School trips to Paris in particular can be great as France is one of the closest countries to the UK so it can be very convenient and cheap to get to compared to elsewhere in Europe. You dont even need to take a flight as you can hire a coach and get a ferry or go by Eurostar.
Paris is a city of romance, beauty, food and a great buzz. There are many stunning boulevards to walk along and amazing monuments to visit.
School trips to Paris is brilliant for art students as well as language students because it boasts one of the worlds largest and most famous museums such as The Louvre and Musee dOrsay which display masterpieces like The Mona Lisa and painting by Monet and Renoir.
The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe are great places to visit whilst you are in Paris as they are very important symbols to the countrys history and culture and can be very educational for history classes too.
The coach journey times from Calais is about 4 and a half hours whereas Eurostar from London St Pancras is only 2 hours 15 minutes so it is fairly quick either way which is a bonus when traveling with a large group of children. It can be quite cheap too especially with group bookings where youll be able to get a discount and there is no need to take a plane so it makes it more convenient and easier to keep an eye on all the pupils in one place.
You can even travel along the river Seine whilst in Paris and there are lots of great places to go shopping. It is one of the worlds fashion capitals and is ideal for fashion students too. Paris can cater to a whole roster of different subjects and types of students so it is an ideal place for anyone to visit whilst on an educational trip and should be beneficial to any course. There are lots of great hotels that arent too expensive so they can be perfect for big school groups and you will be sure to get discounts for group bookings. There is also Disney Land Paris which has been host to some ICT and art classes in the past.
