Final-year school trip to Innsbruck and the Tyrol: the Golden Roof, Swarovski Kristallwelten, Lake Achensee and the Stubai Glacier (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Innsbruck

• Departure from your school very early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive via Stuttgart and Ulm (about 780 to 900 km depending on your school, 9.5 to 11 hours excluding stops), with two drivers taking turns.
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in Innsbruck in the evening, check-in at the accommodation for five nights and dinner.

Day 2: Innsbruck, capital of the Alps

• Walk through the old town: Maria-Theresien-Straße, the City Tower and the Golden Roof, with its 2,657 gilded copper tiles.
• Visit to the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) of Innsbruck (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense.
• Ride up on the Hungerburg funicular, with stations designed by Zaha Hadid, then on the Nordkette cable cars to the Hafelekar at 2,256 m (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Swarovski Crystal Worlds and Hall in Tirol

• Drive to Wattens (about 20 km, 25 min) and visit to Swarovski Crystal Worlds (Kristallwelten), with the Giant and its Chambers of Wonder (on request).
• Walk through the old town of Hall in Tirol, the largest in the Tyrol, and lunch at your own expense.
• Return to Innsbruck and visit to the Bergisel ski jump, also designed by Zaha Hadid, with views over the city (on request).
• Supervised free time in the centre.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Lake Achensee and Rattenberg

• Drive to Lake Achensee (about 50 km, 50 min), the largest lake in the Tyrol, nicknamed the “Tyrolean Sea”.
• Boat trip on the lake, between Pertisau and the Karwendel mountains (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense by the lake.
• Stop in Rattenberg, one of the smallest towns in Austria, and its glassblowing workshops.
• Return to Innsbruck, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The Stubai Glacier and Ambras Castle

• Drive to the Stubai Valley (about 40 km, 50 min) and gondola ride up the Stubai Glacier to the “Top of Tyrol” platform at 3,210 m (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense.
• Visit to Ambras Castle, the Renaissance residence of Archduke Ferdinand II, and its Spanish Hall (on request).
• Walk in the castle park.
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 7 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium, with two drivers taking turns and regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.