Final-year school trip to Paris and the Île-de-France: Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Montmartre, Versailles and Fontainebleau (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Paris

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Paris (about 3½ to 5 hours depending on your region, excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival around midday and free lunch.
• Afternoon in Montmartre: the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (free admission), its view over the whole of Paris, and the Place du Tertre and its painters.
• Check-in at the accommodation for six nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: Eiffel Tower, the Seine and the Champs-Élysées

• Walk from the Trocadéro to the Champ-de-Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
• Trip up to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower (on request).
• One-hour cruise on the Seine, from the Eiffel Tower to Notre-Dame, then free lunch.
• Walk up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe and climb to its rooftop terrace (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Île de la Cité, the Latin Quarter and the Luxembourg

• Visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral, reopened in 2024 after its restoration (free admission).
• Visit to the Sainte-Chapelle and its stained-glass windows (on request).
• Free lunch in the Latin Quarter, then the Sorbonne and the Panthéon (outside view).
• Break in the Luxembourg Gardens and supervised free time in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: The Palace of Versailles

• Drive to Versailles (about 45 min) and visit to the palace, the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors (on request).
• Free lunch in the gardens.
• Walk through André Le Nôtre’s gardens to the Grand Canal (free access except on show days).
• Return to Paris, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The Louvre, the Palais-Royal and the Marais

• Visit to the Louvre Museum, from the Mona Lisa to the Venus de Milo (on request).
• Walk through the Tuileries Garden, then the Palais-Royal garden and its Buren columns.
• Free lunch, then afternoon in the Marais: the Place des Vosges, the mansions and the Hôtel de Ville.
• Supervised free time in the area.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Fontainebleau and the Opéra district

• Drive to Fontainebleau (about 1¼ hours) and visit to the château, residence of French rulers for eight centuries (on request).
• Walk in the park and free lunch.
• Back in Paris: the façade of the Palais Garnier and the free rooftop terrace of the Galeries Lafayette.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Paris.

Day 7: Saint-Denis and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Drive to Saint-Denis and visit to the basilica, burial place of the kings of France (on request).
• Free lunch, then daytime drive back to Belgium with regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.