Experiences

Inspire your school tour plans

Inspire your school tour plans with the experiences of other like-minded teachers, as well as our in-house destination experts here at NST. We’ve compiled a range of helpful educational visit articles, interviews and overviews for you to dip into. This is a new and growing area of our website and we’ll be updating it regularly so make sure you visit again soon.

Most recent school visit stories…

• Galleries at The Science Museum in London
  What will you find behind the museum’s doors?
• Stories from the Front Line
  In Flanders Fields Museum
• Musée National du Louvre
  A treasure trove for Art groups visiting Paris
• Warner Bros. Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter
• New York, New York
  Where Business Studies meets pleasure
• Mental Health Clinic Visits
  Only available with NST
• Vienna: An Insider's Guide
  Psychology teacher, Kasia Chapman, shares her group's experience in this fascinating city
• London Calling
  Recommendations for Primary groups
• Five Steps into the Heart of Rome
  With the help of NST's team of specialist Religious Studies Guide Lecturers
• Explore a World of Religion with Our Guides
  Our guides are selected to meet your exact visit requirements
• Learn at CERN
  A Science group shares their experience during an NST tour to CERN
• Lake Garda Strikes the Right Chord
  One group shares their concert experience in Lake Garda
• The Music Score: Belgium
  Belgium gets the music score from an NST group
• Meet Our Music Team
  Our dedicated team of Music specialists work hard to make your tour special
• Discovering the Classical Wonders of Sicily
  A cultural crossroads in the ancient Mediterranean
• The Best of Both Ancient Worlds...
  Rome and the Bay of Naples
• A Tale of Two Cities: Berlin & Krakow
  One group's poignant experience in these historic cities
• Remembering the First World War
  Unforgettable battlefield visits for History students
• Take a Journey into History with NST's Guides
  Our guides are selected to meet your exact visit requirements
• Hit the Road
  Take the ultimate road trip to America’s Golden West
• The Wonders of the Golden West
  One teacher's top five experiences in the West Coast USA
• Mini Guide: Los Angeles, USA
  A practical guide to the city
• Curriculum & Culture in Washington DC
  What is there to do in this fascinating city?
• Be a Part of It
  New York, New York!
• Five Days in The Land of Fire & Ice
  A diary of one group's unforgettable trip to Iceland
• Five Reasons Why I Go Long Haul
  One teacher's tells us why he likes to travel far afield
• Explore the World with NST's Field Studies Advisors
  Assisting you with orientation and specific programme delivery
• Paris: My Top Picks
  By NST’s City Representative, Aliya Jivraj
• Mini Guide: York, Yorkshire
  Discover what this city has to offer for Primary aged pupils
• Cantabria: The Facts
  Ten reasons why this area is great for Spanish Language groups
• Barcelona in the Middle
  Language tours to the Catalonia region
• Mini Guide: Rhine & Moselle Region, Germany
  The ideal destination for students of German Language
• Berlin: Big City, Big Experience
  A great destination for German Language groups
• City Centre V Country Coast
  Language tours in Paris and the Opal Coast
• Live the Language
  Immersion Tours in France & Spain
• New York or Los Angeles
  Which would you choose for a study of Media & Film?
• London: Take Three
  Our top three picks for Media & Film groups in 2012/13...
• Mini Guide: Paris, France
  The city in a nutshell...
• Christmas Delights
  Discover the festive markets in 2012
• Beyond Calais
  Discover the hidden gem of Northern France
• Screen, Sport, Science & Ancient Society
  It's all going on in London in the 2012/13 school year
• Taking Things Literally
  English Literature Tours to Stratford & the WWI Battlefields
• A Tale of Two Cities: London & New York
  The low down on Performing Arts trips to these two great cities
• Our Top Picks for Theatre Groups in 2012/13
  New & Coming Soon!
• London: Focus on Design
  Here's what one group got up to...
• Mix & Match in Paris
  There's plenty to inspire Art & Design groups in this exciting city for the 2012/13 school year
• London Art Fair
  16th - 20th January 2013
