School trip to eastern Slovenia: Maribor, Ptuj, Celje and the Logar Valley (6 days)

Day 1: Journey to Maribor

• 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 Maribor area in the evening and check-in.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 2: Maribor and Ptuj

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Walk in Maribor, Slovenia’s second city, in the Lent district on the banks of the Drava.
• Visit of the Old Vine House, home to a vine over 400 years old, considered the oldest vine in the world still bearing fruit (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• In the afternoon, Ptuj, the oldest town in Slovenia, heir to the Roman city of Poetovio.
• Visit of Ptuj Castle and its collections, including the masks of Kurent, the figure of the local carnival (on request).
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 3: Celje and the Velenje mine

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Visit of Celje Old Castle, stronghold of the powerful Counts of Celje in the Middle Ages (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Visit of the Coal Mining Museum of Slovenia in Velenje, with a descent into the old mine (on request).
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 4: Logar Valley and drive to Ljubljana

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Drive to the Logar Valley, a glacial valley in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps.
• Hike with a nature guide to the Rinka waterfall (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Drive to Ljubljana and check-in for two nights.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 5: Ljubljana on foot

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• A day on foot in Ljubljana, without the coach (rest day for the drivers).
• Guided tour of the old town: Prešeren Square, the Triple Bridge, the Dragon Bridge and the central market (on request).
• Visit of the City Museum of Ljubljana, which displays a wooden wheel some 5,000 years old found in the Ljubljana Marshes (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Walk up to Ljubljana Castle for the view over the city and the Alps.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 6: 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.