Off Peak Tours

All inclusive visits in low season.

In response to demand from Primary Schools, we have expanded our range of Educational Trips to France to include short, discounted tours during the off peak season (beginning of November to the end of February).

These tours are 1 or 2 night stays in Northern France and include some of the most popular activities such as visits to the local market and the Second World War museum at Ambleteuse. The children get a chance to practise their French with the help of specially designed activity sheets,as well as the opportunity to experience French culture, whilst enjoying the hospitality of carefully selected residential centres.

Prices start from around £140 for a one night (2 day) tour, making a trip to France a more realistic proposition than ever before.

Shown below are two itineraries for our off peak tours:

Off Peak Tour for a 1 night stay in "Mont de Couppes", Le Portel Boulogne, France - £138 per pupil (based on 30 pupils travelling plus 3 free teachers)

DAY 1

Depart your school by coach for Folkestone. Embarkation on the Euro tunnel shuttle and Channel crossing. Disembarkation in Coquelles. Depart for Boulogne. Picnic lunch (not included in tariff). In the afternoon, discover the town and France in general thanks to a town trail. Then, depart by coach for 'Becasuc’ in Boulogne to discover all the secrets of hand made sweets. Depart for your residential centre for dinner. Room allocation and full board accommodation in multi-bedrooms.

DAY 2

After breakfast, depart for the supermarket in Boulogne for shopping with language exercises. Then, depart by coach for Hardinghen to visit a traditional Apple Juice factory. Free tasting and a bottle of juice for each child at the end of the visit. Picnic lunch. In the afternoon, depart your residential centre by coach to visit a bakery to see bread and cakes being made in a traditional French way. Make your own “croissant” and leave with a “baguette” and “un croissant” for each child at the end of the visit. Then, depart by coach for Coquelles. Embarkation on board the Euro tunnel shuttle and Channel crossing. Arrival in Folkestone and direct transfer to your home town.

Suggested programme for a 2 night stay in "Mont de Couppes", Le Portel Boulogne, France - £196 per pupil (based on 30 pupils travelling plus 3 free teachers.)

DAY 1

Depart your school by coach for Folkestone. Embarkation on the Euro tunnel shuttle and Channel crossing. Disembarkation in Coquelles. Depart for Boulogne. Picnic lunch (not included in tariff). Then, discover the town and France in general thanks to a town trail with language exercises. Depart for your residential centre for dinner. Room allocation and full board accommodation in multi-bedrooms.

DAY 2

Depart your residential centre for the local market where the children will have a questionnaire to complete. Return to the centre for lunch. Depart the centre in the afternoon by coach for 'Becasuc’ in Boulogne to discover all the secrets of hand made sweets. Language work with a questionnaire and shopping. After the visit, depart by coach for Ambleteuse to visit the museum and discover the story of the Second World War with questionnaires in English especially prepared for Primary schools. (Those questionnaires are corrected by the staff of the museum at the end of the visit while the children are watching a film about the battle of Normandy. Prizes are given for the best questionnaires). Return by coach to your residential centre for dinner.

DAY 3

After breakfast, depart for the supermarket in Boulogne for shopping with language exercises. Picnic lunch. In the afternoon, depart your residential centre by coach to visit a bakery to see bread and cakes being made in a traditional French way. Make your own “croissant” and leave with a “baguette” and “un croissant” for each child at the end of the visit. Then, depart by coach for Coquelles. Embarkation on board the Euro tunnel shuttle and Channel crossing. Arrival in Folkestone and direct transfer to your home town.