Final-year school trip to Prague: the castle, Malá Strana, the old town, the Jewish quarter and Kutná Hora (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Prague

• Departure from your school very early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive via Frankfurt and Nuremberg (about 800 to 900 km depending on your school, 10 to 11 hours excluding stops), with two drivers taking turns.
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Prague in the evening, check-in at the accommodation for five nights and dinner.

Day 2: The old town and the Jewish quarter

• Walking tour of the old town: Old Town Square, the Týn Church and the astronomical clock on the town hall, whose apostles parade every hour.
• Discovery of the Josefov Jewish quarter and visit to its synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery with the Jewish Museum (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then walk to Wenceslas Square, the heart of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
• Visit to the Museum of Communism (on request).
• Dinner, then crossing of Charles Bridge lit up at night during the supervised evening.

Day 3: Prague Castle and Malá Strana

• Walk up to Prague Castle, one of the largest castle complexes in the world, and changing of the guard at noon.
• Visit to St Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace and Golden Lane (on request).
• Walk down the castle steps to the baroque Malá Strana district and lunch at your own expense.
• The John Lennon Wall and Kampa Island, at the foot of Charles Bridge.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Kutná Hora, the silver town

• Drive to Kutná Hora (about 80 km, 1 hr 15 min), a former silver-mining town listed by UNESCO.
• Visit to the Sedlec Ossuary, a chapel decorated with the bones of tens of thousands of people (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk through the historic centre to St Barbara’s Cathedral and a visit inside (on request).
• A look at the Italian Court, the former royal mint where the Prague groschen was struck.
• Return to Prague, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Vyšehrad, Petřín and the Vltava

• Morning at Vyšehrad, an ancient fortress overlooking the Vltava, and its cemetery where Dvořák and Smetana are buried.
• Stop at the Dancing House, Frank Gehry’s wavy building on the riverside.
• Lunch at your own expense, then funicular ride up Petřín Hill and its lookout tower (on request).
• One-hour cruise on the Vltava (on request).
• 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.