Cherbourg taxi firm to mont st Michel, Bayeux or Normandy beaches

[Cruisingcouple22]

Hi all,

Just got back from a mini cruise to Cherbourg. We wanted to visit Bayeux to see the tapestry so we hired a car, ended up costing about £45 pounds and then £20 I petrol.

On getting off the boat we saw this poster for a taxi tour, very reasonable prices!

Haven’t used them before so maybe check them out on trip advisor/Facebook. But defiantly worth a look

Has anyone used them before?

 

 

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[cruisingaussies]

On 5/27/2018 at 9:09 PM, Cruisingcouple22 said:

Hi all,

Just got back from a mini cruise to Cherbourg. We wanted to visit Bayeux to see the tapestry so we hired a car, ended up costing about £45 pounds and then £20 I petrol.

On getting off the boat we saw this poster for a taxi tour, very reasonable prices!

Haven’t used them before so maybe check them out on trip advisor/Facebook. But defiantly worth a look

Has anyone used them before?

 

 

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Thanks so much for this post.  We'll be in Cherbourg in July and this is really helpful.

Did you happen to notice whether there were many of these taxis/cars around so that you can just pick one up at the port rather than book in advance?  I made enquiries from the company's website and they require full payment if you book on-line.  We prefer not to do this as we once got stung when people didn't turn up for an excursion we'd pre-paid on their behalf, making it a very expensive tour.

Thanks!

[John Bull]

My reading of the poster, vaguely confirmed on their website, says a total of €280 (MSM) or €200 (D-Day beaches) for two or four people.

That's very different to approx €75 for a car plus fuel.

The advertiser doesn't say whether these are guided tours or simply vehicle plus driver, but climbing MSM is very long and steep and a guided group will walk at the pace of the slowest, and D-Day (they have a sensible itinerary for a 5-hour tour, though a slightly longer one would allow the inclusion of Pointe du Hoc) doesn't need a guide - there's plenty of  info and staff at the various sights.

 

I've no comparisons for the price of the tour (other than the likes of Overlord for an expensive but far superior D-Day tour), but I certainly don't rate the prices quoted as being particularly inexpensive.

 

Just MHO, as always.

 

JB