Final-year school trip to Strasbourg: European Parliament, Council of Europe and Petite France (4 days)

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 to 6 hours depending on your school, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in the early afternoon: Notre-Dame Cathedral (free entry), Cathedral Square and the Maison Kammerzell.
• Walk to Place Gutenberg and Place Kléber.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: European Parliament and Council of Europe

• Visit to the European Parliament: depending on the calendar, part of a plenary session followed from the gallery or a presentation of the institution in the chamber (free group visit, booked well in advance).
• Lunch at your own expense, then visit to the Council of Europe at the Palais de l’Europe (free group visit, by reservation).
• Walk past the European Court of Human Rights and through the Parc de l’Orangerie.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Petite France and an outing to Colmar

• Walk through Petite France, its canals and half-timbered houses, to the Ponts Couverts and the panoramic terrace of the Vauban Dam (free access).
• Guided boat cruise on the Ill (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Colmar (about 1 hour): Little Venice, the Tanners’ Quarter and the Maison des Têtes.
• Return to Strasbourg, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: The Neustadt and return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Last walk through the Neustadt, the imperial district listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, around Place de la République.
• Departure in the late morning, daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.