• Hitting the right note in Lake Garda
  One groups’ music tour with NST
• Icelandic Adventure
  Our Geography tour to Iceland
• A Classic Combination
  Rome & Bay of Naples
• NST - A Passport to Learn
  Local press coverage for NST
• Our Experience of Berlin
  Three students share a summary of their time in this fascinating city.
• Fun in France on the Opal Coast
  One school group shares their experience in Northern France.
• Our School Trip to London
  Four primary school children share their school trip experience.
• Your Music Tour Highlights
  NST hits the right note
• Our Psychology Tour to London
  A group of students experience psychology in action on a tour to London...
• Our Religious Studies Tour to London
  A group of students from Lockerbie Academy explore diversity in worship in the city of London...
• Exploring the Bay of Naples
  Teacher Emma Pilling shares her group's Geography tour to the Bay of Naples...
• Our Guided Study Tour to Berlin, Wrocław & Krakow
  One group's experience in Berlin, Wrocław and Krakow...
• LA Confidential
  Media Studies teacher Jonathan Nunns shares his group's trip to Los Angeles...
• Sampling Spanish Life in Beautiful Barcelona
  Teacher Lucy Mattison shares her group's tour to Barcelona...
• Bright Lights of Broadway
  One group's Broadway theatre experience in the Big Apple...
• Our Civil Rights Tour to Washington DC
  A History teacher shares her group's experience in Washington DC...
• Our West End Theatre Trip
  Teacher Claire Jackson shares her groups tour to the West End in London...
• German Language Tours to the Rhineland
  One teacher's experience of this beautiful region in Germany...
• Our Geography Tour: West Coast USA
  One group's experience in the deserts, cities and national parks of America's West Coast!
• Day in the Life of an NST Bay of Naples Guide
  Written by Claudio Astarita, NST Head Guide in the Bay of Naples.
• Ostia Antica: Rome’s Forgotten City
  An excellent addition to any classics visit is Ostia Antica – the harbour city of ancient Rome.
• Going Dutch
  There are Geography fieldwork visits aplenty on offer in this small yet densely populated country.
• A Grand Day Out
  From Yosemite to the Grand Canyon, the USA’s West Coast continues to grow in popularity as an NST school visit destination.
• Exploring the Land of Fire & Ice
  Iceland, the geographer’s ultimate playground, offers unique opportunities for students. Here are just a few…
• When in Rome
  Why one NST Guide’s heart belongs to this fascinating city.
• Roman Holiday
  One teacher’s take on her group’s Religious Studies visit to Rome.
• Galicia: A Contemporary Look at the Past
  Kate Craddy, Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum, explains why the museum should form a vital part of any Holocaust-themed visit to Krakow.
• Studying the Holocaust: The Netherlands
  An insight from Jeff Garner, NST’s Guided History Tours Programme Co-ordinator.
• From Russia with Love
  An NST staff inspection visit really brings Moscow & St Petersburg to life.
• Inside Report: Civil Rights
  Lauren Matuszak from Tabor Science College took her students for a Civil Rights subject visit to Washington DC with NST this year.
• Cantabria: A Music Group’s Guide
  NST’s Destination Manager in Cantabria, Pablo Sanchez, has worked for NST for over 10 years.
• Pitch Perfect: LA & China
  Thinking of taking a Music tour further afield?
• Drawing from Experience: European City Favourites
  London, Paris, Barcelona, Venice & Rome
• Media City
  Media City
• Priory Woods
  Priory Woods: Our Workshop Experience
• Going Global
  Going Global
• War Horse
  War Horse: Journey to the West End
• The Opal Coast - France’s Hidden Gem
  Two teachers tells us how Opal Coast shines through.
• Big, Bright & Brash - 7 Sights You Must See in NYC
  Find out all about our most recommended visits in this, one of the most vibrant cities in the world.
• A Roaring Success
  A Roaring Success
• Close-Up on Catalonia
  Close-Up on Catalonia
• Trip Down Memory Lane
  A Trip Down Memory Lane
• Big Bang
  Learning that goes with a BIG BANG!
• A Wicked Experience
  A Wicked Experience
• Leading the Way
  Leading the way... from the textbook to the trenches
• Tour of the Term: Lake Garda Hits the Right Note
  Lake Garda hits the right note