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Lauriston GirLs’ schooL

Level 1, 12—14 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern 3144 PH: 1800 337 031 www.educationtravel.com.au

PASSPORT TRAVEL Education dEpartmEnt

Itinerary September 2020

Literature & History tour of europe ExpLorinG your worLd

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London

The Somme

Giverny

Paris

Oxford

Stratford-upon-Avon

Bath

BerlinPotsdam

Frankfurt/M

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passport traVEL has been in business for over 20 years, specialising in educational tours, walking and cycling holidays and group tours to exotic destinations. our customer base is australia and worldwide.

we offer innovative and imaginative educational tour programs for your students. our tour co-ordinators are experienced educators, linguists and travellers, who understand the needs of teacher and tour leaders.

Our greatest expertise lies in our ability and genuine interest to create a customised educational tour for each client. Effectively, we take your wish list and devise a program that caters for the pedagogical, logistical and aesthetic interests of each individual client on every individual trip that they undertake.

bring Literature and history alive and take in the iconic sights of Europe through this opportunity for experiential learning. the 2020 Lauriston Literature and history study tour has been designed around the learning outcomes of the australian curriculum, VcE and ib diploma.

Give your daughter an academic edge for her final years at school by giving her the chance to:

• walk in the footsteps of shakespeare, austen and dickens and understand how their lives informed their writing.

• Visit the sites of bletchley park, churchill’s war rooms and the site of the grave of the unknown australian soldier at adelaïde cemetery. by understanding the politics, economics and other major issues at that time, your daughter can begin to understand how history has shaped her world.

• be inspired by the possibility of studying Literature or history at oxford university.

• View a west End/shakespearean play to see a world-class adaptation of a text.

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Day 1 / Depart Melbourne Saturday, 12th September 2020 The group assembles at Melbourne Airport for their flights to London.

Depart Melbourne Flight (TBA) at __:__Arrive Singapore at __:__Depart Flight (TBA) at __:__

Day 2 / Arrive London D

Sunday, 13th September Arrive London Heathrow Airport at _ _ _ _

Upon arrival at London Airport, pass through Immigration, collect your luggage and proceed through Customs.

You will be welcomed by your local meet & greet in the Arrivals Hall. Then, board your coach and transfer to central London for a City sightseeing tour. During the tour you will see London’s most iconic landmarks and buildings including Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Tower of London and Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Albert Hall. At the end of the tour, the coach will drop you off at your hotel accommodation.

Public transport tickets included

PM: Enjoy the rest of the day at your own pace with your teachers leading the group.

Dinner at a local restaurant1st night accommodation in London

Day 3 / London BDMonday, 14th September


AM: You visit Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Southwark, a reconstruction of the original Globe Theatre built in 1599. The aim of the theatre is to “further the experience and international understanding of Shakespeare in performance”. You will take part in a 1.5 hour “Lively Action Workshop”. After the workshop, walk along Southbank, soak up the atmosphere with street entertainers and musicians and explore the area with your teachers leading the group. To organise your lunch, you might like to visit Borough Market (near London Bridge), London’s most renowned food market Own arrangements for lunch

PM: After lunch, make your way to the Tower of London, which was founded in 1066 and has been used as a royal residence, a treasury as well as a menagerie and prison during its history. Today the Tower is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the UK’s most popular tourist destinations.

Then, make your way to the nearby Tower Bridge for a photo opportunity.Dinner at a local restaurant

This evening, attend a West End Show (details TBA).2nd night accommodation in London

Day 4 / London BDTuesday, 15th September


AM: Leave your hotel after breakfast and make your way Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, the location where one of the most famous movie series of all times was shot – Harry Potter. Go on the studio tour and peek behind the scenes of this wonderful series, see The Great Hall at Hogwarts, sneak into Dumbledore’s Office and step onto Platform 9 to take a photo with the Hogwarts Express. During this tour, you will have the opportunity to see many of the famous sets and costumes that were used to film the series and you might recognise many of the props such as the memory cabinet, the Sword of Gryffindor and Harry’s Nimbus 2000. You will also learn about the techniques and special effects that were used to create all the magic.Return to London after the tour.Own arrangements for lunch

