Final-year school trip to Amsterdam and Haarlem: Amsterdam by bike, the dunes and Zandvoort beach (4 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Amsterdam

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to the Netherlands (about 3 hours, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Amsterdam in the late morning, lunch at your own expense, then walk from Dam Square to the Begijnhof and along the canals of the Golden Age canal ring.
• Canal cruise (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation in Haarlem for three nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Amsterdam by bike

• Guided bike ride through Amsterdam: the canals of the centre, the Jordaan, the Museumplein and the Vondelpark.
• Lunch at your own expense, then crossing on the free ferry behind Central Station to Amsterdam-Noord and the former NDSM shipyards.
• Trip up the A'DAM Lookout tower and its view over the whole city (on request).
• Bikes returned, supervised free time in the centre and return to Haarlem.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Haarlem, the dunes and Zandvoort beach

• Discovery of Haarlem: the Grote Markt, St Bavo's Church (Grote Kerk) and its lanes with hofjes, the flower-filled courtyards of former almshouses.
• Visit to the Teylers Museum, the oldest museum in the Netherlands (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then bike hire and a ride of about twelve kilometres through the dunes of the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park to Zandvoort.
• Supervised free time on Zandvoort beach and promenade, then ride back along the dune cycle paths.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Haarlem and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Last supervised walk along the Spaarne to the De Adriaan windmill.
• Departure in the late morning, daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.