Fodor's Expert Review Hotel du Casino

You can't get closer to the action than this—this handsome, triangular-gabled stone hotel looks directly onto Omaha Beach. The bar is made from an old lifeboat, and it's no surprise that seafood and regional cuisine with creamy sauces predominate in the airy sea-view restaurant, where hotel guests are reserved a table by the window. Three generations of the same family have welcome guests here, including the likes of Dwight D. Eisenhower.