Final-year school trip to Paris and London: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre, Westminster and Tower Bridge (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 two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

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

• Visit to the Louvre Museum and the Mona Lisa (on request).
• Walk through the Tuileries Garden to the Place de la Concorde, then up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
• Free lunch, then afternoon in Montmartre: the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (free access), its view over Paris and the Place du Tertre.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Notre-Dame, the ferry and arrival in London

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral, reopened in 2024 after its restoration (free access).
• Daytime drive to Calais (about 3½ hours), free lunch during a stop.
• Ferry crossing of the Channel to Dover (about 1½ hours); the UK is one hour behind Belgium.
• Arrival in London in the early evening (local time), check-in at the accommodation for three nights and dinner.

Day 4: Westminster, Buckingham and the British Museum

• Morning in Westminster: Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (outside view).
• Walk through St James's Park to Buckingham Palace, with the Changing of the Guard on the days it takes place.
• Free lunch, then Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden.
• Visit to the British Museum (free entry): the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian mummies.
• Ride on the London Eye (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Tower Bridge, the South Bank and Camden

• Visit to the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels (on request), then walk across Tower Bridge.
• Free lunch at Borough Market.
• Walk along the South Bank to Tate Modern (free entry) and the Millennium Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral.
• Late afternoon at Camden Market, then last evening in London: dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded into the coach.
• Drive to Dover and ferry crossing to Calais.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops, free lunch on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.