Final-year school trip to Paris: the Palace of Versailles, the Marais, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Élysées (4 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 4½ hours depending on where your school is, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Paris around midday; free lunch, then a walk through the Marais: the Place des Vosges, the oldest royal square in Paris, and its mansions.
• Supervised free time around the Rue des Rosiers, then past the Hôtel de Ville.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: A day at the Palace of Versailles

• Drive to Versailles (about 45 min).
• Visit to the palace: the King's and Queen's State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors.
• Free lunch, then a walk through the formal French gardens designed by Le Nôtre, down to the Grand Canal.
• Rowing boat hire on the Grand Canal, in fine weather (on request).
• Return to Paris, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: The Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées and the Seine

• Morning at the Eiffel Tower: group photo from the Trocadéro and a walk on the Champ-de-Mars.
• Trip up to the 2nd floor or the top of the Eiffel Tower (on request).
• Free lunch, then a walk up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
• Down to the Place de la Concorde and the Tuileries Garden.
• Guided cruise of about one hour on the Seine at the end of the day (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: The Île de la Cité and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded into the coach.
• Morning on the Île de la Cité: visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral (free entry) and to the Sainte-Chapelle and its stained glass (on request).
• Departure in the early afternoon, daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.