Final-year school trip to Normandy and Brittany: the D-Day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel, Saint-Malo and Cap Fréhel (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school, Honfleur and arrival in Normandy

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to Normandy via the Pont de Normandie (about 430 to 530 km depending on your region, 5 to 6½ hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Free lunch on the way, then a stop in Honfleur: the Vieux Bassin, its narrow houses and the wooden Church of St Catherine.
• Drive to the Caen area (about 1 hour) and check-in at the accommodation for two nights.
• Dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: The D-Day beaches

• Arromanches and the remains of the artificial harbour built by the Allies in June 1944.
• Circular film at the Arromanches 360 cinema (on request).
• Free lunch, then Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer (free access), overlooking the beach.
• Pointe du Hoc and its bomb craters, stormed by the US Rangers (free access).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Mont-Saint-Michel and arrival in Saint-Malo

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, drive to Mont-Saint-Michel (about 1¾ hours) and shuttle to the foot of the rock.
• Climb up the Grande Rue and the ramparts, with views over the bay and its tides, among the strongest in Europe.
• Visit to the abbey and its cloister perched high above the bay (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Saint-Malo (about 1 hour).
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Saint-Malo and Dinan

• Walk around the ramparts of Saint-Malo intra-muros, the corsair city, with views of the islets and forts of the bay.
• At low tide, walk across to the island of Grand Bé and the tomb of Chateaubriand.
• Visit to the Grand Aquarium of Saint-Malo (on request).
• Free lunch, then afternoon in Dinan: its ramparts, the Rue du Jerzual and the old port on the Rance.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Cap Fréhel and an overnight stop near Rouen

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Cap Fréhel (about 45 min): a path along the top of the pink sandstone cliffs, more than 70 m above the sea.
• Visit to Fort La Latte, a castle facing the sea (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to the Rouen area (about 4½ hours).
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Rouen and return to your school

• Departure after breakfast and a walk through old Rouen: the Notre-Dame Cathedral painted by Monet, the Gros-Horloge and the Place du Vieux-Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned.
• Free lunch, then daytime drive back to Belgium (about 3½ to 4½ hours depending on your region).
• Regular stops: a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.