Final-year school trip to Salzburg and the Salzkammergut: Hallstatt, salt mines, the Wolfgangsee and the Mondsee (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and drive to Bavaria

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Germany (about 550 to 650 km, i.e. 7 to 8 hours excluding breaks depending on the departure point).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Two drivers take turns at the wheel; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Overnight stop in the Nuremberg area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Arrival in Salzburg

• Departure after breakfast and drive to Salzburg (about 300 km, 3.5 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk through the Mirabell Gardens and across the Salzach.
• The Getreidegasse and a visit to Mozart’s Birthplace (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Salzburg for four nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 3: Salzburg and the Hallein salt mine

• Funicular ride up to Hohensalzburg Fortress and visit (on request), with views over the city and the Alps.
• The cathedral, Residenzplatz and Kapitelplatz, at the heart of the UNESCO-listed old town.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Hallein (about 20 km).
• Visit to the Salzwelten salt mine at Dürrnberg: miners’ train, slides and a crossing of an underground salt lake (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Hallstatt and its salt mine

• Drive to Hallstatt (about 75 km, 1.5 hours), a village set between lake and mountains at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Funicular ride and visit to the Hallstatt Salzwelten, considered the oldest salt mine in the world, with the viewing platform above the lake (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense and a walk through the village, from the Market Square to the lakeshore.
• Stop on the way back in Bad Ischl, the former summer town of Emperor Franz Joseph and Sisi.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The lakes of the Salzkammergut

• Drive to the Wolfgangsee and a walk in St. Wolfgang, on the lakeshore.
• Boat crossing of the lake (on request).
• Ride up to the summit of the Schafberg on the cog railway, with views over a dozen lakes (on request).
• Stop in Mondsee and its basilica, where the wedding scene of “The Sound of Music” was filmed.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: The Chiemsee and drive to the overnight stop

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to the Chiemsee in Bavaria (about 80 km, 1 hour).
• Boat crossing to the island of Herrenchiemsee and visit to King Ludwig II’s palace, inspired by Versailles (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then daytime drive to the Nuremberg area (about 250 km, 3 hours).
• Overnight stop, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 7: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast, around 8 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 550 to 650 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.