TOP HISTORY DESTINATIONS: Switzerland Buried by glaciers during the Ice Age, Switzerland was colonized around 15,000 years ago. Discover the pasts and struggles with the Celtic Tribes, Helvetians, Greeks, and Romans. Explore the Middle Ages origins of the split between German and French languages with the Burgundians and Alamannen. Don’t miss this scenic land whose medieval roots, chocolate, cheese, banking system, watches, and alpine mountain areas make it one of the happiest places on earth and makes it a wonderful destination for student history trips. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OPPORTUNITIES: • Experience the Life of the Gladiators • Visit a Gorgeous Traditional Resort Town • See the Swiss Grand Canyon, a Deep with Interactive Combat Training and in the Mountainous Bernese Gorge Created Over 10,000 Years by the Gladiator School • Explore the Largest Town and capital of Ice Age Rhine Glacier • Learn How the Swiss Confederation was Roman Switzerland • See How the Inhabitants of Zermatt Able to Defeat the Army of Knights • Visit a Well-Preserved Former Lived in the 19th Century • Go Back in Time in the Halls and Rooms Benedictine Monastery • Visit a Geneva Cathedral Where John of the Castle of Chillon • Explore the Best-Preserved Fossils that Calvin Choose to Preach • Tour the Headquarters of the League of Date Back 230 Million Years to the • Explore the Oldest Wooden Bridge in Nations Triassic Period Switzerland Dating Back to the Middle • See the Saddest Stone in the World • Learn How people lived way back during of the 14th Century Commemorating Swiss Guards Who the Neolithic and Bronze Ages • Learn of the Light Quantum Hypothesis, Were Massacred in 1792 During the • See Historic Weapons Collections and Brownian Motion, or the Special Theory French Revolution Ancient Artifacts with Educational of Relativity at the Museum and a • See an Exhibition on the 12th to the Exhibits Covering Natural History and Former Residence of Albert Einstein 14th Century That Focuses on the Archaeology Plus Art From the Middle • Explore a 13th-Century Castle’s Gardens, Foundation and Early Development of Ages to the 20th Century Dungeons, and Everyday Life in an the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Middle • Visit a City Known for its Preserved Informative and Interactive Way Ages Medieval Architecture HISTORY ATTRACTIONS: • Einstein House • The Ruinaulta • Altstadt • Aventicum & Roman Museum in • Swiss National Museum • Basel Minster Avenches • Chillon Castle • Fraumünster Church • The Lavaux Vineyards • The Lion of Lucerne • Tavel House • Prehistoric Pile Dwellings • League of Nations • Basel Historical Museum • Monte San Giorgio • Augusta Raurica • Castles of Bellinzona • Glarus • Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung • Bern Historical Museum • St. Peter’s Cathedral Ludwig • Museum of Art and History • Matterhorn Museum • Grossmünster • St. Moritz & Leaning Tower • Prangins Castle • Interlaken • Basel Minster • Zug Castle • Lucerne • Bahnhofstrasse • Oberhofen Castle • Lake Geneva • Chapel Bridge & Water Tower • Einsiedeln Abbey • Bern • St. George’s Abbey Museum • Zurich OT HER ATTRACTIONS: • The Rhine Falls • Walk Peak • Happyland • Mount Pilatus Rope Park • Chocolate Factory • Tierpark Lange Erlen • Jungfraujoch (The Top of Europe) • Swiss National Park • AQUATIS Aquarium-Vivarium • Thermal Pools • Swissminiatur in Melide • Albula/Bernina Railway Line • Lake Lugano and Ticino • Swiss Vapeur Parc • Natur- und Tierpark Goldau • The Matterhorn • Europa-Park • Falconeria Locarno • Glarus • Laguna Water Park • Zoo Zürich • Swiss National Park • Swissminiatur in Melide • Conny-Land • Mount Titlis • Zoo Basel • Aquaparc • Glacier Garden • Fine Arts Museum Basel • Red Cross Museum • Il Spir Helping history teachers open minds and educate students around the world. www.educationaldestinations.com 800.616.1112