Final-year school trip to Vienna: Schönbrunn, the Hofburg, the Belvedere, the Prater and the Ring (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop near Nuremberg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive via Frankfurt and Würzburg (about 500 to 700 km depending on your school, 6.5 to 8.5 hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in the Nuremberg area in the late afternoon, check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Drive to Vienna and the Ring

• Departure around 7 am after breakfast, driving via Passau and Linz (about 500 km, 6 hrs 15 min excluding stops).
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival in Vienna in mid-afternoon and panoramic coach tour of the Ring: the Opera, Parliament, the City Hall and the Burgtheater.
• Walk to St Stephen’s Cathedral and its glazed-tile roof.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Schönbrunn and the Belvedere

• Visit to Schönbrunn Palace, summer residence of the Habsburgs (on request).
• Walk through the formal gardens up to the Gloriette, with views over the city (free access to the park).
• Lunch at your own expense.
• Visit to the Upper Belvedere and Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” (on request).
• A look at the Hundertwasserhaus, a colourful and quirky building, then dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: The Hofburg and the Prater

• Visit to the Hofburg: the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Silver Collection (on request).
• Walk via Heldenplatz and the MuseumsQuartier.
• Lunch at your own expense at the Naschmarkt, the city’s large market.
• Afternoon at the Prater and ride on the Giant Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad), in operation since 1897 (on request).
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Vienna.

Day 5: From Vienna to Regensburg

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and supervised free time in the centre, from the Graben to Kärntner Straße.
• Lunch at your own expense, then departure around 12.30 pm.
• Drive to Regensburg (about 400 km, 5 hours excluding stops).
• Arrival in the late afternoon and walk through the UNESCO-listed old town, from the Stone Bridge to the cathedral.
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 600 to 800 km depending on your school, 7.5 to 10 hours excluding stops), with two drivers taking turns if the journey requires it.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.