Foster the growth of the scientifically innovative minds in your class by bringing your students on a STEM educational tour to Europe. With magnificent museums, laboratories, universities and more, students can journey through the history of science and examine its present state.
With this trip students will visit historical sites and will attend practical science workshops. This will inspire students and give them the opportunity to improve their knowledge in the science field so they may be part of future advances in technology.
Destination: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, UK
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Please be advised that this is an ‘example’ of a schedule and that the activities may be variable dependent upon dates, weather, special requests and other factors. Itineraries will be confirmed prior to travel.
Day 1
Arrive in Rome. On arrival you will be transferred by a private coach to your accommodation.
Rome, Italy’s capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture and culture on display. Ancient ruins such as the Forum and the Colosseum evoke the power of the former Roman Empire. Vatican City, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, has St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums, which house masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes.
Overnight in Rome
Day 2
The best way to learn about history in Rome is to wander through the streets with a local guide who is an expert in archaeology and history. Visit the Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre ever made by the Romans. Continue the tour of Rome to the Roman Forum which was once the political and religious centre of ancient Rome. The Forum’s origins date back to the 7th century BC.
After lunch continue your tour of Rome. Visit the Pantheon which is a former Roman temple, now a church and end your tour by visiting the most beautiful and most spectacular fountain in Rome, the Trevi Fountain.
Overnight in Rome
Day 3
Today travel to Pompeiifor a Full Guided Archaeological Tour of Pompeii. Once a bustling, blue collar port town, Pompeii’s fate was sealed with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 7.9 A.D. Today, Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage site, one of the most visited sites in Italy and one of the most visited archaeological sites in all of the world. There is an impressive view of Mount Vesuvius in the distance. The still-active volcano erupted a cloud of gas, ash and rocks causing most of the residents to flee. It took just one moment for the eruption to change and an avalanche of lava and rock to race down the mountainside toward Pompeii.
Overnight in Rome
Day 4
Board your coach and travel to Florence.
En-route stop in Siena. Stretched across a Tuscan hill, Siena offers Italy’s best medieval city experience. With red-brick lanes tumbling every which way, the town is an architectural time warp, where pedestrians rule and the present feels like the past.
Continue to Pisa and see the Leaning Tower, one of the most remarkable architectural structures from medieval Europe.
Continue your trip to Florence.
Overnight in Florence.
Day 5
In the morning you will participate in an Educational Tour, In the Footsteps of Galileo. Explore some of the places directly connected to this great genius, who was born and lived in Tuscany in the late 16th century. Today you will visit Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Museo Galileo and Galleria dell’Accademia.
Overnight in Florence
Day 6
After breakfast board your coach and travel to Maranello and visit Galleria Ferrari’s “Red Campus” with a technical/scientific workshop. The Maranello Museum offers 75-minute workshops and focuses mainly on technical/scientific and marketing and team-building-related subjects.
An Italian company that has become a symbol of excellence across the entire world, its production processes, team of Italian and foreign professionals, style and engines, and the world of Formula 1 are just some of the subjects tackled in guided workshop activities in both museums.
Continue on to Milan
Visit Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci – the largest science and technology museum in Italy, and is dedicated to Italian painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
Overnight in Milan
Day 7
After breakfast board your coach for Geneva.
En route visit Chamonix Villagea picturesque alpine town dominated by the Alps mountains and glaciers rising majestically upwards to Mont-Blanc, the highest mountain of Europe. Ride up the cable car and discover a spectacular panoramic view of the Chamonix Valley and the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. On a clear day, you may even see Mattherhorn, the famous Swiss peak and icon of Switzerland – which is found on packages of the Toblerone chocolate
Tonight you will have your dinner at Edelweiss Restaurant, a restaurant with unique style and decor along with perfectly recreated Swiss chalet-style atmosphere and traditional instrumental band.
Overnight in Geneva
Day 8
After breakfast visit CERN – European Organisation for Nuclear Research. A European research organisation that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world where the students and their teachers will take part in hands-on and minds-on particle physics experiment sessions on-site at CERN.
In the afternoon you will visit the United Nations in Geneva and learn about the current activities of the United Nations.
Overnight in Geneva
Day 9
After breakfast board the high speed train to Paris. The fastest and most comfortable way to travel from Paris to Geneva is by taking the TGV Lyria high-speed train running at up to 320 km/h.
On arrival in Paris board your coach for a panoramic tour of Paris. Admire the main tourist sites and monuments in Paris, from the Eiffel Tower to Notre-Dame. Learn about its history and greatest monuments, squares and bridges.
Overnight in Paris
Day 10
After breakfast visit Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie, the biggest science museum in Europe. Hands-on experiments, games, immersive displays, events and planetarium, the Cité has revolutionised conventional museum displays to give everyone the chance to touch and experience science.
In the afternoon visit Louvre Museum, the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument that houses one of the most impressive art collections in history.
Overnight in Paris
Day 11
After breakfast board Eurostar to London.
On arrival board your coach for a panoramic tour of London. See the city’s main attractions, including Big Ben and the Tower of London, and hear the tales and history of the city.
In the afternoon visit the London Eye and participate in a workshop where you will learn about the designers and engineers behind the London’s iconic building and bridge engineers.
Overnight in London
Day 12
After breakfast board your coach and depart for Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of the World War Two Codebreakers is now a vibrant heritage attraction. You will also take part in an interactive workshop session in which students will use practical problem solving and team work skills as they begin to understand the scale of the task faced by Bletchley Park’s codebreakers during World War Two.
In the afternoon visit Greenwich Royal Observatory. Stand on the World’s Prime Meridian and take an awe inspiring journey into space with our astronomers and unravel the mysteries of the cosmos at London’s planetarium.
Overnight in London
Day 13
Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
Day 14
Arrive home
