Best Traditional French Normandy D-Day Beaches Operation Overlord June 6 1944 156,000 Allied Soldiers Mont St Michel UNESCO 1979 8th Century AD Tide 14 m World's 2nd-Highest Bayeux Mix 1077 70 m Long Caen Memorial Honfleur Etretat 70 m Cliffs and Normandy Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: France travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional French Normandy D-Day Beaches 1944 Mont St Michel UNESCO 1979 Bayeux Mix 1077 and Normandy Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR French Normandy - France's Normandy + 3.4 million population - preserves the most-significant D-Day, Mont-St-Michel, Bayeux, and Honfleur heritage and the renowned Mont St Michel. Major destinations: D-Day Beaches Operation Overlord June 6 1944 + 156,000 Allied soldiers + 5 beaches Utah Omaha Gold Juno Sword and American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer 9,387 graves , Mont St Michel UNESCO 1979 + 8th century AD and tide 14 m world's 2nd-highest + 80 m granite island + 1 km causeway , Bayeux Mix 1077 + 70 m long + 626 characters + 1066 Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror , Honfleur 11th century, Eugène Boudin, Vieux Bassin, and Sainte-Catherine wooden church 15th century , Etretat 70 m chalk cliffs, arch, needle Aiguille, and Caen Memorial 1988 + Rouen Joan of Arc 1431 burned, Ca...