Final-year school trip to Champagne: Reims, Épernay and Verdun (4 days)
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Reference RTO-04-464
- Duration 4 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Reims’ coronation cathedral, the chalk cellars of a champagne house, the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay and the battlefields of Verdun.
About three hours away, Champagne offers a rich trip that is easy to organise: Reims Cathedral, where the kings of France were crowned, cellars dug into former Gallo-Roman chalk pits listed by UNESCO, Épernay and its vineyards, then a day in Verdun to understand the great battle of 1916. A journey that links Gothic art, living heritage and the duty of remembrance. 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 on site.
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 stops).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Lunch at your own expense, then visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims (free entry): the Smiling Angel, the Kings’ Gallery and the Chagall stained-glass windows.
- Visit to the Palace of Tau, the former archbishops’ palace housing the coronation treasury (on request).
- Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 2: A champagne house, Épernay and Hautvillers
- Visit to the cellars of a champagne house in Reims, in the Gallo-Roman chalk pits listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (no alcohol tasting for pupils).
- Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Épernay (about 40 min) and walk along the Avenue de Champagne and its prestigious houses.
- Stop in Hautvillers, the village of Dom Pérignon’s abbey, with a panoramic view of the Marne valley and its vineyard slopes.
- Return to Reims, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: A day in Verdun
- Drive to Verdun (about 1 hour 45) and visit to the Verdun Memorial in Fleury-devant-Douaumont, devoted to the soldiers’ lives during the battle of 1916.
- Visit to Fort Douaumont (on request).
- Lunch at your own expense, then a moment of remembrance at the Douaumont Ossuary and the national cemetery of 16,000 graves (free access).
- Stop at the Trench of Bayonets and the destroyed village of Fleury (free access).
- Return to Reims, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: Reims, the peace of 1945 and return to your school
- Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
- Visit to the Museum of the Surrender, where the German capitulation was signed on 7 May 1945 (on request).
- Stop at the Basilica of Saint-Remi (free entry), then lunch at your own expense.
- Departure in the afternoon, 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
- 3 nights in a hotel or youth hostel in or around Reims, 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 4
- The visit to the cellars of a champagne house in Reims (no alcohol tasting for pupils)
- The coach excursion to Épernay and Hautvillers
- The coach excursion to Verdun with admission to the Verdun Memorial
- 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
- Visit to the Palace of Tau
- Visit to Fort Douaumont
- Visit to the Museum of the Surrender
- 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, respectful and quiet behaviour at the memorial sites).
- 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; some Verdun sites close for a few weeks in winter. It is 10 to 12 °C in the champagne cellars: bring a jacket and good shoes. France uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium. Lunches are not included: allow a budget of around €10–15 per pupil per day; on request, the hotel can provide packed lunches.
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Free places
- 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: Reims, Épernay and Verdun (4 days)
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- From 20 participants
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