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School Geography Trip to Sicily
A geography school trip to Italy offers your students the chance to explore one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean!
With its varied landscapes and spectacular coastline, the island offers a geographical diversity of unspoilt seabeds and fertile volcanic slopes, making it a fascinating destination for a geography school trip.
Make sure you include a visit to Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest active volcano, and enjoy breathtaking views of the volcanic landscape from its summit.
Sample itinerary
Day 1/4
Morning
Afternoon
Flight from the UK to Catania
Evening
Evening meal at the hotel
Day 2/4
Afternoon
Full-day excursion to Mount Etna, with lava tubing and visit to the film exhibition
Evening
Return to hotel for evening meal
Day 3/4
Afternoon
Full-day excursion to Alcantara Gorge and Giardini Naxos
Evening
Return to hotel for evening meal
Day 4/4
Afternoon
Transfer to airport for return flight to the UK
Evening
What's included?
3 nights' half-board accommodation- Airport taxes and passenger duty at current rates
- ATOL protected return flights from the UK
- Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
- Detailed information pack
- Excursion to Mount Etna - including Mount Etna cable car with 4x4 and alpine guide, and Stromboli
- Free staff place ratio 1:10
- Itinerary planning service
- Return airport transfers in resort
- Vamoos travel app - giving you access to all your trip documents on your phone or tablet
- VAT at current rates to tour operators
Curriculum Links
A-Level
Earth structure and plate tectonics
Tectonic disaster trends since 1960
Active volcanoes - eruptive activity and land formation
Human responses to natural hazards
Managing tectonic hazards - predictions and forecasting
Coastal landscape systems and features of littoral zones
Weathering, erosion and deposition
Coastal management strategies
Threats to the coastline and the impact of tourism
Fieldwork
GCSE
Plate tectonics theory
Living alongside hazards in developed countries
Management of tectonic hazards and their effects
Monitoring, prediction and protection at plate boundaries
Geomorphic processes, erosion and deposition
Distinctive coastal landforms
Impact of humans on coasts
Coastline protection schemes
Fieldwork
Key Stage 3
Geological timescales and plate tectonics
Rocks, weathering and soils
Hydrology and coasts
Primary
The water cycle
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Activities
Alcantara Gorges
The gorges of Alcantara are canyons of black lava walls which tower as much as 50m above the Alcantara river.It's… Read more
Mount Etna
Mount Etna dominates eastern Sicily at a height of 3292m and is the highest and largest active volcano in Europe.&… Read more
Siracusa/Ortygia Island
Located near the southeastern corner of Sicily on the Ionian coast, Siracusa (Syracuse) is built on an ancient Greek set… Read more
Stromboli
Stromboli holds Europe's biggest active volcano after Etna - the only volcano in Europe with permanently eruptive ac… Read more
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After your trip
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Accommodation
Hotel Nike
Nike Hotel’s 51 guestrooms feature modern Mediterranean-style decor in white and blue; all include air conditioning (surcharge), satellite television, direct-dial phones, and hair dryers.
Guests can start the day with a buffet breakfast, sunbathe on the hotel’s private beach and enjoy drinks on the terrace of the seasonal bar; the hotel provides a concierge service.
Reviews
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, July 2019
Our trip was very well organised and our expectations were met, if not exceeded. Thank you!Need help?
Gail Biggins - Tour Adviser
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0115 9404 303
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