Final-year school trip to Munich, Salzburg and Vienna: Marienplatz, Dachau, Mozart, Melk Abbey and Schönbrunn (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Munich

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive through Germany (about 650 to 800 km depending on the departure point, i.e. 8 to 10 hours excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Two drivers take turns at the wheel; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in Munich in the early evening and check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Munich, capital of Bavaria

• Walk through the centre: Marienplatz and the glockenspiel of the New Town Hall, the Frauenkirche and its two onion-domed towers.
• Lunch at your own expense at the Viktualienmarkt, the city’s open-air market.
• The Englischer Garten, one of the largest urban parks in Europe, and the surfers on the Eisbach wave.
• The 1972 Olympic Park and BMW Welt, free to enter; ride up the Olympic Tower (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: The Dachau memorial and drive to Salzburg

• Drive to Dachau (about 30 min) and a self-guided visit to the concentration camp memorial, free to enter.
• Guided tour of the memorial with an educational guide (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Austria (about 170 km, i.e. 2 hours excluding breaks).
• Arrival in Salzburg, a walk in the Mirabell Palace gardens and check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Salzburg, Mozart’s city

• Walk through the old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Getreidegasse, the cathedral and Residenzplatz.
• Visit to Mozart’s birthplace (on request).
• Funicular ride up to Hohensalzburg Fortress (on request), then lunch at your own expense.
• Afternoon at Hellbrunn Palace and its 17th-century trick fountains (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Melk Abbey and arrival in Vienna

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Melk (about 230 km, i.e. 2 hours 45 minutes).
• Visit to the Benedictine abbey of Melk, a baroque masterpiece overlooking the Danube, with its library and church (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Vienna (about 1 hour).
• First tour of the Ringstrasse, lined with the Opera, Parliament and City Hall.
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Imperial Vienna

• Visit to Schönbrunn Palace, the Habsburgs’ summer residence (on request), then a walk up through the gardens to the Gloriette.
• Lunch at your own expense at the Naschmarkt.
• The Hofburg, the Graben and St Stephen’s Cathedral; climb up its towers (on request).
• Evening at the Prater and a ride on the historic giant Ferris wheel (on request).
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 7: Passau and drive to Bavaria

• Departure after breakfast, around 8 am, and daytime drive along the Danube (about 300 km, i.e. 3.5 hours excluding breaks).
• Stop in Passau, the city of three rivers, and lunch at your own expense.
• Drive to Regensburg (about 120 km), with two drivers taking turns.
• Overnight stop in the Regensburg area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast, around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive to Belgium (about 600 to 750 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.