Final-year school trip to Paris: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Versailles, Montmartre and Notre-Dame (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Paris

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to Paris (about 3½ to 5 hours depending on your region, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival around noon, free lunch, then a walk from the Trocadéro to the Champ-de-Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
• Up to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower (on request).
• One-hour cruise on the Seine, then check-in at the accommodation for five nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: The Louvre, the Tuileries and the Champs-Élysées

• Visit to the Louvre Museum and the Mona Lisa (on request).
• Walk through the Tuileries Garden to the Place de la Concorde and its obelisk.
• Free lunch, then up the Avenue des Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
• Up to the terrace of the Arc de Triomphe (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: A day at the Palace of Versailles

• Drive to Versailles (about 45 min).
• Visit to the palace, the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors (on request).
• Free lunch, then a walk through Le Nôtre's formal French gardens to the Grand Canal (free access except on days with paid shows).
• Return to Paris in the late afternoon.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Montmartre and the Musée d'Orsay

• Morning in Montmartre: the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (free access), its view over Paris and the painters of the Place du Tertre.
• Free lunch on the hill.
• Visit to the Musée d'Orsay and its Impressionists (on request).
• Walk through Saint-Germain-des-Prés and along the booksellers' quays.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Notre-Dame, the Latin Quarter and the Marais

• Visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral, reopened in 2024 after its restoration (free access).
• Visit to the Sainte-Chapelle and its stained-glass windows (on request).
• The Latin Quarter, the Sorbonne and the Panthéon, then free lunch and a break in the Luxembourg Gardens.
• Afternoon in the Marais: the Place des Vosges, its mansions and the Hôtel de Ville.
• Last evening in Paris: dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: The Opéra district and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded into the coach.
• Last morning in the Opéra district: the façade of the Palais Garnier and the free rooftop terrace of the Galeries Lafayette.
• Free lunch, then daytime drive back to Belgium, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.