Length: 7 Days. Travel abroad with your group of 12 or more, students or adults can enjoy an amazing educational experience.
Highlights: London City Tour, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Bath and Pump Room, Paris City Tour, The Louvre, Brussels, Amsterdam Canal Boat Tour, Anne Frank’s House, Volendam Tour
Itinerary: London (3), Paris (2), Amsterdam (2)
Day 1– Depart USA
Jet overnight to London!
Day 2 – London
Your private bus and driver will escort you on a London City Tour. See Piccadilly Circus, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Fleet Street, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Big Ben and other highlights. Tour the glorious Westminster Abbey, scene of numerous royal weddings and coronations.
Day 3 – London
Travel to Windsor Castle to view the Round Tower built by Henry II, St. George’s Chapel, the State Apartments and Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House. Return to London for a free afternoon of discovery. Option: Enjoy a fabulous theatre performance at one of London’s famous historic West End Theatres.
Day 4 – London
Journey to the mystical past with a visit to Stonehenge, Britain’s most important prehistoric monument. It is a mystical site consisting of two concentric rings of standing stones surrounding a smaller horseshoe formation of stones. Continue on through the Cotswolds to the Georgian city of Bath—famous since Roman times for its mineral baths and hot springs. You’ll tour the Roman Baths and the ancient Pump House.
Day 5 – Paris
Travel to France via the Chunnel under the English Channel, one of the greatest engineering marvels in history.
Day 6 – Paris
Your day begins with a Paris City Tour. See the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysées, the Place de la Concorde, the Tuileries, the Eiffel Tower, and drive past haute couture palaces nestled around the Place de l’Opera. Visit the gothic glory of Notre Dame, the cathedral Victor Hugo chose for his tragic love story. Your last tour is the Louvre Museum—from I. M. Pei’s modern pyramid to the ancient Egyptian sarcophaguses, the Louvre is the largest museum on earth! Among the priceless art treasures to see are the beautiful Venus de Milo, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the Winged Victory of Samothrace.
Day 7 – Amsterdam
Travel to the Netherlands through Belgium, with a stop to see the country’s capital city of Brussels. Arrive in Amsterdam in the afternoon, and have the evening free to begin exploring this vibrant capital with your advisors.
Day 8 – Amsterdam
Get acquainted with this historic city on an Amsterdam Canal Tour. Glide past elegant merchants’ mansions, old churches and warehouses dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Visit one of the most famous sights in Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House, war-time hiding place of the young Jewish girl and her family, made famous by her diaries. This afternoon, take a guided tour of Volendam, a perfectly restored fishing village perched on a dike, overlooking the inland sea.
Day 9 – Depart
Return home, with excellent memories of three of the finest cities in Europe.
London
- London city tour
- Westminster Abbey
- St. Paul’s Cathedral
- Buckingham Palace
- Changing of the Guard
- Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour
- West End play
- Shakespeare’s Globe tour
- Globe theatre performance
- Behind the Stage tour
- Thames River cruise
- Tower of London
- Covent Garden
- Greenwich
- London Eye
- Madame Tussauds
- Afternoon tea at Harrods
- London Dungeon
- Jack the Ripper tour
- British Museum
- The National Gallery
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Imperial War Museum
- Churchill War Rooms
- Charles Dickens Museum
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh city tour
- Edinburgh Castle
- Holyrood Palace
- The National Museum
- The National Gallery
- Scottish folk dinner show
- Witchery tour
- The Writers’ Museum
- The Royal Yacht Britannia
- Our Dynamic Earth science museum
Dublin
- Dublin city tour
- Dublin Castle
- Trinity College – Book of Kells
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Dublin Writers Museum
- Guinness Storehouse
Limerick
- Rock of Cashel
- Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
- Adare Village
- Glenstall Abbey
Killarney
- Ring of Kerry
- Blarney Castle
- Muckross Abbey
- Ross Castle
- Torc Waterfall
Paris
- Paris city tour
- Paris by Night tour
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- Sainte-Chapelle
- Eiffel Tower (2nd or 3rd Level)
- Bateaux Mouches river cruise
- Seine River dinner cruise
- Louvre Museum
- Musee d’Orsay
- Rodin Museum
- Opera Garnier
- Pere Lachaise Cemetery
- Montmartre dinner
- Moulin Rouge show
- Sacre-Coeur Basilica
- Paris Catacombs
- Paris Sewers Tour
- Latin Quarter tour
- Le Marais tour
- Centre Pompidou
Saint-Malo
- Saint-Malo city tour
- Musée du Château
- Jacques Cartier Manor House
- Le Grand Aquarium
- Fort National
- St. Vincent Cathedral
Lyon
- Lyon city tour
- Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière
- Gallo-Roman Museum and Ruins
- St-Jean Cathedral
Aix-en-Provence
- Aix city tour
- Cézanne’s Studio
- Cathedral of the Holy Saviour
Nice
- Nice city tour
- Monaco city tour
- Eze perfume factory
- Language homestay
- Matisse Museum
- Le Chateau
- Theatre de la Photographie et de l’Image
- Russian Cathedral
- Nice Archaeology Museum
Caen
- Caen city tour
- Abbaye aux Dames
- Abbaye aux Hommes
- Musée de Normandie
- Musée des Beaux-Arts
Tours
- Tours city tour
- Tours Cathedral
- Musée des Beaux-Arts
- Château d’Amboise
- Château de Chambord
- Château de Chenonceau
- Château de Chantilly
Normandy
- D-Day tour
- Mont Saint-Michel
- Bayeux Tapestry
Marseille
- Marseille city tour
- Notre Dame de la Garde
- Mediterranean Archaeology Museum
- Longchamp Castle
- Château d’If
London
- Windsor Castle
- Leeds Castle
- Hampton Court Palace
- Kew Palace
- Kensington Palace
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Shakespeare’s Birthplace
- Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
- Warwick Castle
- Stonehenge
- Bath
- Canterbury
- Salisbury
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- White Cliffs of Dover
Edinburgh
- Stirling Castle
- National Wallace Monument
- St. Andrews
- Glasgow
- Loch Ness
- Loch Lomond
- Trossachs National Park
- Lake District National Park
Dublin
- Malahide Castle & Dublin Bay
- Blarney Castle
- Cliffs of Moher
- Aran Islands
- Galway Bay
- Connemara
- Powerscourt Estate
- Waterford Crystal Tour
Paris
- Normandy WWII sites
- Arromanche 360 cinema
- Monet’s Gardens at Giverny
- Chartres Cathedral
- Palace of Fontainebleau
- Palace and Gardens of Versailles
- Disneyland Paris
- Loire Valley chateaux
- Intensive Language Classes
- Provins
Travel Resources
- BBC Online
- The British Monarchy
- British Museum
- British Tourist Authority
- Cumbria-The Lake District
- Edinburgh Tourist Board
- Globe Theatre
- Guide to Dublin
- Interactive map of London
- Irish Tourist Board
- Irish Music, Museums and Heritage
- The Irish Times
- Killarney Online
- Visit London
- London Transport
- National Gallery
- Scottish Tourist Board
- Shakespeare’s Birthplace
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- London Theatre Guide
United Kingdom
Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)
Time Zone: (+0)
Country Calling Code: 44
Capital: London
Official Language(s): English
France
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Time Zone: (+1)
Country Calling Code: 33
Capital: Paris
Official Language(s): French
The Netherlands
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Time Zone: (+1)
Country Calling Code: 31
Capital: Amsterdam
Official Language(s): Dutch