PM: This afternoon, make your way to the to the Charles Dickens Museum. The museum, located at 48 Doughty Street in central London, was the world famous novelist’s home between 1837 and 1839 and today hosts a collection of Dickens’ manuscripts, letters, pictures and other personal items. He wrote some of his most famous works here, including Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby.(Depending on the times/ activities available, we can try to organise a guided tour of the British Library, preferred topic; Treasures Tour).Dinner at a local restaurant3rd night accommodation in London

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Day 5 / Windsor, Oxford BDWednesday, 16th September

AM: After breakfast, check out and meet with your coach driver. Load your luggage into the coach and travel to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and one of the official residences of the Queen. Visit the magnificent State Apartments, designed during the reign of Charles II to rival the prestigious Castle of Versailles and furnished with some of the finest pieces of the Royal Collection. You will also have access to St George’s Chapel, considered to be one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the UK and housing the tombs of various monarchs including Henry VIII and Charles I.

PM: Organise your lunch (at own expense), then continue on to Oxford, where you arrive an hour later.

Take part in a guided walking tour of Oxford this afternoon and visit some of the most important attractions, such as the Carfax Tower, Ratcliffe Square and Christ Church College, regarded to be the most impressive of the 38 university colleges.

(depending on availability, we could organise an activity with Oxford University, such as an academic taster session, meeting local university students, etc).Dinner at a local restaurantOvernight accommodation in Oxford

Day 6 / Bath BDThursday, 17th September

AM: After breakfast, continue on to Bath, where you will arrive about two hours later. The Romans discovered hot springs on the banks of the River Avon in AD 43 and established a local temple and Roman Bath at the site. Bath because a popular spa in the 17th century and the Georgian era has influenced many of the famous historic buildings you can find in the town centre today. The city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

Upon arrival, you will first visit the interactive Roman Bath Museum. The baths were constructed as a bathing and socialising complex at about AD 70 are today regarded as one of the best preserved Roman remains in the world. Walking along the ancient pavements and seeing the historic chambers and pools, you will feel like back in the Roman times almost 2,000 years ago.

Own arrangements for lunch

PM: In the afternoon, visit the Jane Austen Centre and learn more about the life of Bath’s most famous resident. Austen lived in Bath between 1801-1806 and used the town as the principal setting for two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, the last work fully completed by her and published 6 months after her death.

The Jane Austen Centre is regarded to be one of the best places to learn about the famous novelist and how the city of Bath impacted on Austen’s novels, characters and personal life. Set in a Georgian townhouse, it offers an insight into life during the Regency Period, and you will be greeted by a guide in a typical costume of the era. You will also have the opportunity to dress up and take your photo in a Regency costume with the centre in the backdrop.

In the late afternoon, check in at your accommodation.

Dinner at a local restaurant

Overnight accommodation in Bath area

Day 7 / Stratford-upon-Avon BDFriday, 18th September

AM: This morning, continue on to Stratford-upon-Avon, a market town with more than 800 years of history and the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Walk in Shakespeare’s footsteps and visit the house where he was born, raised and where he spent the first five years with his wife Anne Hathaway. A costumed guide will tell you tales of Shakespeare’s family life while you tour the family’s residence. his father John’s glove making workshop and the garden. As part of the tour, you will visit the “Famous Beyond Words Exhibition” displaying Shakespeare Memorabilia, a copy of his first folio and a timeline of his life.


PM: In the afternoon, take part in a Shakespeare Workshop.


Overnight accommodation in Stratford-upon-Avon area

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Day 8 / Bletchley, London BDSaturday, 19th September

AM: Leave your hotel after breakfast and travel on to Bletchley, where you will arrive about 90 minutes later. You will visit Bletchley Park, a 19th century mansion where the Government Code and Cypher School was established shortly after the property was bought by the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1938. It was here where Alan Turing and other agents, up to three quarters of them women, decoded the secret messages that were encrypted by the German military using the Enigma machine. The British SIS set up the highly secretive code-breaking group “Ultra” after information on the Enigma code was made available to them by Warsaw’s Cipher Bureau. In the beginning, Bletchley Park had just 200 employees working at the site, but during the peak decryption efforts in late 1944, almost 9,000 staff worked at the site in three shifts, among them mathematicians, translators, and experts in chess and cross-word-puzzle solving. All information on the site and its employees remained secret after the war and was only declassified in the 1970s. Among other places, you will visit the restored codebreaking huts and learn about the history and the people who worked here through the interactive exhibition and many original exhibits.

You then have time to organise your lunch (at own expense).

