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Discover the best top things to do in Colleville-sur-Mer, France including Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer, Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach, Normandy Visitors Center, Memorial 1st US Infantry Division Omaha Beach, Croix de Guerre 5th Engineer Special Brigade.
1. Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer
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5.0 based on 5,535 reviews
Overlooking Omaha Beach, the launching point of the U.S. invasion of Normandy, this cemetery contains the graves of 9,386 American soldiers who died at Normandy and a touching memorial to another 1,557 whose bodies were never recovered.
Reviewed By FairCityFrasie - Perth, United Kingdom
Magnificent cemetery, memorial and visitor centre in the shadows of Omaha beach, poignant and sensitive, superbly laid out and maintained, paying homage to nearly 10,000 American soldiers and their exploits during WW2. I’d visited previously a few years ago on 6th June and the place was packed then - just as busy in mid-August with the extensive parking lots more than full. My most vivid memory (and there is a lot to take in) is the glass-cased artwork consisting of a rifle embedded upright in the sand with a tin helmet atop (nearing the exit to the visitor centre).
2. Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach
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4.5 based on 1,183 reviews
Reviewed By jopla - Herent, Belgium
What makes this museum great is that they have an amazing collection of vehicles and all sorts of items and they have created interesting scenes. My children could better understand/interpret what they were seeing.
3. Normandy Visitors Center
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4.5 based on 176 reviews
Reviewed By DeborahG180 - Greenville, United States
What an incredible experience this visitors center is...just absolutely beautiful and educational.....well thought out, landscaped and presented to the memory of so many who lost their lives...we were there on a gorgeous July afternoon and the grasses were blowing in the breeze and if you I not know what had transpired years ago one would think were just walking up to any helpful visitors center but one beyond the building you get a glimpse of the ocean....so powerful to see such calm and how such violence and bloodshed had occurred and lives lost.years ago on those beaches...very sobering to see in person what one has read about or seen on the news.
4. Memorial 1st US Infantry Division Omaha Beach
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4.5 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By Walter92532 - Lake Elsinore, United States
The Memorial to the 1st Infantry is on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach and pays tribute to the brave men who made the ultimate sacrifice. A visit to Omaha Beach was a must for me, and this memorial is a poignant part of that visit.
5. Croix de Guerre 5th Engineer Special Brigade
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4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By Acineto - Auckland Central, New Zealand
The carpark to this area is beside the American Cemetary exit. There is only a single path that leads towards the ocean and the memorials, you just have to cross a road. You first pass the memorial for the First Infantry Division. If you keep going then you end up at his memorial. This one has four sides with different writings over black stones. Each side also has a plaque above the engraved stone. There are two benches close to the monument, including one which looks out to the sea. The sea side is also where the Croix du Guerre is displayed. It is quite a nice memorial and really nice views of the beach. There is a path to one side that leads down to the bottom of the memorial into a bunker,
