Final-year school trip to Brittany and Normandy: the D-Day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel, Saint-Malo, the Pink Granite Coast and Étretat (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school, Rouen and arrival in the Bessin

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you, and drive to Rouen (about 300 to 450 km depending on your school).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk through old Rouen: the cathedral painted by Monet, the Gros-Horloge and the Place du Vieux-Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned.
• Drive to the Bayeux area (about 150 km, 1¾ hours).
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: The D-Day beaches

• Arromanches and the remains of the artificial harbour, with the 360° film on the Battle of Normandy (on request).
• Omaha Beach and the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer (free), overlooking the beach.
• Lunch at your own expense, then Pointe du Hoc and its bomb craters (free).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Mont-Saint-Michel and arrival in Saint-Malo

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Mont-Saint-Michel (about 125 km, 1½ hours).
• Guided walk across the bay, barefoot on the sand, depending on the tide times (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then up the Grande Rue and visit to the abbey (on request).
• Drive to Saint-Malo (about 55 km, 1 hour) and check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Saint-Malo, Cancale and Dinan

• Walk around the ramparts of Saint-Malo’s walled town and, at low tide, on foot to the islet of Grand Bé.
• Visit to the Grand Aquarium of Saint-Malo (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense in Cancale, the oyster capital, facing the bay.
• Afternoon in Dinan, a medieval town of half-timbered houses with a port on the Rance.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Cap Fréhel and the Pink Granite Coast

• Drive to Cap Fréhel (about 50 km, 1 hour) and its pink sandstone cliffs 70 m above the sea.
• Visit to Fort La Latte, a castle perched on a rocky spur (on request).
• Drive to Ploumanac’h (about 110 km, 1¾ hours) and lunch at your own expense in Perros-Guirec.
• Walk along the customs officers’ path among the pink granite rocks, then return to Saint-Malo.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Brittany.

Day 6: Honfleur and the Alabaster Coast

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Honfleur (about 300 km, 3½ hours).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk around the Vieux Bassin and the wooden Church of St Catherine.
• Crossing of the Pont de Normandie over the Seine estuary.
• Check-in at the accommodation in the Étretat or Le Havre area for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Étretat and Le Havre

• Walk along the cliffs of Étretat to the Falaise d’Aval, the Needle and the Manneporte.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Le Havre (about 30 km).
• The city centre rebuilt by Auguste Perret, listed by UNESCO, and the Church of St Joseph with its lantern tower (free).
• Supervised free time on Le Havre beach.
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 350 to 500 km) with regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.