy American Cemetery within five. The Overlord Museum, telling the story of the landing up until the liberation of Paris, faces the roundabout that gives access to the American Cemetery. For history of a more ancient kind, the spectacular Bayeux Tapestry, telling the bloody tale of how William of Normandy became king of England, can be seen 18 kilometres away. You could also have a look at the local heritage with an afternoon at Château de Creully, 30 kilometres away, the 11th- and 12th-century castle between Caen and Bayeaux (and from where the first news of the Battle of Normandy was broadcast by the BBC journalists stationed there in 1944). Walks, birdwatching and boat trips in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Natural Park are 30 kilometres away.