Final-year school trip to Amsterdam and Efteling: canals, the Jordaan, Zaanse Schans and a day at the park (4 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Amsterdam

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to the Netherlands (about 3 hours, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Amsterdam in the late morning, lunch at your own expense.
• Canal cruise: the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht and the Prinsengracht, lined with Golden Age merchants' houses.
• Around 5 pm, check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Dam Square, the Begijnhof and the Jordaan

• Walk on Dam Square, then to the Begijnhof and the floating flower market (Bloemenmarkt) on the Singel.
• Visit to the Anne Frank House (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then walk through the Jordaan, a former working-class district with quiet canals and inner courtyards.
• Supervised free time in the centre.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Zaanse Schans and Amsterdam's museums

• Drive to Zaanse Schans (about 30 min): its working windmills, green wooden houses and clog and cheese workshops.
• Return to Amsterdam and lunch at your own expense.
• Visit to the Rijksmuseum and Rembrandt's “The Night Watch” (on request).
• Walk in the Vondelpark and supervised free time at the Albert Cuyp Market.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: A day at Efteling and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Drive to Efteling, in Kaatsheuvel (about 1 hr 30).
• Full day at the park: the Baron 1898 and Python roller coasters, the Symbolica ride and the Fairytale Forest (Sprookjesbos).
• Departure at park closing time, drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.