Description

An American Leadership Program is a fun, challenging summer experience abroad that is an intellectual work-out, teaches important life skills, develops maturity and prepares you for college. Travel, work and team up with students from all over the USA. Come alone or come with friends; either way you'll return home with many new friends from around the country.

Discover Paris: Tour itinerary

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to France
Arrive in Paris

Day 3: PARIS-VERSAILLES
Explore Paris with a local guide:
- Arc de Triomphe
- Champs Elysees
- Eiffel Tower
- Les Invalides
- Notre Dame Cathedral
Visit the Palace of Versailles
See Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower

Day 4: PARIS
Explore the Louvre Museum
*LEAP! Cover the CanvasCover the Canvas
Live the artist's life. Explore line, color, perspective, negative space and form, then paint a masterpiece inspired by the beauty of Paris.
Add: Moulin Rouge

Day 5: PARIS
Add: Giverny:
Visit Monet's home in Giverny**
Explore the Latin Quarter

Day 6: Return Home to the United States, or
Add: Nice Extension

DAY 6-8: NICE EXTENSION:
Take the TGV to Nice
Explore Nice with your Tour Director:
- Vieux Nice
- Promenade des Anglais
- Russian Orthodox Church

Customize this tour by adding:
- Moulin Rouge
- Giverny
- Nice Extension

**before April 1 a visit to Van Gogh's home at Auvers-sur-Oise will be substituted

Highlights

Highlights could include dinner at the Eiffel Tower, walking the Great Wall of China, zip-lining through the Amazon, visiting Machu Picchu, exploring European culture in your study group, participating in a raft building competition in Madrid.

Other tours include:

- Tour to the Americas (Machu Picchu, Mayan and Aztec ruins, Costa Rica forest and hot springs, Buenos Aires, and a lot more)
- Tours to Spain (art, culture, and architecture of Seville, Madrid, and Barcelona)
- Tours to Spain and France
- Tours to Italy and Greece (ruins and heritage of ancient Rome, world's oldest cities, etc.)
- Tours to Britain and Ireland (grand British palaces, theater performances, Anglo-Saxon ruins, Scottish heritage, and many more)
- Tours to Central and Eastern Europe (Bohemia, Berlin, Munich, Bavaria, Salzburg, Prague, and other fascinating cities of Eastern and Central Europe)
- Tours to Australia, Asia, and Africa
- European Combination Tours (Enjoy customized programs of your favorite European cities)

Travel Types

• Archaeology
• Heritage Tourism
• Student Tours
• Vacation Packages
• Tours

Cost in US$:

This Program is open to

American Participants.

Participants Travel

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 5-30

Application Process Involves

• Other
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone/Video Interview

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

NETC American Leadership's Mission Statement

NETC American Leadership programs help students prepare for the increasing levels of independence and maturity required in the last years of high school and the transition to college. Students grow more confident and mature while gaining important leadership, teamwork and communication skills. They step out of their comfort zone, try new things, take on responsibility and grow as individuals. While discovering new cultures, students discover themselves, their own culture and America's place in the world.

Year Founded

1993