Final-year school trip to London: a West End musical, Covent Garden, Soho and the Southbank (4 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 along the Southbank, from the London Eye to Tate Modern (free entry), beside the Thames.
• Ride on the London Eye (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: Westminster, Covent Garden, Soho and a musical

• Morning in Westminster: Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace (outside view).
• Free lunch in Covent Garden, among street performers and market halls.
• Afternoon in Soho and Chinatown, then Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.
• Early dinner, then a musical in a West End theatre.
• Supervised return to the accommodation.

Day 3: Shakespeare's Globe, Borough Market and the British Museum

• Guided tour of Shakespeare's Globe, the reconstruction of Shakespeare's theatre on the banks of the Thames (on request).
• Free lunch at Borough Market, then across Tower Bridge with a view of the Tower of London.
• Afternoon at the British Museum (free entry): the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian mummies.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Trafalgar Square and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded into the coach.
• Last stop at Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery (free entry) before leaving London.
• Drive to Dover, ferry crossing to Calais, then daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.