Note: Include side trip to the Netherlands to the Groesbeek Canadian Cemetery. See information at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Veterans Affairs Canada.
Start at Lens (near Arras) to visit the Vimy and Hill 70 sites.
Travel toward Caen, stopping in Rouen. Try to visit one of Rick Steves' favorite restaurants in Normandy: Les Nymphéas, Rouen.
Try to see the Château de La Rochefoucauld in south-western France which is an excellent castle and has a magnificent staircase designed by Da Vinci staircase.
Continue on to Caen to visit the Juno Beach site and to Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, near Reviers, with a side visit to Bayeux. If time permits add an additional trip from Bayeux to Cherbourg (about 100km) and visit the Musée de la Libération.
All of these sites can be reach by rail from Rouen. Download the French rail map for the Normandy region here.
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