Cherbourg

A museum covering the Allied airborne operations during the landings, housed in a complex of four buildings.

It explains the landings and the artificial harbor through video and models.

An exhibition about the landings, set among the remains of a former German bunker.

A historic site of the landings where bomb craters remain.

Access to some on-site areas, including the bunker, is blocked, so do not assume you can visit all the ruins.

A former German gun battery with a fire-control post and four bunkers where the cannons remain.

Avoid busy times if you want to photograph the cannons at the battery without people in the shot.

A 20-minute film about the Battle of Normandy is shown on nine screens.

A museum about the Canadian Allied forces, with permanent and temporary exhibitions, including displays designed with younger visitors in mind.

The bunker can only be visited with a guide, so choose a guided tour if you want to see it.

A cemetery for US service members killed near Omaha Beach, with an exhibition in the visitor center.

A memorial to the fallen at Ver-sur-Mer, with the artificial harbor structures at Arromanches visible in the distance.

It serves dishes made with local ingredients on a terrace overlooking Omaha Beach.

Reviews say it is busy between 12:30 and 1:45 p.m.; if you are short on time, move your meal earlier or later.

A model parachutist hanging from the church spire commemorates the story of John Steele.

A bakery in Asnelles making cookies from a recipe passed down since 1904. It also makes 'Carasnelles' with Isigny caramel.

A family-run fish shop and oyster bar overlooking Colleville-Montgomery Beach, visited by local seafood lovers.

Remains of the prefabricated artificial harbor built during the landings can still be seen at Arromanches.

Check the low-tide time if you want to get close to the artificial harbor ruins. Access may be difficult depending on the tide.

A hotel restaurant in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, inland from Utah Beach, using local ingredients and serving seafood and beef.

Reserve before your visit if you plan to dine at Le Grand Hard restaurant.

A restaurant at Château de la Chenevière near the Normandy American Cemetery.

A beach where US forces landed, with a landing museum on the beach.

The beach where the fiercest fighting of the Normandy landings took place, with statues and memorials along the coast.

A landing beach at Arromanches, where remains of the Allied artificial harbor are still visible.

Sword Beach at Ouistreham, where Allied forces and Free French forces landed in 1944.

A beach where Canadian forces landed in 1944.

A Benedictine abbey atop a rocky island, where visitors can explore the church and cloister.

It can get so crowded in summer that moving around inside is difficult, so visit early if possible.

A restaurant at the entrance to Mont-Saint-Michel serving the Mère Poulard omelet.

Consider booking La Mère Poulard several weeks in advance. One review says visitors without reservations were unable to get in.

A village below the abbey, with cobbled streets, fortifications, and small lanes.

An activity involving walking across the bay's mudflats and waterways at low tide. Because of the dangers from tides and quicksand, the tourist office strongly recommends going with an experienced guide.

A dam on the approach route to Mont-Saint-Michel that uses water to push sediment out toward the sea.