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EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TRIPS FREE Teacher Places

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We arrange tailor made educational school trips!

We are proud to be a local tour TAILOR MADE TOURS operator offering local holidaymakers a great choice of holidays at great Tours featured in this brochure are just value for money prices. During our a guideline on what we can offer. Any twenty one years in business we have itinerary can be tailor-made to suit your worked to offer you the best holiday requirements and we are not limited to experience and in recent years we are these destinations and attractions. We proud to have been voted Northern have arranged trips to the UK, Europe, Ireland’s Best Coach Tour Operator USA and South Africa for schools and for five consecutive years in addition welcome all enquiries. to Northern Ireland’s Best Short Break Operator in 2014 and 2015. DEDICATED LOCAL TEAM Our dedicated group travel department Our award winning offers you years of experience, along team work only with with expertise in organising group travel, ensuring all your groups’ needs well-established transport are met. We will guide you through and accommodation each step of the booking process suppliers, offering carefully and help with all queries. We pride ourselves on our exceptional standard planned itineraries and of customer service, as well as our excellent value for money ability to exercise attention to detail, without compromising on which through experience, we know is vital to ensure your group has the most quality or flexibility. rewarding experience.

We have a great relationship with BUT DON’T JUST TAKE schools throughout Northern Ireland, WHY BOOK WITH US OUR WORD FOR IT... providing annual educational and ski trips to a wide range of destinations. ■■ Dedicated locally based travel School group travelled to Krakow We have selected just some of our organisers in February 2017 most popular tours to give you an ■■ Free Teacher Places idea on what we can offer, but your ■■ Tailor-made itineraries “Andrea, so far the smoothest run trip I choice is endless. We can organise ■■ Choice of board basis have done in Krakow! Will make this a themed workshops at some of the big ■■ Quick turnaround attractions which can be based around bi annual event using yourselves! Many ■■ Financial Protection your curriculum and we know evening thanks for all your work in organising.” ■■ Primary & Secondary schools activities are a must to keep your pupils covered. busy so have full packed itineraries to Neal Forbes suit your needs. Asfield Boys High School

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From departure to your return, we provide 24 hour Emergency Assistance to all our group leaders and groups. Be fully supported with added peace of mind.

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CONTENTS

ICELAND Page 4 KRAKOW Page 5 ROME Page 6 BERLIN Page 7 SOMME/WW1 Page 8 PARIS & DISNEYLAND Page 9 BARCELONA Page 10 SKI Page 11-13 PRIMARY SCHOOLS Page 14 SPORTS Page 15

100% FINANCIAL PROTECTION

It is important that you feel confident that your money is safe. We offer all our customers 100% financial protection, and in the unlikely event that Travel Solutions ceases to trade, arrangements will be made for you to continue with your holiday, or receive a prompt and full refund of any monies paid.

For holidays by air, you are protected with our ATOL issued by the UK Government – this is a legal requirement for all Tour Operators selling holidays by air. As part of consumer financial protection, the CAA charge a £2.50 per person levy. This is already included in your holiday price so that you don’t need to worry.

In addition, an ATOL Certificate will be issued at the time of booking to confirm the financial protection in place. For holidays that don’t include a flight, Travel Solutions complies with the Package Holiday Act 1992 and operates a Client Trust Account which is administered by an independent Trustee. I CELAND

THE LAND OF SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Luxury coach Laugardalslaug FIRE & ICE Travel to Iceland from Belfast/Dublin. Heated year-round outdoor pool Travel to your accommodation by complex featuring hot tubs, a _ coach. botanical garden & a small zoo.

DAY T WO ■■ Árbaearlaug Swimming Pool Iceland, the geographer’s Visit the Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Spa. A large, modern pool with outdoor and geologist’s ultimate Visit to Strokkur Geysir and Gullfoss pool, water slide and three “hot playground, offers a unique Waterfall. spots“, steam bath and sauna. school trip for pupils. It is a country offering amazing DAY THREE ■■ Whale Watching scenery with stunning Visit to the South Shore of the Island, Iceland is the perfect location for waterfalls, volcanic craters, with morning visit to the village of Vik, whale watching with afternoon views of glaciers, Black hot springs and geysers. Why Sand Coastline, and impressive basalt ■■ Glacier Walk not include a tour in search rock formations. On Sólheimajökull the glacier an of the Northern Lights which outlet glacier of Myrdalsjokull takes you to see a spectacular DAY FOUR glacier which is the fourth largest natural phenomenon which City Tour of Reykjavik, and afternoon glacier in Iceland happens during the winter at leisure. Evening Northern Lights months.* Tour (depending on time of year). ■■ Lave Tube Walks Much of Iceland is covered by DAY FIVE huge lava fields as a consequence Return flight home. of numerous volcanic eruptions

*As this tour is weather dependent, sightings through the years. cannot be guaranteed.

