School trip to the Karst and the Slovenian coast: Škocjan Caves, Lipica and Piran (7 days)

Day 1: Journey to Slovenia

• Early-morning departure from your school at the agreed time.
• Journey to Slovenia via Germany and Austria with two drivers on board: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break, by day and by night.
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Arrival in the Ljubljana area in the evening and check-in.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 2: Lake Cerknica and the Škocjan Caves

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Discovery of Lake Cerknica, an intermittent lake that fills and empties with the seasons, with a nature guide explaining karst phenomena (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Visit of the Škocjan Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the Reka river flows through a huge underground canyon (on request).
• Drive to the Slovenian coast and check-in for four nights.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 3: Lipica, Hrastovlje and Koper

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Visit of the Lipica Stud Farm, founded in 1580, the cradle of the Lipizzaner horses (on request).
• Visit of the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje and its medieval Dance of Death fresco (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Walk through the old town of Koper, a former Venetian city and Slovenia’s main port.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 4: Piran on foot

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• A day on foot in Piran and along the coast, without the coach (rest day for the drivers).
• Guided tour of Piran: Tartini Square, named after the violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, Venetian alleys and town walls (on request).
• Visit of the Piran Aquarium, devoted to the wildlife of the Adriatic (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Supervised free time on the seafront.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 5: The Sečovlje salt pans

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Discovery of the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park, where salt is still harvested using traditional methods, and birdwatching (on request).
• Visit of the Museum of Salt-Making, devoted to the life of the salt workers (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Afternoon swim on a supervised beach, depending on the season, under the teachers’ responsibility.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 6: Drive to Ljubljana

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Drive to Ljubljana, which shortens the return journey.
• Guided tour of the old town: Prešeren Square, the Triple Bridge, the Dragon Bridge and Ljubljana Castle (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 7: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Return journey with two drivers on board, with a 30-minute break after 3 hours of driving at most.
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Arrival back at school late in the evening.