Study+Tour+2010

=Europe Study Tour 2010 =


 * The Study Tour is going ahead!**

[|Click here to countdown to April 1 2010].

Update - Friday 28 August: Instalment Payments. Academy Travel have advised me that instalment payments are available for the trip. They are happy to do this on an individual basis. So if you want to pay for the trip in instalments, contact Academy Travel and they will arrange it for you. The phone number is 9235 0023.  Update - Saturday 15 August: The booking forms have been processed. You will soon receive confirmation of your place on the tour from Academy Travel. They will also advise you of the installment dates and amounts for further payments.

At this stage there are 22 students and five adults booked for the tour.

Another meeting at the school with a representative from Academy Travel will take place about four weeks prior to the tour. At this meeting, tickets and other tour documents will be distributed.

Dates: **1 - 17 April 2010** (April school holidays)

Estimated cost: **$6,300 - $6,600** (Final price depends on number of participants and exchange rate at time of departure).

The purpose of the tour is to visit sites related to the Core Studies of the Modern and Ancient History courses. For Modern History the HSC Core Study is "World War I 1914-1919: A Source-based Study". For Ancient History the HSC Core Study is "Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum".

To accommodate these Core Studies, the tour will visit Pompeii, Herculaneum and World War One battlefields and Cemeteries in France and Belgium. The full proposed itinerary is below. Itinerary (please note that this may change)
 * You can view the places on the tour at [|Google Maps].

Breakfast and dinner is included on all days. **
 * April 1: Depart ** - Flight departs Australia in the afternoon.
 * April 2: Arrive ** - Transfer by coach to Bay of Naples. Visiting Villas at Stabia en route. Overnight Vico Equense.
 * April 3: Herculaneum and Boscoreale ** - Morning visit to Herculaneum archaeological site. Afternoon visit the Boscoreale ‘villa rustica’ and museum of farming**.** Overnight Vico Equense.
 * April 4 (Easter Sunday): Pompeii ** - Full day at Pompeii with local guide covering public and private buildings, human remains and evidence of the eruption, daily life and economic activity. Overnight Vico Equense.
 * April 5: ** **Amalfi Coast and Paestum** - Travel down the spectacular Amalfi Coast. Visit 6th Century BC Greek ruins at Paestum. Overnight Vico Equense.
 * April 6: Naples Museum and Mt Vesuvius ** - Guided tour of the Naples Museum then ascend the modern day volcano of Vesuvius Overnight Vico Equense. [[image:2852_pompei_small_theatre.jpg align="right" caption="St Ursula's group in the Small Theatre at Pompeii, April 2008"]]
 * April 7: Colosseum, Forum ** - Morning departure by coach to Rome. Afternoon tour of classical Roman sites – the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine and Capitoline Hills. Overnight Rome**.**
 * April 8: St Peter’s and Vatican ** - Morning visit to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica. Afternoon walking tour to Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps. Time for shopping. Late afternoon return to hotel. Overnight Rome.
 * April 9: ** **Rome sightseeing** - e.g. Castel Sant’Angelo, St Maria Maggiore, San Giovanni in Laterano, Campo de’ Fiori. Overnight Rome.
 * April 10: Fly to Paris ** - Coach transfer to Somme. Documentary screening on WWI. Overnight Peronne.
 * April 11: Somme battlefields ** - Morning tour of Australian sites in the Somme: Le Hamel, Villers-Bretonneux and Franco-Australian museum. Afternoon visit to Beaumont-Hamel battlefield and Pozieres. Coach transfer to Ypres. Overnight Ypres.
 * April 12: Flanders Battlefields ** - Full day tour with local guide, including Bayernwald, Polygon Wood, Tyne Cot, Passendale museum of trenches, Hill 60, German and Australian cemeteries. Evening wreath-laying service at Menin Gate. Overnight Ypres.
 * April 13: Paris ** - Transfer by coach to Paris. Afternoon panoramic coach tour and ascend Eiffel Tower. Overnight Paris.
 * April 14: Louvre and Notre Dame ** - Visit the vast Louvre museum. Afternoon walking tour, including Notre Dame and Latin Quarter. Overnight Paris.
 * April 15: Versailles ** - Excursion to palace of Versailles. Evening river cruise on the Seine. Overnight Paris.
 * April 16: Depart Europe ** - Transfer to Paris airport for return flight
 * April 17: Arrive ** - Flights arrive in Australia in the evening.