Winter Student Tours to Europe

Educators can arrange student tours of Europe during the winter through a number of different tour operators. These companies will help the school's tour organizer select an itinerary and departure date and can suggest additional activities to include. These tour operators offer European destinations ranging from the British Isles to the Mediterranean nations and will ensure that experienced, multi-lingual guides accompany student groups throughout the tour.
  1. Athens & the Agean

    • This ten-day tour commences in Athens with sightseeing that includes visits to the Parthenon and the Acropolis, then advances to Delphi, where students will tour the Temple of Apollo. The group then sets sail on a cruise of the Agean, visiting selected islands over the next four days. A day in Rhodes gives the group the chance to enjoy a beach outing along the Mediterranean before moving on to Crete where students will view Minoan Age relics at Crete's Archaeological Museum. The tour concludes with a return to Athens, where students will explore the ruined Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.

      Explorica, Inc.

      145 Tremont Street, 6th Floor

      Boston, MA 02111

      888-310-7120

      explorica.com

    England & Scotland

    • This nine-day tour begins with a walking tour of London with stops at Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden to enjoy London's street performers. Students will have a guided tour of the Royal Family's Windsor Palace before enjoying a free day in London, during which they can take an optional trip to Stonehenge. Students will also attend a play in the West End before leaving London. The group will then visit York Minister, the largest gothic cathedral in Britain and drive north to visit the remains of a Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall en route to Scotland. The tour finishes in Edinburgh, where the students will visit Edinburgh Castle.

      EF Educational Tours

      60 Bloor Street West, Suite 501

      Toronto, ON, M4W, 3B8

      800-387-1460

      eftours.ca

    Paris to Copenhagen

    • The group's nine-day tour begins with a walking tour of Paris, which includes a visit to the Place de la Concorde, where the executions of Robespierre's victims during the Reign of Terror took place. The tour includes a visit to the Louvre and students will have the opportunity to visit the Palace of Versailles. The tour stops in Amsterdam, with sightseeing that includes a visit to the Anne Frank House, before concluding in Copenhagen, where students will take a walking tour that includes a stop outside Tivoli Gardens to view the statue of the Little Mermaid.

      EF Educational Tours

      60 Bloor Street West, Suite 501

      Toronto, ON, M4W, 3B8

      800-387-1460

      eftours.ca

    Vistas of Germany

    • This nine-day tour begins with sightseeing in Berlin, including a visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. Students will have free time in Berlin during which they can visit the Brandenburg Gate or the city's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The tour includes a stop in Hamburg and students will have free time in which they can use to visit the Museum of Fine Arts, or to stop at the Indra, the club that hosted The Beatles' first performance in 1960. The tour then visits Munich, where students will tour the Nymphenburg Palace and Gardens, former summer place of the Bavarian kings. Students will visit Dachau, a concentration camp preserved as a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, before a visit to Neuschwanstein, the castle used as the model for Sleeping Beauty's castle by Walt Disney's animators.

      Passports

      389 Main Street

      Spencer, MA 01562

      800-332-7277

      passports.com

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