EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TRIPS FREE Teacher Places LOCALLY BASED BELFAST TOUR OPERATOR Tel: 028 9073 6517 www.travel-solutions.co.uk YOUR LOCAL BELFAST BASED TOUR OPERATOR 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 24HR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 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. TRAVEL INSURANCE This is available on request – just ask our team for a quote. 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. CELAND I 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. QUICK CALL 4 | T:BOOKING 028 LINE 9073T: 0286517 9045 5030E: [email protected] www.travel-solutions.co.uk KRAKOW 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. QUICK CALL www.travel-solutions.co.uk T:BOOKING 028 LINE 9073T: 0286517 9045 5030E: [email protected] | 5 ROME 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, QUICK CALL 6 | T:BOOKING 028 LINE 9073T: 0286517 9045 5030E: [email protected] www.travel-solutions.co.uk BERLIN 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.