Final-year school trip to Alsace: Colmar, the Wine Route, Haut-Kœnigsbourg and Strasbourg (4 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Colmar

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to Alsace via Luxembourg (about 6 hrs 30 from Brussels, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival in Colmar in the afternoon: walk through Little Venice and the Tanners' Quarter, past the Maison Pfister and the Maison des Têtes.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Haut-Kœnigsbourg and the Wine Route villages

• Drive to the castle of Haut-Kœnigsbourg (about 40 min) and visit to this medieval fortress restored in the early 20th century, at an altitude of 750 m.
• Visit to the Montagne des Singes in Kintzheim, where Barbary macaques live in semi-freedom (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then Riquewihr, a fortified village in the heart of the vineyards.
• Stop in Kaysersberg, with its fortified bridge and castle ruins, then return to Colmar.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Colmar and Eguisheim

• Visit to the Unterlinden Museum and the Isenheim Altarpiece (on request).
• Boat ride on the Lauch in Little Venice (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Eguisheim (about 15 min), a circular village with concentric lanes.
• Return to Colmar and supervised free time in the old town.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Strasbourg and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach, drive to Strasbourg (about 1 hour).
• Discovery of Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Grande Île, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Boat trip on the Ill around the Grande Île and Petite France, then lunch at your own expense.
• Departure in the early afternoon, daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.