englander Posted February 10, 2013 #1 Share Posted February 10, 2013 We are looking for ways to get from Le Havre to Caen to see their museum on Jun 4th, 2013. Found a 'Affordable Cruise Excursions' (ACE) online which offers a "Caen On Your Own" which provides the transportation to/from Caen and gives 4 hrs of time on your own there. Any ideas out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted February 10, 2013 #2 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It's a real pig of a journey by train or bus. Several changes by train & very time-consuming by either. I think a rented car or that tour bus (I've never heard of it before) are the only practical ways to do it. You can easily spend 3hrs+ in the Peace Museum. Which is useful, cos I don't think Caen has anything else to offer! I'd seen enough of the museum in about 90mins, but that's me & not you ;) The Museum is away from the city centre, just off Caen's peripherique (ring road) but the city was left in ruins in 1944, so it's a new town. Despite its location, the museum is not a D-Day museum - in fact D-Day gets very little attention. The main focus is on the holocaust. About 6 miles / 10 mins north of the museum is the Pegasus Bridge & museum at Benouville - the easternmost end of the D-Day operations & the first objective captured, by airborne forces around midnight. Worth an hour or more, but it'd need a taxi. Bayeux is about 18 miles west, but your time constraints mean you'd need to do it by taxi & I'm not sure you could do justice to both the Peace Museum & Bayeux. JB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englander Posted March 15, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks John - We have been to Bayeaux twice; once we stayed in hotel there for couple days and saw a lot of Normandy places. I never heard back from that tour outfit. Guess they no longer exist? I saw there is a bus #20 on www.busvert.fr but I don't know any French so it's hard to be sure I am understanding it correctly. Looks like the bus goes from LeHavre thru Honfleur to Caen, taking about 2.5 hrs. Can't find the cost. But I think we have abandoned that idea altogether and will do something more local in Le Havre, or just stay on the ship. Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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