Day 1: Arrive in the morning from ride-eye flight-full day in Paris

Day 2: Full day in Paris

Day 3: Rent car and drive to Rouen (stop in towns along the way, evening in Rouen)

Day 4: Normandie

Day 5: Mont Saint Michel

Day 6: Disneyland Paris

Day 7: Morning flight home

If you have extra days:

Additional Day in Paris

Additional Day for D-Day Sites

Additional Day in the Loire River Valley

*if you are doing a lot of museums, the Paris Museum Passis great option!

Day 1: Arrival/Full Day in Paris

  • Take Train from airport to Paris

    • REB Train from Charles de Gaulle Airport runs every 10-20 minutes

      • Price: €14.

    • Transfer to local metro

      • taking bags larger than 29.5 inches in any dimension are technically prohibited on the metro (although we saw a lot of people with large bags and it seems this is not really enforced).

    • Early check in to hotel

  • Walk to Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre(we left around noon)

    • walk up from the back for fun views walking up the hill

    • If you are a fan of Summer I Turned Pretty TV show, you can walk up the street where Belly’s Paris apartment is located. We happened upon it by accident! The address is 23 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre.

    • Tickets for the Basilica are only sold on site and cannot be purchased online in advance.

    • Price: €8

  • Walk around the Montmartre area

    • Really fun to walk around and see the artists painting

    • A lot of options for restaurants in the area

  • Eat lunch on the steps in front of the Basilique du Sacre Coeur Montmartre

    • We grabbed a crepe to-go from a restaurant for lunch and took it the steps

    • There are amazing views of Paris

    • Walked down the steps in front of the Basilica

  • Moulin Rouge-we walked past and took pictures

  • Took the metro to The Trocadéro for views of the Eiffel Tower

  • Walked across the river for a boat cruise (The river was flooded when we were there so the river cruises were not running, but they have river cruise companies along the river you can book day of, or you can book in advance.)

  • Shopped at the Champs Elysees

    • there are lots of options for places to eat, but we opted for an easy dinner and grabbed a baguette sandwich from Paul for dinner

  • Back to Eiffel Tower to watch it sparkle at night!

Day 2: Full Day in Paris

  • Morning at Bastille Market (pastry for breakfast from the market)

  • Notre Dame

  • Parthenon (we didn’t go inside, we just walked by)

  • Louvre museum and Louvre shops (part of Paris Museum Pass)

  • Dinner

  • Back to Eiffel Tower to watch it sparkle at night!

Day 3: Drive to Normandy

  • Morning walk along the Seine (obviously grabbed a pastry to eat on the walk)

  • Drive 2 hours to Rouen

  • Possible stops on the drive:

    • Chateau La Rouche-Guyon

    • Chateau d’avers (Van Gogh)

    • Giverny—Monet’s House

  • Rouen Cathedral (Monet painted)

  • Walk through the gardens

  • Dinner-Normandy Crepes (made of buckwheat)

Day 4: D-Day Sites

  • Drive 2 hours to Drive to Omaha Beach and memorial

  • American Normandy Cemetery

    • The cemetery has a great, free museum. We spent around 2 hours here

  • Point du Hoc (my favorite site we visited!)—these were cliffs they scaled on D-day

  • Saint Marie Egliese

    • make sure to stop by the cathedral to see the paratroop hanging on the spire and head inside to see the stained glass window of the Paratroopers!

    • There is the Airborne (Paratroopers) Museum you can visit here as well

    • On the drive from Saint Maria Egleise:

      • Easy Company Memorial

      • Easy Company Command Post

      • German Bunkers

  • Utah Beach

    • We just walked along the beach, but if you have time you can visit the Utah Beach Landing Museum (we arrived after the museum was closed)

  • *If we had another day we would have also visited the non-American D-Day sites.

  • On a previous trip I did the D-Day museum in Caen, France and it was wonderful as well.

    • Book in Advance: Memorial Caen Normandy (you can book tickets day of as well)

    • We didn’t have time but I will be visiting the D-Day Experience Museum next time I go.

      • Book in Advance: D-Day Experience Museum

    • *destinationwwii.com has a great 3-Day D-Day Guide, as well as other resources for planning a D-Day trip

    • Drove to our hotel near Mont Saint Michel

Day 5: Mont Saint-Michel

  • Get here early!

  • You don’t need a ticket to visit the village and walk around the shops, but you pay for parking. If you want to go inside the Abbey you will need a ticket

  • Book in Advance: Mont Saint-Michel Abbey

  • We got to Mont Saint-Michel at 8:30 am and we were some of the first people in the parking lot (we were there during low season in February. If you are there during peak season I would suggest arriving earlier if you want time wandering the streets without crowds. Please note that shops may not be open yet.)

    • You can walk to Mont Saint-Michel from the parking lot or take a free shuttle

    • The streets are narrow and it gets very busy! We enjoyed our morning into early afternoon there. We grabbed lunch and found a place to eat off the main streets and then headed out when the crowds got heavier around 1:30.

    • Make sure to take some time to walk off the main streets up through the less touristy parts of the village

  • Drove an hour from Mont Saint-Michel to Fougères

    • Visited Château de Fougères

      • We happened upon this Castle on our way back towards Paris and since we had plenty of time we decided to stop

      • Price: €12

      • Included an audio guide

      • With 1000 years of history it was fun to walk around the ruins of this castle

      • We spent 2 hours here

  • Stopped at a grocery store to stock up on French candy and treats and then continued back to Paris

  • Stayed the night in Montévrain Moxy Hotel near Disneyland Paris so we were one metro stop away from the parks

    • There are a lot of deals that include a bundle price for Disneyland Tickets and hotels. We just did things seperately, but it is worth looking into especially during off season when they are running great deals and discounts!

Day 6: Disneyland Paris

  • Took the metro one stop to Disneyland

  • Book in Advance: Disney Park Tickets

    • Link: Disneyland Paris Tickets

    • Price: $111 for a hopper pass (the pricing is dynamic and depends on whether you do a hopper or single park ticket)

  • Disneyland Paris has its own stop on the metro and is super easy to get to

  • Dropped off our car at the airport and took a shuttle to an airport hotel because we had a very early flight the next morning

Day 7: Fly Home

  • Took free hotel shuttle to airport to catch an early flight home

Additional Days:

Full Day in Paris

Day 2 of D-Day Sites

Day in the Loire River Valley

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