The Arromanches 360° cinema is a popular introduction to touring the D-Day landing beaches. The belvedere gives excellent free views of the Mulberries.
The Arromanches 360° Cinéma Circulaire is a circular cinema showing archive footage from the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy that followed. It is not a museum and visitors will learn little new or any specific facts other than reading a few panels while waiting for the movie to start. Even if not visiting the cinema, visit the site to appreciate the view of the remaining mulberries that formed Port Winston that supplied the Allies with material during Operation Overlord and the Battle for Normandy.
Arromanches 360° is a circular cinema showing films on nine large screens with visitors standing in the center of the room with sound seemingly coming from all directions. The movie includes amazing archive footage of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy and the full Operation Overlord.
Arromanches 360° is not a museum and should not be treated as such. Visitors will learn very little new, if at all, from the movie. No explanations are given and it is assumed that visitors should at least be versed on the basics of D-Day before seeing the movie.A few panels and video material can be studied while waiting for the show to start.
Admission is €5.50 for adults, €5 for children 10 to 18, and free for under 10 year olds. Combination tickets are available with the Mémorial de Caen museum.
Opening hours jump around quite a bit but is generally around 10 am to 6 pm – a bit longer in summer and closed most of January. See Arromanches 360 for details.
The remains of the mulberries, especially the breakwaters, can still clearly be seen at low tide. Some of the finest views are from the panorama viewing point at Arromanches 360°.
Alternatively, it is a pleasant but steep uphill walk from the town center and beaches of Arromanches. In summer, a free tourist train also provides transportation from the D-Day Landing Museum (Musée du Débarquement) in Arromanches to the top of the hill and the belvedere.
The mulberries can also be seen from the German battery at Longues-sur-Mer.