School history trips are a great way of bringing history to life. Visits can be a thought provoking experience, helping students get a deeper insight and understanding of the past. Please see below for our history tours to:

• France (below)
• Belgium
• Germany
• Poland
• Spain
• Italy
• Czech Republic

France

Pas de Calais and The Somme

The close proximity of Pas de Calais makes it a perfect destination for a school history trip to France. Today the region’s conflicted history can be seen in the numerous war memorials, museums and cemeteries found throughout the area. Suggested visits for your school history tour:

Vimy Memorial

• Vimy Memorial Park and the preserved WW1 trenches
• La Coupole – World War II Museum
• Le Blockhaus d’Eperlecques – World War II Bunker
• Museum of the Great War
• The “Somme 1916” Museum at Albert
• World War II Museum, Ambleteuse
• Somme Battlefields Tour
• Lochnagar Crater
• South African Memorial and Museum
• Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
• Newfoundland Memorial Park

Normandy

With its D-Day landing beaches and the World War II battlefields Normandy has become one of the most important destinations for school history tours. Suggested visits for your school history trip to Normandy are:

Pegasus Bridge, near Caen, Normandy

• Landing Beaches Guided Tour
• Arromanches D-Day Museum
• Arromanches 360° cinema
• Pegasus Bridge Museum
• Juno Beach Centre
• Caen Memorial
• Utah Beach Museum
• Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum

More information on our school trips to France.

Belgium

Ypres

No one can fail to be moved by a visit to Ypres. In the 1920’s more than 150 military cemeteries and memorial monuments were built around the city, the Menin Gate at Ypres being the most important of these. Suggested visits for your history school trip:

Menin Gate*

• Guided tour of the battlefields of Ypres
• In Flanders Fields Museum
• Hill 62, Santuary Wood Museum
• Menin Gate Last Post
• Lijssenthoek Visitor Centre
• Memorial Museum Passchendaele
• Tyne Cot Visitor Centre
• Hooge Crater Museum

A tour to Belgium offers the perfect opportunity to make a visit to the battlefields of the Somme or the Vimy Ridge Memorial, where you can visit the reconstructed WW1 trenches and tunnels. More information on our school trips to Belgium.

Germany

Berlin

Since World War II Berlin has emerged from the past and been rebuilt, restored and rejuvenated. When the Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1989 it was an enormous turning point for the city and Berlin now offers countless possibilities for your school history trip. Highlights for your history tour include:

Holocaust Memorial*

• Berlin Wall and Documentation Centre
• Checkpoint Charlie and the Mauermuseum
• Berlin/Third Reich Walking Tour
• Holocaust Memorial
• Topography of Terror
• House of Wannsee Conference
• Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
• Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (Stasi Prison)
• Bundestag and the Berliner Dom
• DDR Museum
• Jewish Museum
• The Story of Berlin and visit to a nuclear bunker
• Olympic Stadium

Munich and Nuremberg

For history school trips to Germany, Munich is an ideal destination, especially if you combine it with an excursion to Nuremberg. Suggested visits to include in your history trip:

Memorial to the White Rose Movement*

• Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
• The Jewish Museum
• Berchtesgaden Eagles Nest
• Obersalzberg Documentation Centre 
• White Rose Memorial
• National Resistance Movement Walking Tour

Nuremberg

Nuremberg held great significance during the Nazi Germany era because of its position in the centre of Germany and because of the Nuremberg Rallies. Tour options:

• Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds
• Germanisches National Museum
• Memoriam Nuremberg Trials
• Guided walking tour

More information on our school trips to Germany.

Poland

Krakow

During World War II Krakow became the capital of Nazi occupied Poland. Today, Krakow is an important destination for school history and religious education trips. Suggested visits for your school history tour to Krakow:

Auschwitz*

• Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps
• Kazimierz Jewish Ghetto Tour
• Schindler’s Factory Museum
• The Galicia Jewish Museum
• Visit with a Holocaust survivor
• Jewish meal with traditional entertainment

More information on our school trips to Poland.

Spain

Barcelona

Italy

Rome

The city of Rome is an open air museum with churches, fountains, palazzo, archaeological sites and monuments, making it a fantastic destination for a school history tour. Suggested Rome visits for your school history trip:

St Peter’s Basilica*

• Colosseum
• Roman Forum
• Arch of Constantine
• Pantheon
• St Peter’s Basilica
• Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• Catacombs of San Callisto
• Capitoline Hill and Museum
• Borghese Gallery

Rome Guided Tours

• Ancient Rome
• Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• St Peters Basilica
• History of Mussolini
• Historic Art of the churches of Rome
• Borghese Gallery

Excursions from Rome

• Pompeii archaeological site
• Herculaneum
• MAV – Virtual Archaeological Museum at Herculaneum
• Naples
• Vesuvius National Park

More information on our school trips to Italy.

Czech Republic

Prague

The historic centre of Prague is included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Its preserved historical centre is a thriving city with theatres, galleries, museums and exhibitions. Suggested Prague visits fo your history trip:

Prague*

• The Jewish Quarter
• Jewish Museum
• Terezin Concentration Camp
• Old-New Synagogue
• Prague Castle
• Prague City Tour
• Prague Jewish Quarter Walking Tour

More information on our school trips to the Czech Republic. We can arrange a complete package for your trip including the itinerary, accommodation, transport, tours and visits. Please get in touch with us today.

*Image credits:

• Vimy Memorial
• Pegasus Bridge, near Caen, Normandy
• Menin Gate
• Holocaust Memorial
• Memorial to the White Rose Movement
• Auschwitz
• St Peter’s Basilica
• Prague

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