Private guided American D-Day Tour from Bayeux

GrandTour40290064400, Dec 2024

Awesome day.My family and I took the train from Paris to Bayeux.Mike picked us up from the train station promptly.Mike is extremely knowledgeable on all aspects of the D-Day invasion,and extremely easy to talk to.Our tour consisted of four stops concluding with the American military cemetery.We had conversation all day about different D-Day topics and no question wasn’t answered.Mike also spoke about how the day was supposed to go and how it really played out which was extremely interesting.I would definitely recommend booking a tour with Allied Victory Tours as my family and I had an amazing day seeing and talking about a special day in WW2 and American history.

LindainPortlandOr, Dec 2024

We were fortunate enough to take a tour with Mike during our July visit to Normandy. He was presented with a motley family crew – including one grandparent with hearing loss, one grandparent with mobility challenges, three mid-life adults and two teenagers. He gave each of us a memorable and deeply satisfying tour.

Mike does a great job of reading his audience – figuring out what background knowledge or any special interests you may have – and then tailoring his itinerary and explanations to reflect that. Each location he chose to take us to was full of meaning and he greatly enhanced our understanding of what we were seeing. The day held special meaning to us as my husband’s father had been a paratrooper there on that day, and Mike was able to pinpoint where he probably was and when he came in.

All in all it was a day we’ll all treasure and I cannot recommend Mike highly enough!

annaeannaeannaeanna, Dec 2024

We did the half a day tour with Mike. He is such a fantastic guide. Someone who made his profession from his passion. He knows probably almost everything about dday. And also a great plus is he is just a friendly and funny guy. We had a great and interesting afternoon.

cheryleV4122JP, Dec 2024

Our family (of 6) were fortunate to have Mike van den Dobbelsteen as our guide for a full day D-Day tour of the American sites. He was fantastic .. REALLY fantastic! Mike is very personal and conversational. He is very knowledgeable of the sites and the history of D-Day. And he has a gift for sharing his knowledge with others in a very enjoyable way. His humor is great, he is also a good listener and answered all of our questions. He was able to make the tour personal, by including many stories of individual men and their courage and how that made a difference in the lives of the other soldiers as well as the local French people. Our last stop was to the American Cemetery, timed so we could watch the flags being lowered. Very moving! Our ages were varied (mid 20s to mid 70s), with varying levels of knowledge of the history ahead of time. We all learned so much! The day seemed to fly by. We moved by van from site to site … not too much walking for us old folks. We all appreciated the speaker system that Mike used in his van, which allowed all of us to hear him clearly regardless of where we were sitting. Even our d-i-l, who has limited hearing, was able to fully enjoy the tour. Thank you Mike for making the day so special for us.

briancC2012SK, Dec 2024

Mike was fantastic. He had tremendous subject knowledge and was entertaining. What impressed me the most though was how adaptable he was and generous with his time. We had a sudden change of plans at the last minute on the day of our trip and he added a stop that was not planned to accomidate our last minute request. As someone who teaches a class on WW2, I would highly recommend Mike to anyone from a history buff like myself to someone with a limited knowledge of the subject.