Final-year school trip to Strasbourg: European institutions, Colmar and Struthof (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-577
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
The European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the Struthof camp, Mont Sainte-Odile and Colmar: understanding Europe past and present.
Strasbourg, a European capital about five hours’ drive away, is the ideal destination for a final-year trip with a civic focus: pupils discover the European Parliament and the Council of Europe from the inside, then visit Struthof, the only Nazi concentration camp set up on the soil of present-day France, to understand what European integration set out to make impossible. The half-timbered houses of Colmar, the Wine Route and the cathedral complete a meaningful stay. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote; the journey is made by day, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving, and the coach stays with the group throughout the stay.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Strasbourg
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Alsace (about 5 hours depending on your school, excluding breaks).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Free lunch on the way, then arrival in Strasbourg in mid-afternoon.
- Walk through the Petite France, with its half-timbered houses and the Ponts Couverts.
- Check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 2: Strasbourg, European capital
- Visit to the Parlamentarium Simone Veil, the interactive centre devoted to the European Parliament (free admission, booking required), and, depending on the session calendar, a look at the debating chamber.
- Guided tour of the Palais de l’Europe, seat of the Council of Europe (free, booking required), and a stop outside the European Court of Human Rights.
- Free lunch, then visit to Strasbourg Cathedral (free admission), a masterpiece of Gothic art.
- Boat trip on the Ill to the European quarter (on request).
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: Remembrance at Struthof and Mont Sainte-Odile
- Drive to Natzwiller, in the Vosges mountains (about 1 hour 15 minutes).
- Guided tour of the former Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp and the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members.
- Free lunch, then drive up to Mont Sainte-Odile (about 40 minutes), a major spiritual site in Alsace, with views over the Rhine plain.
- Stop in Obernai, a small town with ramparts and Renaissance houses.
- Return to Strasbourg, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: The Wine Route, Eguisheim and Colmar
- Drive to Eguisheim (about 1 hour), a circular village with flower-filled lanes in the heart of the Alsace vineyards.
- Continuation to Colmar and walk through Little Venice, the Tanners’ Quarter and the old town.
- Free lunch, then visit to the Unterlinden Museum and the Isenheim Altarpiece (on request).
- Supervised free time in Colmar, then return to Strasbourg for dinner and a supervised evening.
Day 5: Strasbourg’s Neustadt and return to your school
- Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
- Walk through the Neustadt, the German imperial quarter listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Place de la République and the Palais du Rhin.
- Free lunch, then departure in the early afternoon and daytime drive back to Belgium.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group's disposal throughout the stay
- The services of one driver (two drivers if the journey requires it)
- 4 nights in a hotel or youth hostel in or around Strasbourg, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 5
- The visit to the Parlamentarium Simone Veil and the guided tour of the Council of Europe (free, booking required)
- The guided tour of the former Natzweiler-Struthof camp and the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members
- The coach excursion to Mont Sainte-Odile and Obernai
- The coach excursion along the Wine Route: Eguisheim and Colmar
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the driver
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls
The price does not include
- Boat trip on the Ill
- Visit to the Unterlinden Museum and the Isenheim Altarpiece
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure; identity cards are also checked at the entrance to the European institutions.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions, appropriate dress and a respectful, reflective attitude at Struthof).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school's online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: March to June and September to November; visits to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe are booked several months in advance and depend on the session calendar, and Struthof, at 800 m altitude, can be chilly, so bring a jacket. France uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium. Lunches are not included: allow a budget of around €10–15 per pupil per day; on request, the hotel can provide packed lunches.
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Final-year school trip to Strasbourg: European institutions, Colmar and Struthof (5 days)
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