Final-year school trip to Frankfurt: Heidelberg, Würzburg and the Residence (5 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Frankfurt

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive to Germany via Aachen and Cologne (about 330 to 450 km depending on your school, 4 to 5.5 hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Frankfurt in the early afternoon: discovery of the Römerberg, its half-timbered houses and St Bartholomew’s Cathedral, where emperors were crowned.
• Check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Frankfurt, between skyscrapers and history

• Walk to the Paulskirche, birthplace of the first elected German parliament (1848), then through the rebuilt old town (DomRömer).
• Trip up to the viewing platform of the Main Tower, 200 m above the city (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense in the Kleinmarkthalle, the covered market hall of the people of Frankfurt.
• Stop at Willy-Brandt-Platz and its large euro sculpture, then visit to the Senckenberg Museum and its dinosaur skeletons (on request).
• Crossing of the Eiserner Steg to Sachsenhausen, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Excursion to Heidelberg

• Drive to Heidelberg (about 90 km, 1 hour 15 minutes).
• Funicular ride up to the castle and visit to the ruins, the terrace and the famous giant wine barrel (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense on the Hauptstraße, then discovery of Germany’s oldest university (1386) and its student prison, the Studentenkarzer (on request).
• Crossing of the Old Bridge and walk up to the Philosophers’ Walk for the finest view of the town and the Neckar.
• Return to Frankfurt, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Excursion to Würzburg

• Drive to Würzburg (about 120 km, 1.5 hours), in the heart of Franconia.
• Visit to the Residence, a UNESCO World Heritage baroque palace, and Tiepolo’s fresco above the grand staircase (on request).
• Walk in the Residence gardens (Hofgarten), then lunch at your own expense near the market square.
• Crossing of the Old Main Bridge, lined with statues of saints, and walk up to Marienberg Fortress for the view over the town and the vineyards.
• Return to Frankfurt, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 5: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Last supervised free morning in the centre of Frankfurt, around the Zeil and the Hauptwache.
• Departure in the late morning, daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.