PM: In the afternoon, return to London by coach. Upon arrival, you will visit the Churchill War Rooms (a branch of the Imperial War Museums). The historic underground bunker complex sheltered Winston Churchill and government officials during the Nazi bombing raids. It houses the British Government command headquarter that was used during WWII, the original Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum, dedicated to his life and legacy. It is in these rooms where Churchill and his team plotted the route to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Through a vast collection of historic images, original documents and artifacts, you will get an insight into the life of the staff who lived and often slept in the bunkers during this period.

After your visit, transfer to your hotel and check in, then have dinner at a nearby restaurant.


Overnight accommodation in London

Day 9 / London, Fromelles, Amiens BDSunday, 20th September

AM: After breakfast, check out and meet with your coach driver. Load your luggage into the coach and transfer to St. Pancras Station for your Eurostar to Lille.

Depart LONDON St Pancras International Eurostar (TBA) at __:__

Arrive LILLE Europe Eurostar at (TBA) __:__

You are welcomed by your coach driver at Lille Europe Station. Load your luggage into the coach and enjoy some free time in Lille for lunch.


PM: Travel to Fromelles (approx. length of journey: 30 mins) where the 5th Australian Division fought in 1916. You visit the Australian Memorial Park, located about a mile away to the north-east of Fromelles itself, it can be reached by following the D22 from the village. See the “Cobbers statue” and tour VC Corner Cemetery. Then you visit the new Pheasant Wood Cemetery, which has the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers, who died on the 19 July 1916. Enjoy visiting the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which was inaugurated in July 2010 to mark the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. This battle took place on the 19th and 20th July 1916, British and Australian divisions fought a Bavarian division. Within 24 hours, nearly 8,500 soldiers lost their lives. Many of the remains on the battlefield could not be found. In the permanent exhibition, you will learn about the battle, the archaeological research and the history of the fallen soldiers. At 4:30pm, transfer to your hotel accommodation in The Somme.

Dinner and 1st night accommodation in The Somme

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Day 10 / The Somme Battlefields B PL D

Monday, 21st September

AM: After breakfast, by 8:30am, you travel to Villers Bretonneux. Meet with your English-speaking local guide and enjoy a full-day guided tour of The Somme battlefields. First, visit the grave of the Unknown Australian soldier at the Adelaïde Cemetery (on the RN29). Then you visit the Musée Franco-Australien (Ecole Victoria) and lastly the Australian Memorial (on the D23 between Villers and Fouilloy). You visit the new Sir John Monash Center (open every day from 9:30am to 5pm/6pm). The Centre is now the central hub of the existing Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front, which links First World War sites of significance to Australia, including museums, battlefields, memorials and cemeteries. The centre provides a fully integrated advanced multimedia experience and is an experience, evocative, emotional, informative and educational for visitors of all nationalities.

A packed lunch is supplied today

PM: At 1:00pm, you will stop in Le Hamel, where you tour the Australian Memorial Park (free admission). Continue on to Pozières, where the Australian troops fought in 1916. There, you will see 2 Memorials: the “Tank Memorial”, a reminder that tanks appeared on the battlefield in Pozières for the first time and “The Windmill”. At the other end of the village, you may also stop at the Monument to the 1st Australian Division at a place called “Gibraltar”. Then, visit Thiepval, the Franco-British Memorial and its Visitor Centre.

Last stop is in Beaumont-Hamel, where you can tour the Park of Newfoundland (free access). A track leads to an orientation site at the top of the Caribou hill from where a panoramic view of the whole battlefield reveals the trench lay-out. Then, you return to Villers-Bretonneux to drop off your guide before returning to your accommodation.

Dinner and 2nd night accommodation in The Somme

Day 11 / Giverny, Paris BDTuesday, 22nd September

AM: This morning, you depart The Somme by 8:30am and travel to Giverny, where you arrive by 10:30am. Explore Monet’s House and gardens. In the garden you will find the famous Japanese bridge covered with wisterias, other smaller bridges, weeping willows, a bamboo wood and above all the famous nympheas which bloom all summer long. The pond and the surrounding vegetation form an enclosure separated from the surrounding countryside.


PM: Depart Giverny by 2:30pm and travel to Paris (approx length of journey: 1.5 hours). The coach drops your group off at your Paris hotel.

