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White chalk arches that inspired Monet, on the Normandy coast.
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Arromanches
The seaside town where the Allies built a floating harbor in days, its concrete caissons still lying offshore.
- Open
- Always; the museums close in January
- Price
- Free; paid for the museums
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Place du 6 Juin, 14117 Arromanches-les-BainsDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes by car from Bayeux.
Why Go
The British towed giant concrete blocks across the Channel to make Port Winston, an artificial harbor that landed 2.5 million men and 500,000 vehicles in the months after D-Day. Its remains curve across the bay; a museum on the seafront explains it, and a 360-degree cinema on the cliff shows film of the battle.
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