But if you only visit for the day, you'll miss out on Normandy's picturesque towns. Consider renting a car and exploring this rugged coastline town by town. Ideally located on the Seine ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather ... If you're driving yourself, start in the town of Arromanches, which hosts two museums that help provide context for the battle sites.

The planes took off Sunday from Duxford, England, for the 90-minute flight to Carentan. The Normandy town was at the heart of D-Day drop zones in 1944, when paratroopers jumped in darkness into ...