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A BEAUTIFUL & SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Wawel Castle HISTORIC CITY Travel to Krakow from Belfast/Dublin. A castle residency built at the Travel to your accommodation by behest of King Casimir III the Great _ coach. Afternoon city tour of Krakow. ■■ Main Square DAY T WO It dates back to the 13th century, Krakow is one of the most Visit Galicja Museum. Meet with and one of the largest medieval beautiful cities in Europe with Concentration Camp Survivor or town squares in Europe a rich cultural history. A trip Relative. Afternoon visit to Wieliczka to Krakow is most valuable in Salt mine. ■■ St Mary’s Church helping history students to A large 14th-century church begin to understand the full DAY THREE especially famed for its magnificent inhumanity and damage of Morning visit Schindler Museum. wooden altarpiece the Holocaust with visits to Afternoon visit to Auschwitz concentration camps, the Concentration Camp. ■■ Aqua Park Krakow Jewish Quarter and museums. Poland’s largest water park with DAY FOUR slides, children’s games, fountains Return flight home. & padding pool, plus a sauna area.

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the Pantheon - the most preserved SUGGESTED ITINERARY A BEAUTIFUL & and influential building of ancient Rome, Piazza Navona square, one of DAY ONE the largest and most beautiful piazza HISTORIC CITY Depart Dublin for Rome and transfer to squares in Rome and the Spanish Steps, your accommodation. _ taking in the steps, the fountain, the famous Caffe Greco and Via Condotti DAY TWO one of Rome’s most elegant shopping Today the group will enjoy guided streets. Once the centre of the tour of Rome visiting the Colosseum, world’s greatest Empire, a the most visited monument in Italy, DAY FIVE the Roman Forum, ancient Rome’s visit to Rome is an enriching Check out and visit the Catacombs of showpiece centre and Palatine Hill experience for students of Saint Callixtus, the greatest and most where according to the legend, all ages. With over 3,000 important of Rome and make journey Romulus founded Rome. years of history, culture and homewards. architecture, the Eternal DAY THREE City offers a wonderful OTHER EXCURSIONS Full day visit to the Vatican City opportunity to discover some including visits to the Vatican Museum, ■■ Gladiator Training School of these ancient sites steeped Sistine Chapel, Vatican Gardens, Classes are organized and led by with intrigue and drama. St Peter’s Square and the impressive members of the Gruppo Storico Basilica with its tombs, statues and Romano who specialize in Roman monuments. life’s re-enactment and Gladiatorial combats. DAY FOUR ■■ Day trip to Pompeii Guided tour of Rome, with visits to Discover these world famous ruins, Trevi Fountain, the largest and most and experience a city frozen in time famous Baroque fountain in Rome,

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A BEAUTIFUL & SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Berlin River Cruise HISTORIC CITY Depart Belfast/Dublin to Berlin and Enjoy seeing some of Berlins top enjoy a guided city tour enroute to your sights as you cruise _ accommodation. ■■ Tropical Islands Water Park Located 70km from Berlin DAY T WO ■■ German Museum of Technology Berlin has been at the Visits to the Story of Berlin, an A museum of science and centre of many key events interactive museum with a multimedia technology, and exhibits a large of modern European History, show about Berlin’s history & a tour collection of historical technical WWII, The Cold War, the through a nuclear bunker, a visit to artefacts Fall of Communism and the the Reichstag building, the seat of ■■ The Science Centre reunification of Germany. It is the German Parliament then onto An interactive exhibition on the a city that is modern Germany, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie topic of “Discover what moves us” but where the streets still bear Museum and the Berlin Wall. including rotating special exhibitions the marks of history. ■■ Olympic Stadium DAY THREE Built for the 1936 Summer Olympics Visits to Sachsenhausen Concentration ■■ Neue Synagogue Camp, located just north of Berlin and The Neue Synagoge was built one of the most notorious death camps 1859–1866 as the main synagogue of the Nazi regime and to Berlin Zoo, of the Berlin Jewish community the oldest and internationally most ■■ Holocaust Memorial well-known zoo in Germany. The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe DAY FOUR ■■ Jewish Museum Return flight home. One of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe

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WWI BATTLEFIELD

HISTORIC SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Vimy Ridge _ Fly to London from Belfast. Coaching The Battle of Vimy Ridge

from London and travel to Calais. ■■ Flanders Field Museum Onwards to your accommodation. Located in the famous Cloth Hall A trip to the WWI in the centre of Ypres (Ieper). Battlefields will give DAY TWO ■■ Menin Gate Service students an educational Tour the Somme Area including Ulster Every night at 8.00pm (20:00 opportunity to really Tower and Thiepval Wood. Beaumont hours) a moving ceremony takes comprehend the events of Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. place under the Menin Gate 1914-1918. This educational ■■ Essex Farm Cemetery tour will take you to DAY THREE The famous poem ‘In Flanders some of the world’s most Tour Flanders Area including Irish Fields’, was written by Lieutenant famous battle grounds, Peace Tower. Passchendaele Museum Colonel John McCrae at Essex memorials and cemeteries and Tyne Cot Cemetery. Farm. And Buried here is John in the Somme and Flanders Condon, an Irish soldier, long DAY FOUR believed to be the youngest Allied including the Ulster Tower. Return travel home. soldier killed during the First World War, at the age of 14 years. ■■ Disneyland Paris Take a day out of Battlefield touring, and discover the thrills of the two parks at Disneyland Paris.

