This tour celebrates our greatest generation. Sixty-five years ago on June 6, 1944 the greatest amphibian landing in history was made. We dedicate this tour to those thousand of brave young men who took part in this historical event.

Covering 4 European Countries, WW II and WW I Battlefields and the cities of Reims, Luxembourg , Nuremberg and Munich where we take in the history and architecture as well as the tourist sights of these vibrant cities. Come join us for this unforgettable experience of a lifetime.

Day # 1 – Thursday, May 28

Group arrival in Munich’s Franz Josef Strauss International Airport clear Customs & Immigration. In arrivals hall, a Custom Euro Tour’s Group Escort will meet group. Transfer by motor coach to your hotel in Munich for the next 3 nights.

Group has free time to relax and adjust to the time difference + 6 hours EST

Dinner in the hotel.                                                                                                                    (D)

Hotel in Munich area TBA

Day # 2 – Friday, May 29

Breakfast in the hotel

Morning city tour of Munich finishing at the Marienplatz and 11:00am for the world famous glockenspiel.

Munich is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. It is also Germany's third largest city and one of Europe’s most prosperous. The city has a population of about 1.3 million and the Munich metropolitan area is home to around 2.7 million people. The city is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.
The city's motto was “The World City with a heart” for a long time and has been recently replaced by “Munich likes you”. The figure on Munich's coat-of-arms is a monk referred to as the Münchner Kindl, the child of Munich. Black and gold, the colors of the Holy Roman Empire, have been the city's official colors since the time of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Free time for an independent lunch before our afternoon excursion to Dachau on the outskirts of Munich.

Dachau, once a pretty little painter and artist village on the outskirts of Munich, was transformed into Hitler’s first concentration camp. Here we have time to reflect and remember those unfortunate souls who perished at the hands of the Nazi regime.

This evening, a Bavarian style dinner is planned in the famous Munich landmark “Hofbrauhaus”. This will be a Bavarian Buffet dinner with a musical Bavarian folk show. Sit back relax and enjoy an evening of great entertainment. Bavarian Folk Music, dancing, singing, thigh slapping, yodeling and Alpine horn playing.

Dinner in the Hofbrauhaus                                                                                                         (B, D)


Day # 3 – Saturday, May 30

Breakfast in the hotel.

A full day excursion to Berchtesgaden is planned. Driving up to the Obersalzberg area we transfer to shuttle buses which run up to the Kehlstein Haus (Eagle’s Nest).

The Eagle’s nest was used by Adolf Hitler to entertain friends, high ranking Politicians and members of the Nazi party. The house itself was taken and destroyed by the American 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. From here we have spectacular views overlooking the city of Salzburg in Austria and the Salzkammergut.

Later this afternoon we have free time in Berchtesgaden before we return to Munich.

Dinner in the hotel                                                                                                                       (B, D)

Day # 4 – Sunday, May 31

Breakfast in the hotel.

After breakfast, depart for Nuremberg and a visit to the Zeppelin Field on the immense Nazi Party Rally Grounds. After touring the Luitpold Parade Ground and the superb Documentation Center, we will visit the Palace of Justice, site of the 1946 War Crimes Trials. Then on to our Frankfurt hotel where we check in by late afternoon for 1 night.

Dinner in the hotel.                                                                                                                      (B, D)

                                                        Hotel in Frankfurt area TBA                                                                                                                           

Day # 5 – Monday, June 1

Breakfast in the hotel

Our tour continues north to Remagen. It is here that we make a short stop to visit the museum and the remains of the bridge that once spanned the River Rhine. This bridge was crucial to the Allied advance into the heart of Germany and had to be taken intact. Units of the 9th US Armored Division under LT. Karl. H. Timmermann reached this bridge and captured it intact on March 7th 1945. On March 17th 1945 the bridge collapsed killing 28 American soldiers.

On leaving Remagen our tour will head west and into the Duchy of Luxembourg where we take time and visit the American Military Cemetery. (Patton’s Grave). Most of the dead who are interned here were casualties of the Battle of the Bulge.

After paying our respects we continue north into Belgium and the Ardennes region to re-visit the area known in WWII history as the Ardennes offensive. (Battle of the Bulge) or “The Von Rundstedt offensive”

In the Bastogne area we check into our hotel for the next 2 nights.

Dinner in the hotel.                                                                                                                       (B, D)                                                                                                                                                  
                                                       Hotel in the Bastogne area TBA

Day # 6 – Tuesday, June 2

Breakfast in the hotel

Today will be spent touring the Bulge area visiting some of the many areas dedicated to this important battle. This will include a visit to the “NUTS” Museum and also the Mardasson Memorial dedicated to this famous battle. We will also visit the Peace Woods and several areas which were occupied by the 101st Screaming Eagles “E” Company Band of Brothers

Other visits will be made to the areas of Trois Points, Stavelot and Malmedy where the infamous massacre of GI’s took place on the orders of S.S. Standartenfuhrer Joachim Peiper.

On December 17, 1944, near the hamlet of Baugnez on the height half-way between the town of Malmedy and Ligneuville in Belgium, the leading element of Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper, named after its leader SS Standartenführer Joachim Peiper encountered Jeeps and trucks of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion (FAOB). The German tanks fired on the U.S. vehicles, which were quickly abandoned by their occupants. With no anti-tank weapons, the Americans surrendered. About 150 of the prisoners of war were disarmed and sent to stand in a field near the crossroads. Some 72-84 of the prisoners were machine gunned and killed, their bodies left on the field where they fell. An American patrol discovered the massacre that night.

After a full day’s touring we return to our hotel in the Bastogne area.

