Final-year school trip to Luxembourg: the capital, Vianden, the Mullerthal and kayaking (5 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Luxembourg

• Departure from your school in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive to the Grand Duchy via Arlon (about 150 to 300 km depending on your school, 2 to 3.5 hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense, then walk along the Chemin de la Corniche, nicknamed ‘the most beautiful balcony in Europe’, Place d’Armes and the Grand Ducal Palace, seen from the outside.
• Visit to the Bock Casemates, tunnels carved into the rock beneath the old town (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Luxembourg, a European capital

• Morning on the Kirchberg plateau: the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Investment Bank and the Philharmonie, seen from the outside.
• Visit to the Dräi Eechelen Museum in Fort Thüngen, devoted to the history of the fortress (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then ride down in the Pfaffenthal panoramic lift to the Alzette valley (free).
• Walk through the Grund district, at the foot of the UNESCO-listed ramparts.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Hiking in the Mullerthal and kayaking on the Sûre

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to the Mullerthal, ‘Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland’ (about 35 km, 45 min).
• Supervised hike on a section of the Mullerthal Trail, among gorges, sandstone rocks and the Schiessentümpel waterfall.
• Lunch at your own expense (hotel packed lunches on request).
• Kayak trip down the Sûre, with equipment and instructors, depending on the water level.
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Echternach for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Vianden, Clervaux and the Luxembourg Ardennes

• Drive to Vianden, in the Our valley (about 30 km, 40 min).
• Visit to Vianden Castle, one of the largest feudal castles west of the Rhine (on request).
• Chairlift ride above the Our valley (on request), then lunch at your own expense.
• Drive to Clervaux and visit to the photographic exhibition ‘The Family of Man’, listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register (on request).
• Return to the accommodation, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 5: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Stop at the Luxembourg American Cemetery in Hamm, where General Patton is buried (free admission), in memory of the Battle of the Bulge.
• Lunch at your own expense, then daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.