Final-year school trip to Bavaria and the Tyrol: Munich, Neuschwanstein, Innsbruck and the Achensee (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Munich

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Munich (about 650 to 800 km, i.e. 8 to 9.5 hours excluding breaks depending on the departure point).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Two drivers take turns at the wheel; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in the early evening, check-in at the accommodation in or around Munich for two nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Munich

• Marienplatz, the New Town Hall and its Glockenspiel, then the Frauenkirche.
• Visit to the Deutsches Museum, one of the largest museums of science and technology in the world (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense at the Viktualienmarkt, the large open-air market.
• Walk through the Englischer Garten and a stop at the Eisbach bridge, where surfers ride a permanent wave.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Neuschwanstein and the Fern Pass

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Hohenschwangau (about 130 km, 2 hours).
• Visit to Neuschwanstein Castle, King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s dream in stone (on request), and the view from Mary’s Bridge.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive into the Tyrol over the Fern Pass (about 100 km, 2 hours).
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Innsbruck for three nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 4: Innsbruck, city and mountains

• The old town, the Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) and Maria-Theresien-Straße.
• Visit to the Court Church (Hofkirche) and its 28 bronze statues around Emperor Maximilian’s cenotaph (on request).
• Funicular and Nordkette cable car ride up to the Hafelekar, at over 2,200 m (on request).
• Visit to the Bergisel ski jump, designed by Zaha Hadid (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Crystals, Hall’s old town and the Achensee

• Drive to Wattens (about 20 km) and visit to Swarovski Crystal Worlds (on request).
• Walk through the old town of Hall in Tirol, the largest in the Tyrol.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to the Achensee (about 40 km), the largest lake in the Tyrol.
• Boat cruise on the Achensee (on request).
• Dinner and a last supervised evening in Innsbruck.

Day 6: The Partnach Gorge and drive to the overnight stop

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (about 60 km, 1 hour).
• Easy walk through the Partnach Gorge, starting from the Olympic ski jump stadium (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then daytime drive to the Stuttgart or Ulm area (about 250 to 300 km, 3 to 3.5 hours).
• Overnight stop, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 7: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast, around 8 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 450 to 650 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.