Final-year school trip to London, Cambridge and Oxford: Westminster, the British Museum, King's College and Christ Church (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in London

• Departure from your school very early in the morning, at the agreed time.
• Daytime drive to Calais (about 2½ to 3½ hours depending on where your school is), then ferry crossing of the Channel to Dover (about 1½ hours); the UK is one hour behind Belgium.
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in London in the early afternoon (local time) and a walk in Westminster: Big Ben, the Abbey and Buckingham Palace (outside view).
• Check-in at the accommodation for five nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: The British Museum and the West End

• Visit to the British Museum (free entry): the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and the Egyptian mummies.
• Free lunch in Covent Garden.
• Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery (free entry), then Piccadilly Circus.
• Ride on the London Eye (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Cambridge, the colleges on the Cam

• Drive to Cambridge (about 1¾ hours).
• Visit to King's College Chapel and its fan vaulting (on request).
• Walk along the Backs, the college lawns on the banks of the Cam, to the Mathematical Bridge at Queens' College.
• Free lunch on Market Square, then a punting trip on the Cam (on request).
• Free visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum (free entry), return to London, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: The Tower of London and the South Bank

• Visit to the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels (on request), then walk across Tower Bridge.
• Free lunch at Borough Market.
• Walk along the South Bank to Tate Modern (free entry) and the Millennium Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Oxford, the city of colleges

• Drive to Oxford (about 1¾ hours).
• Visit to Christ Church, its Great Hall and cathedral (on request).
• Walk from the Radcliffe Camera to the Bridge of Sighs at Hertford College, then free lunch at the Covered Market.
• Free visit to the Ashmolean Museum, the oldest public museum in the United Kingdom (free entry).
• Return to London, last dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Camden and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded into the coach.
• A last stroll through Camden Market and along the Regent's Canal.
• Drive to Dover, ferry crossing to Calais, then daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.