Final-year school trip to Kent and London: Canterbury, the White Cliffs of Dover, Leeds Castle and Westminster (5 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school, ferry and the White Cliffs of Dover

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Calais (about 2.5 to 3.5 hours depending on the departure point, excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Ferry crossing from Calais to Dover (about 1.5 hours), arriving in front of the white cliffs; the UK is one hour behind Belgium.
• Walk along the White Cliffs of Dover path, then visit to Dover Castle and the secret wartime tunnels from which the Dunkirk evacuation was directed in 1940 (on request).
• Drive to Canterbury (about 30 min), check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Canterbury and Leeds Castle

• Visit to Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England and the site of Thomas Becket's murder in 1170 (on request).
• Walk through the medieval streets and along the city walls, then a boat trip on the River Stour (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Leeds Castle (about 40 min).
• Visit to Leeds Castle, surrounded by its lake and gardens, with its maze (on request).
• Return to Canterbury, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: On the way to London

• Rooms vacated and drive to London (about 1 hour 45 min).
• Walk around Westminster: Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the Abbey.
• St James's Park, Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery (free admission).
• Supervised free time in Covent Garden.
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: London, from the British Museum to the Tower

• Visit to the British Museum (free admission): the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and the Egyptian mummies.
• Visit to the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels (on request), then a walk across Tower Bridge.
• Free lunch at Borough Market and a walk along the South Bank to Tate Modern (free admission).
• Supervised free time at Camden Market.
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 5: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Daytime drive to Dover (about 2 hours) and ferry crossing to Calais.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium with regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.