See the 5 day itinerary
DAY 1 – Arrival
- Arrive at Edinburgh Airport - here you will be met by our executive coach and driver (coach size depends on number of pax).
- Transfer to your chosen hostel/hotel where you will stay for the next 4 nights on a B&B basis.
DAY 2 – Edinburgh
- Breakfast.
- Our English-speaking Blue Badge Guide will meet you at the hostel/hotel for a half day walking tour of Scotland's capital - Edinburgh, known as the Athens of the North.
- Bid farewell to our guide before your next visit which can be explored on your own. Royal Museum of Scotland - from the age of dinosaurs to the technology of the future, our galleries contain treasures from around the world. From meteorites to monsters from the deep, our Natural World galleries tell the story of our planet, while our World Cultures gallery link people and possessions across the globe. Follow the story of Scotland from prehistory to the present day in our Scottish galleries, marvel at a spectacular array of over 800 objects in our Window on the World and meet the Scots whose ideas, innovations and leadership took them across the world in our Discoveries gallery.
- Group make their own way back their accommodation for overnight.
DAY 3 – Scottish Parliament
- Breakfast in the hostel/hotel.
- Today, we have booked a guided tour to the Scottish Parliament. On this general tour through the Scottish Parliament building, our guides provide information on the architecture of the award-winning Scottish Parliament building, as well as the history and work of the Scottish Parliament. Suitable for visitors of all ages.
- Remainder of the day at leisure in Edinburgh.
- Overnight.
DAY 4 – Day at leisure
- Breakfast.
- Today is at leisure to explore the remainder of Edinburgh, alternatively we can offer optional day tours outside with coach, guide and entrance fees/ visits. Some examples are:
- Full day Stirling, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
A scenic day with suggested walks in the Trossachs and perhaps a cruise on Loch Lomond, the best way to see the loch. - Full Day Perth and St Andrews
Stop off in South Queensferry for a photo stop and to view both the Forth Road Bridge and the Rail Bridge which spans across the River Forth, before heading onto Perth, known as the gateway to the Highlands before we arrive into the seaside town of St Andrews, known as the home of Golf. - Full Day Loch Ness / Inverness and the Highlands
This is a 12-hour tour that takes in many of the major sights in Scotland. Loch Ness with it's mysterious inhabitant/Monster, Nessie!
DAY 5 – Departure
- Full Scottish Breakfast.
- Coach and driver will meet you at your accommodation for a return transfer to Edinburgh Airport, taking with you wonderful memories of your holiday in Scotland!!!
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DAY 1 – Arrival
- Arrive in London, here you will be met by our executive coach and driver.
- Meet with your host families, dinner and overnight with your host families.
DAY 2 – London
- After breakfast, your local guide will take you for a half day city tour including the famous Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guards, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Piccadilly Circus and much more.
- In the afternoon, visit Madame Tussauds Wax Museum followed by free time for shopping in Oxford Street.
- Early afternoon experience a ride on one of London’s most popular attractions, the London Eye.
- Evening return back to your host families in Greenwich.
DAY 3 – Windsor
- After breakfast meet your guide for a half day tour of Windsor Castle where you will have the opportunity to visit the royal palace and the exhibition Royal Empire, then why not spend some time to visit the elite public school for boys, Eton?
- After lunch, head back to London and spend the afternoon visiting the Shakespeare’s Globe exhibition and theatre tour.
- Evening return back to your host families for overnight.
DAY 4 – Departure
- After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
See the 6 day itinerary
DAY 1 – Arrival
- Arrival at Geneva-Airport. Our local representative will meet and greet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel.
- After freshening up, meet your coach and explore the French speaking city of Geneva with a guided city tour, visiting the Jet d'eau, the world's tallest water fountain and a constant landmark for those exploring the city. Also, take a picture of the Flower Clock, Reformation Wall, St Peters Cathedral, United Nations Building and the Red Cross.
- Dinner in a restaurant, choose one of the many restaurants in Geneva.
- Overnight at hotel.
