Final-year school trip to Central Switzerland: Lucerne, Mount Pilatus or Rigi and Lake Lucerne (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-583
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Lucerne's Chapel Bridge, the world's steepest cog railway up Mount Pilatus, a cruise on Lake Lucerne and the cradle of Switzerland.
In the heart of Switzerland, about six to seven hours’ drive away, Lucerne combines a medieval old town, covered wooden bridges and mountains plunging into Lake Lucerne. Pupils go up Mount Pilatus or the Rigi for a panorama over the Alps, sail to Brunnen and discover the origins of the Swiss Confederation in Schwyz. A neighbouring country that still feels a world away, ideal for a final-year trip combining nature and culture. 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 Lucerne
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Switzerland (about 6 to 7 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 Lucerne in the late afternoon.
- First walk across the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a 14th-century covered wooden bridge, and past its Water Tower.
- Check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 2: Lucerne’s old town and the Museum of Transport
- Walk through the old town: the Mill Bridge (Spreuerbrücke), the squares with their painted façades and the Musegg Wall.
- Stop at the Lion Monument, carved into the rock in memory of the Swiss Guards killed in Paris in 1792 (free access).
- Free lunch, then visit to the Swiss Museum of Transport, the most visited museum in Switzerland (on request).
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: Mount Pilatus or Rigi
- Drive to Alpnachstad (about 20 minutes).
- Ascent of Mount Pilatus (2,132 m) on the world’s steepest cogwheel railway, with gradients of up to 48%, then descent by aerial cableway and gondola to Kriens (on request).
- Or, as chosen by the school, ascent of the Rigi from Vitznau by rack railway, with views of the lakes and the Alps (on request).
- Free lunch at the summit or picnic, then return to Lucerne.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: Lake Lucerne cruise and Schwyz
- Cruise on Lake Lucerne from Lucerne to Brunnen, via Weggis and Vitznau, between cliffs and lakeside villages.
- Free lunch in Brunnen, where the coach meets the group.
- Drive to Schwyz (about 10 minutes) and visit to the Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation, home of the founding pact of 1291 (on request).
- Return to Lucerne (about 45 minutes), dinner and last supervised evening.
Day 5: Return to your school
- Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
- Departure in the morning and daytime drive back to Belgium (about 6 to 7 hours, excluding breaks).
- Free lunch on the way.
- 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 Lucerne, 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 cruise on Lake Lucerne from Lucerne to Brunnen
- The coach excursion to Brunnen and Schwyz
- 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, including the Swiss coach charge
The price does not include
- Visit to the Swiss Museum of Transport
- Ascent of Mount Pilatus by cogwheel railway and descent by cableway
- Ascent of the Rigi by rack railway
- Visit to the Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation in Schwyz
- 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 (an identity card is enough for Switzerland), signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), valid in Switzerland, to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure.
- 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, including beer, which is legal from 16 in Switzerland, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions, strict timekeeping for boats and mountain trains).
- 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: May to June and September, as the Pilatus cogwheel railway only runs from about May to November. Switzerland uses the Swiss franc (CHF), but bank cards are accepted almost everywhere; sockets are different (an adapter is recommended) and mobile roaming is not always included in European plans. Prices are high: for lunches, allow a budget of around CHF 15–20 per pupil per day; on request, the hotel can provide packed lunches.
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- From 20 participants
- On the date of your choice, departing from near you
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Free places
- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
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Final-year school trip to Central Switzerland: Lucerne, Mount Pilatus or Rigi and Lake Lucerne (5 days)
Choose your date, your pick-up points and the options you like: we will send you a personalised quote, free and without obligation.
- Free, no-obligation quote
- From 20 participants
- From the departure point of your choice
- Free places for the group
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