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FUN FILLED SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Stade de France ADVENTURE Fly to Paris from Belfast/Dublin. Discover the behind-the-scenes Travel to accommodation. of France’s biggest sporting and _ music venue. DAY TWO ■■ River Seine Cruise Tour of Paris including Eiffel Tower, Day or evening cruise and see top Paris is a cosmopolitan city Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Paris attractions. with many world-renowned and the Louvre Museum. ■■ The Palace of Versailles, landmarks and monuments Château de Versailles dotted all around the city, and DAY THREE A Royal Château in Versailles in famous museums which are Full day visit to Disneyland Park/ the Île-de-France region of France. home to some of the world’s Walt Disney Studios ■■ Tour Maine-Montparnasse greatest masterpieces. A 210-metre office skyscraper DAY FOUR located in the Montparnasse area Language student can Return travel home. of Paris, France. immerse themselves in ■■ Notre-Dame de Paris French culture. And why not Also known as Notre-Dame end the trip with a fun visit to Cathedral, is a medieval Catholic Disneyland® Paris, packed full cathedral on the Île de la Cité of rides, shows, attractions in Paris. and educational workshops.

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VIBRANT CITY SUGGESTED ITINERARY OTHER EXCURSIONS

DAY ONE ■■ Park Güell _ Depart Belfast/Dublin for Barcelona One of the most impressive public

and enjoy a guided city tour enroute parks in the world designed by to your accommodation. Gaudi Barcelona is a popular ■ Poble Espanyol destination for student travel ■ DAY TWO An open-air architectural museum and group tours, offering Visit to the Sagrada Familia, enjoy in Barcelona a wealth of cultural and a walk along the Ramblas followed ■ The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc educational experiences. From ■ by a visit to Barcelona Zoo. A spectacular display of colour, the modernist architecture of light and water acrobatics with Gaudi and surreal art on show DAY THREE musical accompaniment at the Museu Picasso, to the Visits to the Nou Camp stadium, home ■ Port Vell bustling atmosphere of Las ■ of FC Barcelona and the Barcelona Waterfront harbour commencing Ramblas and illustrious heritage Olympic Museum & Stadium, or to at the end of La Rambla of the Camp Nou, Barcelona has RCD Espanyol. ■ Montjuïc a lot to offer. ■ A prominent hill overlooking DAY FOUR Barcelona harbour Full day visit to PortAventura ■■ Aquarium Barcelona World, the leisure complex featuring Located in Port Vell and boasting the PortAventura and Ferrariland one of the most impressive theme parks and the Costa Caribe collections of Mediterranean Aquatic Park. sealife in the world

DAY FIVE Check out and visit the Dali Museum or the Picasso Museum and make journey homewards.

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EDINBURGH & GLASGOW STOKE ON TRENT/MANCHESTER MEMORIES Visits can include: Visits can include: ■■ Edinburgh Castle ■■ Alton Towers TO TREASURE ■■ Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World ■■ Drayton Manor ■■ Edinburgh Dungeons ■■ Old Trafford museum & stadium _ ■■ Dynamic Earth ■■ Etihad Stadium ■■ Deep Sea World ■■ The Lowry ■■ Royal Yacht Britannia ■■ Museum of Science We also offer a huge range of ■■ Glasgow Science Centre ■■ Cadbury World trips to suit primary schools. ■■ Blair Drummond Safari Park ■■ West Midland Safari Park ■ M&D’s Theme Park We can tailor make this ■ ■ Culzean Castle trips to suit your curriculum ■

and provide valuable LONDON opportunities for learning Visits can include: YORK ■ West End Shows through first-hand experience. ■ Visits can include: ■ Science Museum Let us take the hassle out of ■ ■■ Jorvik & Dig ■■ Natural History Museum school travel. Please note ■■ National Coal Mining Museum ■■ Harry Potter Studios any tours can be tailored for ■■ York Dungeon ■■ Madame Tussauds primary or secondary schools. ■■ Flamingo Land Theme Park ■■ London Eye ■■ York chocolate Story ■■ Tower of London ■■ Yorkshire Air Museum ■■ Windsor Castle ■■ York Minster ■■ Thorpe Park ■■ York Castle Museum ■■ Chessington World of Adventures ■■ Eureka Children’s Museum ■■ KidZania ■■ Legoland Windsor ■■ Shrek’s Adventure

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