School trip to northern Croatia: Varaždin, the Krapina Neanderthal Museum and Trakošćan Castle (6 days)
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Reference SCO-06-838
- Duration 6 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Six days in Croatia’s Zagorje: prehistory at Krapina, baroque Varaždin, Trakošćan Castle and the village of Kumrovec.
This unusual trip to northern Croatia takes pupils far back in time. At Krapina, the Hušnjakovo site, excavated from 1899 by the palaeontologist Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, has yielded hundreds of Neanderthal bones, and the nearby museum explains human evolution in a very visual way. Varaždin, Croatia’s capital in the 18th century, has a well-preserved baroque centre and a medieval fortress, while Trakošćan Castle beside its lake shows how the nobility lived. The open-air museum in Kumrovec, birthplace of Josip Broz Tito, shows rural life in the past and opens a discussion on the history of Yugoslavia. The programme suits pupils from the last years of primary school and secondary pupils, in history, science and geography.
Programme
Day 1: Departure for Croatia
- Departure from your school at the agreed time, in the late afternoon.
- Overnight journey with two drivers on board: our drivers drive for no more than 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, by day and by night.
Day 2: Varaždin, a baroque town
- Arrival in Varaždin in the late morning.
- Walk through the baroque centre, Croatia’s capital in the 18th century.
- Visit to the medieval fortress (Stari grad) and its museum (on request).
- Check-in at the accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Krapina and Trakošćan
- Breakfast at the accommodation.
- Visit to the Krapina Neanderthal Museum and the Hušnjakovo site (on request).
- Visit to Trakošćan Castle (on request).
- Walk around Lake Trakošćan.
- Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.
Day 4: Varaždin on foot
- Breakfast at the accommodation.
- A day on foot without the coach: compulsory rest day for the drivers.
- Visit to the entomological collection of the town museum in the Herzer Palace (on request).
- Team treasure hunt in the historic centre (on request).
- Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.
Day 5: Kumrovec and departure
- Breakfast and check-out.
- Visit to the Staro selo open-air museum in Kumrovec, Tito’s birthplace (on request).
- Departure in the afternoon.
- Overnight return journey with two drivers and regular breaks (no more than 3 hours of driving, then a 30-minute break).
Day 6: Return to Belgium
- Arrival back at school in the morning.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school
- The services of two drivers
- Free places for the accompanying teachers (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Tolls and parking fees
- 3 nights in a youth hostel or hotel, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the teachers
- Half board (breakfast and dinner)
- Accommodation for the drivers
The price does not include
- Visit to the medieval fortress (Stari grad) and its museum
- Visit to the Krapina Neanderthal Museum and the Hušnjakovo site
- Visit to Trakošćan Castle
- Visit to the entomological collection of the town museum in the Herzer Palace
- Team treasure hunt in the historic centre
- Visit to the Staro selo open-air museum in Kumrovec, Tito’s birthplace
- Lunches (own arrangements; packed lunches on request) and drinks
- Admission to museums and sites not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money
Good to know
- A valid identity card (Kids-ID for children under 12) and parental consent for travel abroad are required; please also bring the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card).
- Times are adapted to your school, and pupils are supervised by their teachers.
- Opening hours of the museums and the castle vary with the season and are checked when booking; bring good shoes and a rain jacket; the currency is the euro.
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- 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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School trip to northern Croatia: Varaždin, the Krapina Neanderthal Museum and Trakošćan Castle (6 days)
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