DAY 2 – Geneva / Cerne
- After breakfast, depart hotel and enjoy a day full of scientific experiences. Spend the morning in the CERN. At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Here the process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.
- After lunch, visit the reptile sanctuary and the National History Museum, called Musée d'histoire naturelle.
- After dinner, proceed back to the hotel.
- Overnight at hotel.
DAY 3 – Geneva / Glacier 3000
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Board the coach and proceed to Glacier 3000.
- During summer time, have an adrenalin rush by enjoying the alpine coaster. The highest situated toboggan run in the world is open again and offers fun and action for the whole family (subject to weather conditions). Or join the competition for the best selfie on the Peak Walk by Tissot. The 107-metre suspension bridge connecting two mountain peaks. That's just unique!
- Enjoy lunch with a magnificent view over the Alps including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.
- On the way back, make a short stop at Lausanne and then head to Geneva.
- Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 4 – Lucerne
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Proceed for a day full of gourmet delights. First stop is Gruyere. Here, you will get a closer look behind the scenes of how the famous Swiss cheese is made. Lunch at the restaurant on site will give you the opportunity of trying the cheese, maybe in the form of a Swiss Cheese Fondue?
- After lunch, leave for Broc to visit the famous chocolate factory, Maison Cailler, where you will discover how the chocolate is made.
- Proceed to Lucerne and begin your discovery of this lovely medieval town with its many attractions. Visit the main sights such as the Lion Monument, the Chapel Bridge, Town hall, and the Jesuite Church.
- Dinner and overnight in the Lucerne area.
DAY 5 – Zurich
- After breakfast, visit the Museum of Transportation, called "Verkehrshaus" and then head to Zurich.
- Afternoon, orientation tour of Zurich passing by the castle-like National Museum, the shops at Bahnhofstrasse, the Limmatquai with its medieval Old Town, the largest church clock-face of Europe on St. Peter, the patriarchal Guild Houses, the Opera house with its famous June-Festivals, photo stop at the lake and finally the Old Town at Fraumunster Church, where you will admire the beautiful Chagall-Windows.
- Dinner and overnight in Zurich area.
DAY 6 – Departure
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to the airport in time for your return flight.
See the 9 day itinerary
DAY 1 – Arrival
- Arrival at the Airport.
- Assistance and transfer to Athens in order to realize the city tour of Athens. This tour allows you to observe the enormous existent contrast between the modern and the ancient city. When you will enter the Acropolis, you will be able to admire the Temple of Athina Nike, the Propylea and of course the Parthenon.
- After that, you will realize the panoramic tour of Athens passing by the Temple of Olympus Zeus, the Adrian’s Arch, the Parliament with the change of the guards and the Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games took place.
- At the end of the tour, transfer to the hotel for the check-in.
- Transport to a local restaurant for dinner.
- At the end of the dinner return to the hotel. Accommodation.
DAY 2 – Athens / Argolida
- Breakfast.
- Departure towards the Corinth Canal; canal that connects the Aegean sea with the Ionian sea (short stop).
- We continue towards Mycenae where we will visit the Acropolis of Mycenas with its impressive Lions Gate and the tomb of Agamemnon. Then we continue towards Epidaurus, where we will visit the renowned for its acoustics; theatre of Epidaurus.
- After that visit, we return to Athens in order to have our dinner.
- At the end of the dinner, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
DAY 3 – Athens / Delphi / Meteora
- Breakfast.
- Departure towards Delphi where nature is combined with the legends. Visit of the archaeological site and museum of Delphi. Many years ago stood up in this majestic and imposing place, the sanctuary of Apollo, god of beauty and music, where men could communicate with the gods through an oracle.
- We will visit the SANCTUARY OF APOLLO, the Treasury of the Athenians, the ORACLE, the Museum with the renowned Charioteer of Delphi, and Agias bronze by Lysippos, among other masterpieces of the time.
- Departure towards Kalambaka passing typical towns of Central Greece.
- Arrival at Kalambaka and your hotel.
- Dinner and overnight.
DAY 4 – Meteora / Athens
- Breakfast.
