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SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE

SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE. Careful preparation. compliance with school/LEA guidelines use reputable tour operators licensed by ATOL (Air Travel Organisers Licence) exploratory visit consult other schools compare the different tour operators organise tour yourself a year’s work?.

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SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE

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  1. SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE

  2. Careful preparation • compliance with school/LEA guidelines • use reputable tour operators licensed by ATOL (Air Travel Organisers Licence) • exploratory visit • consult other schools • compare the different tour operators • organise tour yourself • a year’s work?

  3. Staffing • school will dictate this, depending on numbers, age and gender • choose accompanying staff carefully • allocate jobs carefully • ideally, one member of staff should be able to speak the language

  4. Preparing the pupils • background information • language • money, food and drink • phones • emergency procedures • code of conduct • culture (dress codes, body language) • smoking, alcohol, drugs

  5. Briefing for parents 1 • purpose and dates of visit • modes of travel (approved coach firm) • accommodation • details of cost • insurance details (school) • health and safety, medical matters • standards of behaviour

  6. Briefing for parents 2 • remote supervision • evening activities • swimming • kit list • contact details a) away b) at school • special needs • collect on time

  7. Paperwork (to be taken) • group list, photographs • travel tickets, passports, visas and copies • parental consent forms, medical forms, European Health Insurance Card • contact details • accommodation details • insurance arrangements • details of local medical services, consulate

  8. Paperwork(to be left at school/with EVC) • group list • copies of parental consent forms, medical forms • contact details • accommodation details • insurance arrangements • risk assessment

  9. During the visit • issue pupils with appropriate details of hotel, staff phone numbers, etc. • establish system for identifying pupils • establish a clear emergency procedure • issue clear instructions especially regarding free time, timings, meeting places

  10. Budget • tour price • transport (coach to and from airport in England) • insurance (your school insurance may cover this) • admission fees (if not included) • (a letter on school headed note paper will get you free entry to sites in Greece) • extra staff?, staff lunches • contingency, treats

  11. What does the price include? • spouse/child concessions • number of staff free places • full/half board accommodation • insurance • air/coach • airport taxes • entrance fees • rep or courier • free inspection visit

  12. Tips • sight see in the morning, travel in the afternoon • negotiate with tour operator (all three companies claim that tours can be tailor-made to suit the specific needs of individual groups) • be nice to coach driver • see something new each time • look at other schools’ itineraries

  13. Questions • how big should the party be? • single sex or a joint venture? • how easy is it to organise the tour myself? • should I take girls to Italy? • to guide or not to guide? • what if they are not Classicists? • how long should we go for?

  14. EVENING ACTIVITIES • slide show • diary writing • meal out • Greek dancing/Roman soldier • son et lumière • Easter/local celebrations

  15. WHERE TO GO IN GREECE • Athens • Delphi • Olympia, Bassae • Mycenae, Tiryns, Nemea, Argos, Epidauros • Corinth • Cape Sounion, Eleusis • Saronic Islands (Aegina, Poros, Hydra) • Sparta, Pylos, Sphacteria

  16. Sample itinerary for Greece • Day 1: depart 17.50, arrive Athens at 04.25 on day 2. • Day 2: transfer to Delphi via Ossios Loukas (Byzantine monastery) and Arachova. • Day 3: visit Delphi museum and site; transfer to Olympia. • Day 4: visit Olympia; transfer to Pylos. • Day 5: boat trip to Sphakteria; visit Nestor’s palace and Oxbelly Bay (ancient Pylos); transfer to Tolon. • Day 6: visit Mycenae, Nemea (and Nauplion if time); free afternoon in Tolon. • Day 7: transfer to Athens via Epidauros; Athens National Museum. • Day 8 visit Theatre of Dionysus, Acropolis and Agora. Depart hotel at 16.00 arrive 1.00am on day 9.

  17. WHERE TO GO IN ITALY • Rome: at least two days • Ostia Antica • Tivoli (Hadrian’s villa, Villa d’Este) • Bay of Naples: at least two days • Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvius • Naples Archaeological Museum • Paestum, Amalfi coast • Cumae, Pozzuoli, Solfatara • Island of Capri

  18. Sample itinerary for Italy • Day 1: flight to Rome; visit Colosseum • Day 2: Rome: imperial fora; Capitoline and Palatine • Day 3: Tivoli or Vatican, Pantheon • Day 4: leave for Bay of Naples via catacombs: lunch near Monte Cassino; arrive Sorrento • Day 5: Herculaneum; Mount Vesuvius • Day 6: Oplontis, Pompeii • Day 7: Naples Museum and Pozzuoli/Solfatara/Cumae • Day 8: fly home

  19. Further information • www.ststravel.co.uk/sts-european/italy • www.ststravel.co.uk/sts-european/greece • www.nstgroup.co.uk • info@hellene-travel.com

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