Opal Coast

 
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For a value-for-money inspirational outdoor Geography experience, take a short trip across the English Channel to the Opal Coast region of France to view the dramatic chalk coastline, meandering rivers, estuaries and sand dunes.

The medieval cobbled passageways of Montreuil-sur-mer and golden beaches of fashionable Le Touquet offer a fun mix of work and play, ensuring an enjoyable stay overall with the potential to encourage student desire to continue studies at a higher level.

More with NST

 
  • Study coasts, rivers and ecosystems, settlement, urbanisation, tourism and transport, energy and industry
  • FREE Geography educational resource pack for the Opal Coast
  • Geography visits for 3, 4, 5 or more days
  • Discuss your visit plans in advance with our Geography programme co-ordinator
  • FREE travel guides to the Opal Coast
  • The best rates on travel and accommodation

Top Visits available with NST

Visits and excursions
  • Course & Canche River Valleys
  • Le Touquet
  • Cap Blanc Nez & Cap Griz Nez
  • Boulogne-sur-mer
  • Nausicaä
  • Wideham Wind Turbines
  • Montreuil-sur-mer

And more...

 
And More - Visits & Excursions And More - Accommodation
 
And more - Workshops and Seminars  
   

5-Day Inclusive Opal Coast Packagecoach icon
from only£246pp*
travelling October 2009
 MorningAfternoonEvening
Day 1Morning departure from schoolCheck into accommodation. Free timeFree time to settle in. Evening meal.
Day 2Cap Blanc Nez, Cap Griz Nez, Slack dunes (COASTS)Evening meal. Free time to explore resort & local beach, for follow up studies or evening entertainment programme.
Day 3NAUSICAA (ECOSYSTEMS & SUSTAINABILITY)Boulogne (URBAN STUDIES)Shopping in Boulogne. Evening meal. Free time or optional NST geography quiz at hotel.
Day 4Wideham wind farm (ENERGY), Montreuil-sur-Mer (MAP SKILLS & RETAIL)Beussent chocolate factory (INDUSTRY)Evening meal. Free time followed by disco at hotel.
Day 5Cité Europe (TOURISM & RETAIL)Free time. Departure for return journey to school.
Price includes:
  • Executive coach transport from & to school & throughout your stay¹
  • 4 nights full-board accommodation at Les Sables d'Or includes packed lunch from day 2
  • Visits shown
  • Extensive group travel insurance 
  • Generous free place ratio of 1 in 10
*Price shown based on 35 paying passengers departing on 12/10/09 & is subject to availablility. Entrance fees for some of the visits featured may be payable locally, but are included in the price shown. ¹ Subject to EU drivers' regulations.

Other dates & prices are available. Please call for details.

Please note: All itineraries shown can be tailor-made to suit your group. For full details on what's included in the prices shown on this website, please contact us.

NST is a school travel company and offers school trips, tours, educational visits and school group travel to the Opal Coast, Paris, Calais, Boulogne, Le Touquet, Brittany, Normandy, French Alps, Disneyland Resort, Loire and Futuroscope in France, Berlin, Rhine and Moselle, Black Forest and Munich in Germany, Barcelona, Madrid, Andalucia and Cantabria in Spain, Rome, Florence, Venice, Bay of Naples, Lake Garda and Sicily in Italy, Noordwijk, Valkenburg and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Brussels and Belgian Coast in Belgium, Warsaw and Krakow in Poland, Moscow & St Petersburg in Russia, New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles in the USA, China, India, Mexico, Egypt and Turkey. Also specialist in French Language, History, WW1 & Battlefield Visits, Geography Visits, English and Drama Trips, Music Tours and much much more.

Primary school trips are available to London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, York and Scarborough, the Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Llandudno and more. 

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