- Departure and climb the mountains of Meteora to visit the monasteries, one of the most beautiful sights of Greece: on top of a very high granite rocks shaped menhirs, as suspended between heaven and earth, are the centuries monasteries XIV and XV with incalculable historical and religious treasures.
- Return towards Athens and your hotel.
- Dinner and overnight.
DAY 5 – Athens / Marathon
- Breakfast.
- Departure towards Marathon where we are going to have our half-day tour.
- At the end of the tour return to Athens and your hotel. Accommodation.
DAY 6 – Athens / Piraeus / Mykonos
- Breakfast.
- At the adequate time, transfer to the port of Piraeus in order to embark on the ferry towards Mykonos.
- Arrival on Mykonos island and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
DAY 7 – Mykonos
- Breakfast.
- Day at leisure.
- Accommodation.
DAY 8 – Mykonos / Piraeus / Athens
- Breakfast.
- At the adequate time, transfer towards Mykonos port in order to take the ferry back to Athens.
- Arrival at Piraeus port and transfer towards the restaurant for your farewell dinner.
- At the end of the dinner, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
DAY 9 – Departure
- Breakfast.
- At the adequate time, transfer to the Airport of Athens in order to take your departure flight.
INCLUDED:- Arrival transfer and tour of Athens with private bus and guide
- 5 nights Hotel in Athens on bed and breakfast basis
- 1-day Argolida tour with private bus and guide
- 3 dinners at local restaurants in Athens (no drinks included)
- 2-day tour with private bus and guide
- 1 night in Kalambaka on half board basis
- Tour to Marathon with private bus and guide
- Ferry ticket Piraeus – Mykonos on economy class
- Transfer Mykonos port – hotel with private bus and escort
- 2 nights Hotel in Mykonos on bed and breakfast basis
- Transfer to Mykonos port with private bus and escort
- Ferry ticket Mykonos – Piraeus on economy class
- Transfer port – hotel with private bus and escort
- Transfer hotel – Airport with private bus and assistance
NOT INCLUDED:- Porterage service
- Tips
- Drinks
- Lunches
- Dinners (except where mentioned)
See the 8 day itinerary
DAY 1 – Arrival in Brisbane, Tangalooma
- Meet and greet your guides who will accompany the Group to the Holt Street Wharf
- Launch departs Brisbane
- Arrive Tangalooma Island – Group will be greeted by Tangalooma Island representative from Guest Services
- Discover the World of Dolphin Presentation (30mins) – Eco Centre
- Group 1: Wild Dolphin Feeding – Jetty
Group 2: Dolphin Viewing & Data Collection – Jetty - Buffer Dinner - Vista Patio 1&2
DAY 2 – Tangalooma
- Tursiops Buffet Breakfast.
- Group 1: Desert Safari Tour with Sand Tobogganing (1.5 hrs) – Flensing Deck
Group 2: Guided Snorkelling Tour with Tangalooma Wreck (1.5 hrs) – Tanga Watersports - Buffet Lunch
- Island Explorer Tour with an Eco Ranger (1.5 hrs)
- Group 2: Desert Safari Tour with Sand Tobogganing – Flensing Deck
Group 1 Guided snorkelling Tour of Tangalooma Wreck (1.5 hrs) – Tanga Watersports - Students to return to rooms & change into clothes for dolphin feeding
- Group 2 Wild Dolphin Feeding Experience – Jetty
Group 1 Dolphin Viewing & Data Collection – Jetty - Data collection discussion & debrief – Eco Centre
- Buffet Dinner – Vista Pation 1 & 2
DAY 3 – Tangalooma / Brisbane / Toowoomba
- Luggage in designated collection area & check out of room before 7am
- Buffet Breakfast at Tursiops
- Collect return boarding passes
- Launch departs Tangalooma Island
- Launch arrives Holt Street Wharf
- Collect bags and load onto Coaches
- Depart Holt Street Wharf
- Lunch stop on the way – Mcdonalds or similar (at own expense)
- Accommodation: Concordia School, 2 nights, including breakfast
- Evening at leisure
DAY 4 – Toowoomba
- Concordia Lutheran College
DAY 5 – Toowoomba / Brisbane / Sydney
- Pick up Teachers/Escort from Platinum International Motel
- Collect students from Concordia Lutheran College to Brisbane Domestic Airport
- Your Guides Will meet you at the airport to help assist with departure
- Depart on Flight
- Collect luggage and meet your Guides in the arrivals area. They will accompany you to the hotel
SYDNEY - It is one of the most beloved cities in the world and has a sunny and vibrant pace of life that makes it the ideal destination for any season of the year. The relaxed lifestyle of Sydney and its attraction to the physical make it one of the best cities in the world to visit and live. The impressive harbour provides an impressive backdrop for the city's famous icons. The Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. With a wide cultural life, dynamic gastronomic panorama and a vibrant urban landscape of exceptional contemporary and colonial architecture. The famous beaches - to highlight those of Bondi and Manly - and five large national parks offer unforgettable outdoor experiences. Sydney extends north and south of the port, chaining a series of golden beaches easily accessible.
