Final-year school trip to the Tyrol and the Dolomites: Innsbruck, Bolzano and Ötzi, the Alpe di Siusi and the Pordoi Pass (7 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and drive to southern Germany

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Germany (about 550 to 700 km, i.e. 7 to 8.5 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 Ulm or Augsburg area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: The Fern Pass and Innsbruck

• Departure after breakfast and drive to Innsbruck over the Fern Pass (about 250 km, 3.5 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense, then the old town, the Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) and Maria-Theresien-Straße.
• Funicular and Nordkette cable car ride up to the Hafelekar, at over 2,200 m (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation in or around Innsbruck for one night, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 3: The Brenner, Bolzano and Ötzi

• Visit to the Bergisel ski jump, designed by Zaha Hadid (on request).
• Drive over the Brenner Pass to Bolzano (about 120 km, 1 hour 45 minutes).
• Visit to the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology and Ötzi the Iceman (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then Piazza Walther and the arcaded street (Via dei Portici).
• Drive to the accommodation in the Dolomites (about 1 hour) for three nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 4: The Alpe di Siusi and Val Gardena

• Drive to Siusi and gondola ride up to the Alpe di Siusi, Europe’s largest high-altitude alpine meadow (on request).
• Easy walk on the meadow, facing the Sassolungo and the Sciliar massif.
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk in Ortisei, at the heart of Val Gardena and its woodcarving tradition.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The Great Dolomites Road

• Drive to Lake Carezza, with its emerald-green waters at the foot of the Latemar.
• Over the Costalunga Pass and down into Val di Fassa as far as Canazei.
• Lunch at your own expense, then up to the Pordoi Pass (2,239 m) and the Sass Pordoi cable car to almost 3,000 m (on request).
• Dinner and a last supervised evening.

Day 6: Drive to the overnight stop

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 8 am.
• Daytime drive over the Brenner Pass and through Austria to Germany (about 450 to 500 km, i.e. 6 to 6.5 hours excluding breaks).
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Overnight stop in the Ulm or Augsburg area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 7: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast, around 8 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 550 to 700 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.