Use your daily Carte Mobilis (Zones 1-2) pass on all Paris metro, bus and train services

Take the metro to the Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine was placed during the French Revolution. Then, take a stroll on the famous Champs Elysées to the Place de l’Etoile Charles de Gaulle. You may choose to climb the Arc de Triomphe.

Dinner at local restaurant

EVENING: Travel by metro to the Eiffel Tower. Take the lift up to the 3rd floor of the Parisian icon.

Return to your hotel for your overnight stay.

1st night accommodation in Paris

Day 12 / Versailles BDWednesday, 23rd September


After breakfast, make your way to Versailles by RER. Spend the day exploring the beautiful Château of Versailles and enjoy a self-guided tour of the “Grands Appartements”.

Afterwards, enjoy visiting the garden. Finally walk to the Royal Tennis Court (Salle du Jeu de Paume) located Rue du Jeu de Paume for a self-guided visit (open from 2pm to 6pm – free admission). Return to Paris by RER.


2nd night accommodation in Paris

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Day 13 / Paris BDThursday, 24th September


AM: Make your way to the Musée du Louvre by metro. You meet with your English-speaking guide at the “Group Desk” located under the Pyramid. Enjoy a guided tour of the Museum viewing its most famous artwork including the Mona Lisa.


PM: This afternoon, make your way to the Ile de la Cité and discover the island on foot; exploring the streets and admiring its most famous buildings. Take time to visit the magnificent cathedral of Notre Dame. Then you visit the Conciergerie, transformed into a prison in the late 14th Century (Marie-Antoinette’s cell and a series of dungeons have been reconstructed). Later, see the nearby “Hotel de Ville”, the “Tour St Jacques” (only remaining vestige of the church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie) and the “Centre Pompidou”.


3rd night accommodation in Paris

Day 14 / Paris - Berlin BDFriday, 25th September

After breakfast, check out and meet with your coach driver at your accommodation. Load your luggage into your coach and transfer to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for your flight to Berlin. Check in for your flights immediately upon arrival.

Depart Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Flight (TBA) at __:__

Arrive Berlin Tegel Airport

at __:__

Upon arrival at Berlin Tegel Airport, collect your luggage. Meet our local representative, who will also hand you a folder with the travel documents for the German part of your trip. Transfer to your accommodation by private coach. Check in, drop your bags and freshen up.

Organise your lunch (at own expense)

PM: Then, make your way to the centre to meet your guide.

Use your daily School Group Ticket (Zones A-B) on all Berlin U-Bahn, Tram and Train services today only

Begin a 3-hour guided sightseeing tour of Berlin, starting with the East Side Gallery (1.3 km of original Berlin Wall). From here, travel to Pariser Platz by public transport, where you will visit the area around the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag Parliament Building and governmental quarters, and the Holocaust Memorial. Your guide will show you and talk about the Site of Hitler’s Former Bunker, the Luftwaffe HQ, the 17 June Memorial, the Berlin Wall, the Former SS HQ, the 1920s Cabaret Mile, Gendarmenmarkt, Bebelplatz, the Book Burning Memorial, the Old Royal Boulevard and the Neue Wache. The walking tour finishes at Alexanderplatz.

Have dinner at a local restaurant, then return to your accommodation by public transport.

First night’s accommodation in Berlin

Day 15 / Berlin BDSaturday, 26th September


AM: After breakfast, make your way to the meeting point to visit the “Berlin Underworlds”. Since 1997, the Berlin Underworlds Association has been offering regular tours into some of the most important underground structures in the city.

Enjoy a 90 minute tour of Berlin’s bunkers and shelters with an English-speaking guide.

The rest of the morning is free for your own sightseeing in Berlin with your teachers leading the group.

Organise your lunch (at own expense)

PM: Make your way to Checkpoint Charlie’s Wall Museum by public transport. Your 1-hour guided tour starts at TBA. You will learn about the interesting history of the wall and exhibits. The Wall-Museum at Checkpoint Charlie has an exhibition on the history of the Berlin Wall and the separation of the city. Original objects from successful escapes are shown; it also offers exhibitions on the history of Berlin and the peaceful struggle. After your guided tour, you will have the opportunity to speak to a WWII witness about their experiences (total duration of the program at the museum is 2 hours).