Accommodation: Travelodge Sydney, Guest Room, 3 Nights
Includes: 3 x Full Buffet Breakfast
- Drop off luggage at the hotel, organise check in
- 20 min leisurely walk to dinner
- After dinner walk back to the hotel on your own leisure
DAY 6 – Sydney
- Breakfast
- Meet your guide in the lobby and they will accompany you on today’s Excursion around Sydney
- Sydney City Sights:
Enjoy the famous sights of Sydney, such as the historic Rocks, Mrs. Macquarie's chair with its fabulous views of the harbour and the Opera, the Botanical Gardens and Darling Harbour. East of the city centre is Kings Cross, the exclusive suburbs of Double Bay and Rose Bay, as well as Watson's Bay and The Gap, with breathtaking views along the harbour to the city. On the famous Bondi beach, see the white sand and surf typical of all the beaches of the city of Sydney. - On conclusion of the city tour, make your way to the opera House
- 1 hour Opera House tour
- After the tour - free time for lunch
- Groups to walk to Circular Quay and meet at Jetty 6
- 1 hour Sightseeing Cruise
- Make your own way back to the hotel
- Dinner
DAY 7 – Sydney
- Breakfast
- Meet your guide in the lobby for a full day excursion to the Blue Mountains
- First stop - Featherdale Wildlife Park
Featherdale Wildlife Park houses one of Australia's most comprehensive collections of native wildlife. Embrace a koala at no additional charge, and feed kangaroos and wallabies. From the initial greeting by the swaggie at the entrance to the park, you are invited to take a walk on the wild side and meet more than 1,700 animals of more than 280 different species. In addition to numerous koalas and kangaroos, highlights face-to-face encounters with all kinds of wildlife, including wallabies, emus, an extraordinary variety of birds and 40 species of reptiles in the Reptile Pavilion. You will also have the opportunity to meet kangaroos, small penguins, wombats, a 4.5 meter saltwater crocodile and 30 species of endangered or vulnerable animals including macrotis known as bilbies. - Second stop - Waradah Aboriginal Centre, Blue Mountains
Located adjacent to the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park, this is the ideal location for local and worldwide visitors to experience authentic song and dance performances, dreamtime stories and quality authentic collectable artworks and crafts. - Students visiting Waradah will learn about Australian and Aboriginal Culture in a series of three activities:
- Students engage in an interactive talk on traditional Aboriginal culture looking at how Aboriginal people lived in a sustainable way in a natural environment for thousands of years.
- Explanations of traditional painting techniques and symbols used in Aboriginal desert art are given.
- Background to the Desert Painting movement is explained.
- Individual boomerang decorating and painting workshop under guidance. Students are then able to keep their boomerang.
- Third stop - Scenic World
Group 1: Koalas
Group 2: Wallaby’s
The latest experience of the scenic world is found in Katoomba in the world heritage of the Blue Mountains of Australia - Coach returns to Sydney
- Evening at leisure
DAY 8 – Departure
- Breakfast
- Meet your guide in the lobby to transfer to the airport
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