Final-year school trip to Nuremberg and Munich: the Imperial Castle, the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Courtroom 600, Dachau and the Olympic Park (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Nuremberg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive via Frankfurt and Würzburg (about 500 to 700 km depending on your school, 6.5 to 8.5 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 at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in Nuremberg in the late afternoon, check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Nuremberg, imperial city and place of remembrance

• Visit to the Imperial Castle (Kaiserburg), towering over the old town (on request).
• Walk through the old town: the Main Market Square, the Beautiful Fountain and St Lorenz Church.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to the Nazi Party Rally Grounds and walk around the Zeppelin Tribune and the unfinished Congress Hall (free access to the site).
• Visit to the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds (Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände) (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Courtroom 600 and the road to Munich

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and visit to the Memorium Nuremberg Trials and Courtroom 600, where the trial of the major war criminals took place in 1945–1946 (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense in the old town, a chance to taste Nuremberg’s small grilled sausages.
• Drive to Munich (about 170 km, 2 hours).
• A first walk in the city centre.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights and dinner.

Day 4: Munich, the heart of Bavaria

• Walk through the old town: Marienplatz, the New Town Hall and its glockenspiel, then the Frauenkirche and its twin towers.
• Lunch at your own expense at the Viktualienmarkt, the city’s large open-air market.
• Visit to the Residenz, the former palace of the Bavarian kings (on request).
• Stroll through the English Garden, one of Europe’s largest city parks, and a stop to watch the Eisbach surfers.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Dachau and the Olympic Park

• Drive to Dachau (about 20 km, 30 min) and visit to the concentration camp memorial (free admission), with a guided tour (on request).
• Return to Munich and lunch at your own expense.
• Walk through the 1972 Olympic Park and trip up the Olympic Tower (on request).
• Free visit to BMW Welt, the showcase of the Bavarian car industry (free admission).
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 7 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium, with two drivers taking turns and regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.