Final-year school trip to Brittany: Mont-Saint-Michel, Saint-Malo, the Pink Granite Coast, Pointe du Raz and Carnac (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Saint-Malo

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Brittany via Rouen and Caen (about 620 km from Brussels, 7 hours' driving excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Free lunch on the way.
• Arrival in the late afternoon, check-in at the accommodation in or around Saint-Malo for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: Mont-Saint-Michel, Cancale and Saint-Malo

• Drive to Mont-Saint-Michel (about 55 km, 1 hour) and shuttle to the foot of the rock.
• Climb up the Grande Rue and visit to the abbey (on request).
• Drive to Cancale, its harbour and its oyster beds facing the bay, free lunch.
• Back in Saint-Malo: walk round the ramparts of the walled town and, at low tide, crossing on foot to the island of Grand Bé, where Chateaubriand is buried.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: The Pink Granite Coast and drive to Finistère

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Perros-Guirec (about 160 km, 2 hours).
• Walk along the customs officers’ path at Ploumanac’h, among jumbles of pink rocks, coves and a lighthouse.
• Free lunch, then drive to Quimper (about 160 km, 2¼ hours).
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Quimper for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Brest, Océanopolis and the Crozon Peninsula

• Drive to Brest (about 70 km, 1 hour) and visit to Océanopolis, the ocean discovery park with its polar, temperate and tropical pavilions (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to the Crozon Peninsula over the Térénez bridge.
• Walk at the Pointe de Pen-Hir, facing the Tas de Pois rocks.
• Stop at the harbour of Camaret-sur-Mer, then return to Quimper.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The Pointe du Raz and Quimper

• Drive to the Pointe du Raz (about 50 km, 1 hour), a Grand Site de France at the tip of Cornouaille, facing the Île de Sein.
• Walk along the paths of the headland to the Baie des Trépassés.
• Back to Quimper and free lunch, a chance to try Breton crêpes and galettes.
• Afternoon in old Quimper: Saint-Corentin Cathedral, the half-timbered houses and the banks of the Odet.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Finistère.

Day 6: Concarneau, Carnac and Vannes

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Concarneau (about 25 km): walk through the Ville Close, a fortified town on an islet in the harbour.
• Drive to Carnac (about 110 km, 1½ hours) and free lunch.
• The Carnac alignments, nearly 3,000 standing stones raised more than 6,000 years ago, and guided tour of the site (on request).
• Drive to Vannes (about 30 km): the old town, the ramparts and their gardens, the harbour.
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Vannes for one night, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast and daytime drive back to Belgium (about 770 km to Brussels, 8½ hours' driving excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch on the way and regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.