Hotel de Normandie

Sunbath

by Cristian_Uluru

The town of Arromanches is also a place in which you can relax yourself. The beach is nice but not very great. It is not rare to see people that having sunbath or swimming among the rests of the harbour.

Mullberry Harbour

by DrexlUK

"Remains of the harbour"

Constructed in the UK and then (slowly) towed across the channel to help with the unloading of Allied troops and equipment during Operation Overlord.

The remains are visible across the beach at Arromanches with some of the parts of the harbour close enough to be walked to at low tide. Even in their decaying state, the parts of the harbour are still quite impressive. See photo for idea of size/scale.

Arromanches

by Toyin

"Arromanches"

To see the D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, one needs about three days visit to Arromanches. I drove all the way from Paris during the easter period first Rennes, where I based and then to the town and beaches that have history of the D-Day.

"Musee Du Embarquement"

This is the muse du embarquement in Arromanches, for students of history, all you need to know about the Normandy landing is here.

"The Prefabricated Harbours"

Far in the sea in this picture is actually the reminants of the pre fabricated harbours. Pending the restauration of the ports in the area of the landing notably Cherbourg, Le Havre, and Rouen...the creation of artificial roads, and the placement of prefabricated quays and harbours was undertaken the day following the D-Day.