Final-year school trip to London and southern England: Westminster, Canterbury, Windsor, Stonehenge, Portsmouth and Brighton (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school, Canterbury and arrival in London

• Departure from your school very early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Calais (about 2½ to 3½ hours depending on where your school is).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Ferry crossing of the Channel to Dover (about 1½ hours); the UK is one hour behind Belgium.
• Drive to Canterbury (about 30 min), free lunch and visit to the cathedral, cradle of the Church of England (on request).
• Drive to London (about 1½ hours), check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: Westminster, Buckingham and the British Museum

• Morning in Westminster: Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (outside view).
• Walk through St James's Park to Buckingham Palace, with the Changing of the Guard on the days it takes place.
• Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery (free admission), then free lunch in Covent Garden.
• Visit to the British Museum (free admission): the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian mummies.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: The Tower of London, the South Bank and Camden

• Visit to the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels (on request).
• Crossing of Tower Bridge and free lunch at Borough Market.
• Walk along the South Bank to Tate Modern (free admission) and the Millennium Bridge, facing St Paul’s Cathedral.
• Late afternoon at Camden Market.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in London.

Day 4: Windsor and Stonehenge

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Windsor (about 1 hour).
• Visit to Windsor Castle, the oldest occupied royal residence in the world (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Stonehenge (about 1½ hours).
• Visit to Stonehenge, a circle of stones raised nearly 5,000 years ago, and its visitor centre (on request).
• Drive to the accommodation in the Southampton or Portsmouth area for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Salisbury and Portsmouth

• Drive to Salisbury and visit to the cathedral, which has the tallest spire in Britain and keeps one of the original copies of Magna Carta (on request).
• Drive to Portsmouth (about 1 hour) and free lunch.
• Visit to the Historic Dockyard: HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar, and the wreck of the Mary Rose (on request).
• Walk through Old Portsmouth and along the Gunwharf Quays waterfront, at the foot of the Spinnaker Tower.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Brighton and the Seven Sisters

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Brighton (about 1½ hours).
• Visit to the Royal Pavilion, King George IV’s extravagant Indian-style palace (on request).
• Free lunch, a walk on Brighton Palace Pier and through the alleys of The Lanes.
• Drive to Birling Gap and walk along the top of the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters.
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Brighton or Eastbourne for one night, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast and drive to Dover (about 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing of the Channel to Calais, with a view of the White Cliffs of Dover; France is one hour ahead of the UK.
• Free lunch on board or during a break, then daytime drive back to Belgium with regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.