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Afterwards, make your way by to the nearby Topography of Terror (350 metres walking distance), a newly built Berlin Memorial Museum located on the site of the former SS Headquarters, which were destroyed during the Allied bombing raids in 1945. The focus of the permanent exhibitions is the institutions of the SS and Secret State Police during the “Third Reich” as well as the many crimes they committed throughout Europe. Another focus is the numerous victim groups and minorities that were persecuted by the Nazis. You will learn more about these topics during a 1-hour guided tour (meeting point: entrance hall of the museum).

Return to the city centre by public transport and enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant.

You might want to see the Reichstag and the famous Brandenburg Gate, which is close by, before you return to your accommodation.

Second night’s accommodation in Berlin

Day 16 / Sachsenhausen Memorial & Potsdam BDSunday, 27th September


AM: Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation. Then, meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin your full day tour of the Sachsenhausen Memorial and nearby Potsdam. Board your coach and transfer to Oranienburg (approx. 50 minutes). The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was built in summer 1936 by prisoners from other camps and it is estimated that more than 200,000 people were imprisoned there until the camp was liberated by Russian and Polish soldiers in 1945. The camp was later used by the Russian military to imprison German soldiers and Nazi functionaries, before it was closed in 1950.

After your visit, your guide will leave the group and you transfer to Potsdam (approx. 1 hour), where you will have time to organise your lunch (at own expense).

PM: Potsdam is an historic city nestled in a beautiful landscape with many lakes. It is known for its world-famous plazas and gardens, its parks and unspoiled forests. It is situated on the river Havel and around the city is a series of interconnecting lakes. Potsdam retains its unique appeal even today and the cultural ensemble was declared part of the world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Dominating the city is the Palace of Sanssouci and the extensive gardens. Meet your local guide at the visitor centre “Besucherzentrum am Neuen Palais” and visit the New Palace, an impressive castle built by Frederick the Great for representative purposes and to host his visitors. You will also have time to see the Palace of Sanssouci and its terraced gardens, which were constructed around the middle of the 18th century as the summer residence of Frederick the Great.

Return to Berlin by private coach and enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant. Your coach driver will drop you off at your accommodation after dinner.Third night’s dinner and accommodation in Berlin

Day 17 / Berlin BDMonday, 28th September


AM: After breakfast at the hotel, check out and store your luggage. Then, make your way to the German Resistance Memorial Center, a museum dedicated to the German groups and individuals who resisted the National Socialist dictatorship

from 1933-45. There never was a united national resistance movement in Nazi Germany, but different underground groups and individuals organised activities to resist the regime, amongst them the “Weisse Rose” movement, church groups and many individuals in the army, amongst them Colonel Graf von Stauffenberg, who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944. You will learn more about the German Resistance Movements during a guided tour at the museum. Organise your lunch (at own expense)

PM: Make sure you arrive back at your hotel. Then, pick up your belongings and make your way to the station, board your high-speed train to Frankfurt am Main

Depart Berlin Hauptbahnhof (TBA)____ at (TBA) __:__

Arrive Frankfurt/M Hauptbahnhof ____ at (TBA) __:__

Upon arrival, meet your coach driver. Load your luggage into the coach, then transfer to your accommodation and check in for your overnight stay.

Overnight accommodation in Frankfurt am Main

Day 18 / Flights BTuesday, 29th September

AM: After breakfast at your accommodation, check out and meet with your coach driver. Load your luggage and board the coach to transfer to Frankfurt am Main Airport. Check in for your flights to Australia immediately upon arrival.

Depart Frankfurt/M Flight (TBA) ____ at __:__

Arrive Singapore at __:__ Depart Flight (TBA) ____ at (TBA) __:__

Day 19 / Flights BWednesday, 30th September

Arrive Melbourne at __:__

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AIR TRAVEL (ECONOMY CLASS)

R Return International Airfare with Singapore Airlines Melbourne-London Heathrow// Frankfurt/Main-Melbourne

R One-Way International Airfare with Air France Paris - Berlin

R Airport taxes and fuel surcharges

TRANSPORTATION BY PRIVATE COACH

For the United Kingdom section:

R Transfer London Heathrow Airport to London Hotel incl. City Sightseeing Tour on the arrival day

R Excursion to the Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden and the Charles Dickens Museum

R 4-Day coach tour London-Windsor-Oxford-Bath-Stratford-upon-Avon-Bletchley-London as per itinerary

R Transfer London Hotel to St Pancras Station

R Parking fees + toll fees are included

For the French section:

