Morning departure from school
Ferry/Eurotunnel crossing
Your Christmas market school trip to Amiens and Arras will see your students explore the largest Christmas market in northern France!
If you’re looking for a fun experience to get your French students talking, you’d be hard pressed to beat a school trip to the French Christmas markets. The one at Amiens has over one hundred stalls standing back to back, selling all kinds of wonderful things, including local delicacies including macarons d’Amiens!
You can combine your trip to Amiens with a visit to the beautiful city of Arras, once the heart of the historic Artois region, or one of the important WW1 battlefields sites nearby.
Morning departure from school
Ferry/Eurotunnel crossing
Arrive in Calais
Visit a traditional bakery
Arrive at accommodation
After breakfast, head to Amiens
Visit the cathedral and enjoy a guided tour of the city
After breakfast, head to Arras
Spend some time at the Christmas market
Depart for Calais after lunch
Visit P&J Calais for a chocolate workshop
Ferry/Eurotunnel crossing
The charismatic baker will tell your students about his work – in French, of course! He will demonstrate some of… Read more
To start your tour, you will be given a brief history of cocoa, including how the beans are used and how they are cul… Read more
During this Guided Tour, you will discover the city’s monuments and history. After a brief introduction in front… Read more
Before you return home, make sure you stop at P&J Calais, to stock up on handmade Belgian chocolates!Chocolate workshops… Read more
From the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, the people of Albert, like many in the region, got used to hiding underground… Read more
Beneath the streets of Arras lie impressive chalk quarries which date back to the Middle Ages. In 1914, Arras was des… Read more
Poppies d'Albert is a purpose built hotel, catering exclusively for school groups. It is located in the historic town of Albert, in the very heart of the battlefields of the Somme.
Students are accommodated in multi-bedded rooms all of which have an en-suite shower, toilet and washbasin. Breakfast is served at the hotel, and the evening meal in a local restaurant.
Each floor has a games room with a pool table and a drinks machine. There is also a staff lounge on each floor with computers, free internet access and a minibar. A room is available for group activities. Next to the hotel are a football pitch and a swimming pool, both of which can be used by the hotel's guests.
Don’t hesitate to contact me for any advice or further information on how your school trip can be tailored to your requirements.
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