European school trips bring learning to life

Leger Holidays, the UK’s biggest provider of European coach holidays, is expanding its offering to schools, with overseas breaks visiting historic and cultural sites across the continent priced from £199 per pupil, including free staff places.

With a high level of expertise, 25 years’ industry experience and numerous awards*, Leger is dedicated to making it easier for schools to bring learning to life.

Leger’s collection of short breaks for schools have been put together to fit the National Curriculum, covering many subjects including Citizenship, History and French.

A leader in WWI and WWII Battlefields tours, Leger’s expert guides will help to bring important historical facts into context, visiting key battlefield sites and memorials. Schools can choose from Leger’s existing specialist Battlefields tours or a tour can be tailored around particular interests.

Other tours include ‘French Experience’, giving pupils the opportunity to sample another culture and ‘European Citizenship’, including visits to the Houses of Lords and Commons in London, European Parliament in Brussels and Disneyland Resort Paris.

In addition, Leger is able to offer tailor made breaks to suit all needs, group sizes and educational requirements. They can also personalise itineraries to suit specific school requirements, ensuring a truly bespoke educational visit

Helping to make organising a school visit as easy as possible, Leger offers the following benefits for each tour:

- Dedicated specialist advisor – devoted to your group
- Free places (up to one free staff place for every eight paying pupils)
- Personalised itineraries - schools choose departure dates, duration, destination and excursions
- Affordable prices and low deposits
- Step-by-step guides on organising the tour
- Quality accommodation

Abigail Peckett, Educational Groups Organiser, commented: “At Leger we are dedicated to doing all that we can to make organising educational visits as easy and stress-free as possible. With over 25 years industry experience and a number of expert coach drivers, and guides at our fingertips we can offer an unrivalled service when it comes to organising educational tours. We will do all that we can to ensure that every trip we organise meets the individual requirements of each school whilst offering exceptional value for money.”

Three example tours for 2008 are:

European Citizenship Tour (from only £249pp for four days), incorporating a central London visit to the House of Commons, a trip to the European Parliament in Brussels and even a day out at Disneyland Resort Paris. This trip enables students to get a hands on experience of politics as well as experience different cultures and have fun.

French Experience Tour (from only £199pp for four days), incorporating a wealth of history and culture in Bologne and Calais. This break offers a wonderful opportunity for students to sample French culture and try out language skills.

Battlefield Tours (from £199pp for four days), including a specialist guide who will concentrate on WWI or WWII tours depending on the requirements. It is also possible to incorporate a combination of sites from the two World Wars into one tour, for a fascinating journey of remembrance and discovery.

For enquiries, bookings or brochures on Leger Holidays visit Legerbreaks.info.

*Leger Holidays was named “Best Coach Operator” 2008 in the Travel Weekly Globe Awards for the second year running.