R 2 -Day Tour from Lille to Paris as per itinerary

R Transfer from the Paris Hotel to Paris CDG Airport on the day of departure to Berlin

R Meals and accommodation of the driver + parking fees + toll fees are included

For the German section:

R Transfer from Berlin Tegel Airport to Berlin Accommodation

R Full Day Excursion from Berlin to Sachsenhausen Memorial and Potsdam

R Transfer from Frankfurt/Main Station to Frankfurt/M Hotel

R Transfer from Frankfurt/M Hotel to Frankfurt/M Airport

R Parking fees + toll fees are included

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

London:

Underground and Bus Tickets in London

R 3 Daily Group Tickets (each one is valid for one day)

Paris:

Metro, RER and Bus Tickets in Paris

R 3 Cartes Mobilis (each one is valid for one day)

o 2 for Zones 1-2

o 1 for Zones 1-4 (to go to Versailles)

Berlin:

U-Bahn, S-Bahn-S, Tram Tickets in Berlin

R 3 Daily Group Tickets for Zones A-B (each one is valid for one day)

TRANSPORTATION BY TRAIN

R High-Speed Train from London St Pancras to Lille, 2nd class, incl. seat reservations

R High-Speed Train from Berlin to Frankfurt/M, 2nd class, incl. seat reservations

ACCOMMODATION

Based on 3-star Hotels for the United Kingdom section

Students are in Twin and Triple Rooms (with private facilities and towels). Members of staff are in Single Rooms.

Number of nights: 7

R 4 in London – based on Ibis Excel Docklands (or similar)

R 1 in Oxford – based on Holiday Inn Express Oxford (or similar)

R 1 in the Bath AREA (hotel to be confirmed)

R 1 in the Stratford-upon-Avon AREA – based on Mercure Hotel Warwickshire (or similar)

Based on 2- and 3-star Hotels for the French section


Number of nights: 5

R 2 in Amiens based on Ibis Hotel Centre (or similar)

R 3 in Paris based on Hotel Cité de Rougemont (or similar)

tour IncluSIonS:

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Based on 3-star Hotels for the German section


Number of nights: 4

R 3 in Berlin (based on Holiday Inn Express Alexanderplatz (or similar)

R 1 in Frankfurt am Main based on Novotel Frankfurt City (or similar)

MEALS


R 7 Breakfasts

R 7 Dinners at local restaurants or the hotel restaurant (3-course set menu - beverages are not included)

For the French/ Belgian section:

R 5 Breakfasts

R 5 Dinners at the hotel or a local restaurant (3-course set menu, beverages are not included)


R 4 Breakfasts (continental)

R 3 Dinners (3 course set meals - beverages not included)

ENTRANCE FEES/ ACTIVITIES


R Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

R 1.5 hours Lively Action Workshop at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

R The Tower of London

R Attendance of a West End Show (Performance to be advised)

R “The Making of Harry Potter” at the Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden

R The Charles Dickens Museum

R Windsor Castle and St. Georges Chapel

R Workshop at Oxford University (strictly subject to approval/availability by the university)

R Roman Bath Museum

R The Jane Austen Centre in Bath

R Beyond Words Exhibition in Stratford-upon-Avon

R Shakespeare Workshop (topic to be advised)

R Bletchley Park

R Churchill War Rooms


R Musée de la Bataille de Fromelles

R Musée Australien in Villers Bretonneux

R Monet House & Gardens

R 1 hour Seine Cruise

R “Grands Appartements” of the Château de Versailles

R Booking fees for school groups for the Musée du Louvre


R Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum in Berlin

R Topography of Terror

R Memorial Site of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

R Palace of Sanssouci in Potsdam

R German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin

GUIDED SERVICES/PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING LOCAL GUIDES


R Guided Tour at the British Library (subject to availability)

R Guided Walking Tour of Oxford

R Guided Shakespeare Walking Tour at Stratford-upon-Avon

R Guided Tour of Bletchley Park


R Full day Guided Tour of The Somme

R Guided Tour of the Louvre in Paris


R 3-hour Guided Walking Tour of Berlin

R Guided Tour of “Berlin’s Bunkers & Shelters (90 mins)

R Guided Tour of Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum in Berlin

R Guided Tour of the Topography of Terror in Berlin

R Guided Tour of Memorial Site of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

R Guided Tour of Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam

R Guided Tour of the German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin

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