Final-year school trip to Champagne and Paris: Reims, Épernay, the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-463
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Reims cathedral and its cellars, the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay, then three days in Paris, from the Eiffel Tower to Montmartre.
This final-year trip begins about three hours’ drive from Belgium, in Reims, where the kings of France were crowned and where champagne cellars run deep into former chalk pits listed by UNESCO. After Épernay and its vineyard slopes, pupils spend three days in Paris: a Seine cruise, the Eiffel Tower, the reopened Notre-Dame, the Latin Quarter, the Louvre, Montmartre and, to finish, Versailles. A journey linking heritage, history and the big city. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote; the journey is made by day, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving, and the coach stays with the group throughout the stay.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Reims
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Champagne (about 3 hours depending on your school, excluding breaks).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Free lunch, then visit to Reims Cathedral (free admission): the Smiling Angel, the Gallery of Kings and the Chagall stained-glass windows.
- Visit to the cellars of a champagne house, dug into the Gallo-Roman chalk pits listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (no alcohol tasting for pupils).
- Check-in at the accommodation in Reims for one night, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 2: Épernay, Hautvillers and drive to Paris
- Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Hautvillers (about 40 minutes), the village of Dom Pérignon’s abbey, with views over the Marne valley.
- Walk along the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay and its prestigious houses.
- Free lunch, then drive to Paris (about 2 hours).
- Check-in at the accommodation in Paris or the Île-de-France region for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: Paris and its great monuments
- Walk from the Trocadéro to the Champ-de-Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
- Ascent of the Eiffel Tower (on request).
- Boat cruise on the Seine, from the Pont d’Iéna to the Île de la Cité.
- Free lunch, then walk up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: Notre-Dame, the Louvre and Montmartre
- Visit to Notre-Dame de Paris, reopened in December 2024 after its restoration (free admission), and a stroll around the Île de la Cité.
- Walk through the Latin Quarter, from the Sorbonne to the Panthéon and the Luxembourg Gardens.
- Free lunch, then visit to the Louvre and the Mona Lisa (on request).
- Late afternoon in Montmartre: the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (free admission) and the Place du Tertre with its painters.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 5: Versailles and return to your school
- Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
- Drive to Versailles (about 45 minutes) and visit to the palace: the Hall of Mirrors and the State Apartments (on request).
- Walk in Le Nôtre’s gardens, then free lunch.
- Departure in the early afternoon and daytime drive back to Belgium.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group's disposal throughout the stay
- The services of one driver (two drivers if the journey requires it)
- 4 nights in a hotel or youth hostel (1 night in Reims and 3 nights in Paris or the Île-de-France region), rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 5
- The visit to the cellars of a champagne house in Reims (no alcohol tasting for pupils)
- The coach excursion to Hautvillers and Épernay
- The boat cruise on the Seine
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the driver
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls
The price does not include
- Ascent of the Eiffel Tower
- Visit to the Louvre
- Visit to the Palace of Versailles
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no champagne tasting for pupils, as French law prohibits serving alcohol to minors, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions, vigilance against pickpockets in the metro and at busy sites in Paris).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school's online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: March to June and September to November; the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Versailles (closed on Mondays) are booked in advance by time slot, and many national museums are free for young Europeans under 26. France uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium. Lunches are not included: allow a budget of around €12–15 per pupil per day in Paris; on request, the hotel can provide packed lunches.
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- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
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Final-year school trip to Champagne and Paris: Reims, Épernay, the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre (5 days)
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