Final-year school trip to Berlin and Prague: the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall, Dresden and Charles Bridge (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Berlin

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive via Cologne, Hanover and Magdeburg (about 650 to 850 km depending on your school, 8 to 10 hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Berlin in the early evening, check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Historic Berlin

• The Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
• Lunch at your own expense, then Museum Island and Berlin Cathedral.
• Cruise on the Spree between Museum Island and the government quarter.
• At the end of the day, visit to the glass dome of the Reichstag (free, with prior registration).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Berlin, a divided city

• The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße and its preserved section of wall.
• Checkpoint Charlie and the Topography of Terror documentation centre.
• Lunch at your own expense, then interactive visit to the DDR Museum (on request).
• Walk along the East Side Gallery and supervised free time in Kreuzberg.
• Dinner and last evening in Berlin.

Day 4: Dresden and arrival in Prague

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Dresden (about 190 km, 2.5 hours).
• Walk through the old town: the rebuilt Frauenkirche, the courtyards of the Zwinger and Brühl’s Terrace on the Elbe.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Prague (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Prague, from the castle to the Old Town

• The Prague Castle district and the changing of the guard; visit to St Vitus Cathedral and Golden Lane (on request).
• Walk down through the Lesser Town (Malá Strana) to Charles Bridge and its Baroque statues.
• Lunch at your own expense, then Old Town Square and its Astronomical Clock.
• Cruise on the Vltava in the late afternoon (on request).
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Prague.

Day 6: Morning in Prague and drive to Nuremberg

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Visit to the Josefov Jewish Quarter, its synagogues and Old Jewish Cemetery (on request), then Wenceslas Square.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to the Nuremberg area (about 300 km, 3 hours 45 min).
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 550 to 700 km) with regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.