Dinner in the hotel                                                                                                                    (B, D)

Day # 7 – Wednesday, June 3

Breakfast in the hotel

Traveling into France this morning, our first visit will be in the Champagne region of Verdun. A visit to some of the WW I battlefield sites is planned along with a visit to the Verdun Ossuary and the Fleury Museum and village. Again it is here that we take time to reflect on the horror, destruction and the terrible loss of life that took place in the great war of 1914 -1918.

Following part of the Liberty Way and the Sacre Voie we continue through the Champagne region and into Reims where we check into our hotel for 1 night.

Dinner in the hotel                                                                                                                    (B, D)

                                                              Hotel in Reims area TBA

Day # 8 – Thursday, June 4

Breakfast in the hotel                 

Our first visit this morning will be in Reims, where we will visit the building and room where German surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, “The Little Red Schoolhouse”.

Late morning our tour continues to the Compiegne Forest. In June 1940, just after his armies had smashed France, Hitler traveled to Compiègne. Here, in a forest clearing, on November 11, 1918, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the French commander, had humbled the Kaiser's generals and accepted a humiliating German surrender, the armistice ending World War I. Foch held the fateful meeting in his railroad car, number 2419D.

From Compeigne we will drive directly to Le Havre in the Normandy area where we check into our hotel for the next 3 nights.

Dinner in the hotel                                                                                                                     (B, D)

                                                            Hotel in Normandy area TBA

Day # 9 – Friday, June 5

Breakfast in the hotel

After breakfast, a tour of the Normandy landing beaches, starting with Ouistreham, where the British & French Commandos and Canadian 1st Airborne units secured the eastern flank of the landing beaches early in the morning of June 6, 1944. Here we will visit “Pegasus Bridge” and the museum, which is dedicated to this daring feat of bravery. Continuing west we drive the coastal route making various stops along the way through the British and Canadian landing zones on June 6, 1944 Sword, Juno & Gold Beaches. A longer stop in Arromanches is planned for a visit to the D-day Museum and viewing the Mulberry Harbor, which was specially built in England and towed across the channel to be put in place for the landing of supplies after the main landings.

A late afternoon return to our hotel is planned                                                                            (B, D)

                                             65th D-Day Anniversary

Day # 10 – Saturday, June 6

Breakfast in the hotel.

After breakfast we continue our tour of the “Operation Overlord” area, taking us into the American theatre of operations. Driving west our first stop of the day will be in St. Mere Eglise. It was here that the west flank of the landing beaches had to be secured early in the morning of June 6, 1944. Here we will visit the Airborne Museum dedicated to the 101st Division “Screaming Eagles” and the 82nd Division “All American” We will also visit the church to view the beautiful stained glass windows also dedicated to these 2 divisions. A parachute still dangles precariously from the steeple with an effigy of an 82nd airborne trooper, John Steele, who was entangled there after the drop.

On leaving St. Mere Eglise our tour will continue into S. Marie du Mont and drop down onto Utah Beach. Here we will have time to view the memorial before continuing over to Omaha Beach & Pointe du Hoc. On arrival at Omaha beach we have time to reflect on the bloody slaughter of many young Americans that took place here. On visiting Omaha beach we will climb the bluffs to over look the beachhead area and visit St .Laurent-sur-Mer American Military Cemetery.

We continue on to visit Point Du Hoc and the Ranger Monument. Point du Hoc has been left much as it was in June of 1944, a standing monument to the sacrifices and heroism of the 2nd Rangers.

Returning to our hotel by early evening.

Dinner in the hotel                                                                                                                        (B, D)

Day # 11– Sunday, June 7

Breakfast in the hotel.

After breakfast our tour will depart for the City of Lights, Paris. On arrival in Paris we will have some free time for an individual lunch before we take a tour of this vibrant city. Our tour will show us all the famous sights. Eiffel Tower. Champs des Ellyses, Triumphal Arch, Louvres, Sacre Coeur, and many more.

On completion of the city tour we check into our hotel for the next 2 nights.

Dinner in the hotel or at a nearby restaurant.                                       (B, D)                                                                                  

                                                           Hotel in Paris TBA

Day # 12 – Monday, June 8                       

Breakfast in the hotel.

A full free day in Paris to relax and wind down reflecting back on the tour. Perhaps some time to visit one or two the many museums. Louvre or Musee D’Orsay, last minute shopping or personal sightseeing. Enjoy a cruise along the River Seine or take a trip up the Eiffel Tower.

This evening we come together for a final farewell dinner in one Paris’ many local restaurants.         (B, D)

Day # 13 – Tuesday, June 9

Breakfast in the hotel.

Group transfer to Paris’ Charles De Gaulle International Airport. Individual check in at your respective airlines.

End of Custom Euro Tours’ services...

What is included

• Meet and greet at Munich International Airport

• All land transportation by modern touring motor coach

• All road tolls and applicable taxes

• Services of a professional Tour Manager throughout

• 12 Nights in good quality 3 star /4 star 1st class tourist category hotels

• 12 Continental Buffet breakfasts

• 12 Dinners (3 courses) as per the itinerary (No beverages included)

• All excursions as specified in the Itinerary

• All entrance fees as specified in the itinerary

• Luggage handling at hotels (1 piece per person)

• Group transfer to and from arrival and departure airports

What is not included

•  All items of a personal nature i.e. telephone calls, laundry, pay TV, Hotel mini-bars in room.

• All meals not specified in the itinerary.

• All entrances to museums, art galleries, etc. not specified in the itinerary

• All private excursions not specified in the itinerary

• Any public transport, Taxi, local bus, rail or flights not specified in the itinerary

• Individual travel Insurance (can be purchased at: www.customeurotours.com

• Gratuities for Local Guides, Maitre’d, Tour Coach Driver, Tour Escort

• Flights from home area to European gateway

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