Description

Come join us for a trip that provides a thrilling mix of Europes most popular destinations and its lesser-known marvels! Stroll along the canals of Amsterdam, tour its notorious Red Light District, visit Anne Franks house, learn how to make chocolate in Bruges, reflect on the lessons of history at a concentration camp, bike through the streets of Paris, see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, cruise along the Seine at sunset, climb the Eiffel tower, and much more!

DAY 1: NEWARK (FOR THOSE WHO OPT TO TAKE THE GROUP FLIGHT)
As the group flight takes off, the trip officially begins!

DAYS 2  4: AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, is known for its vibrant culture of young travelers eager to explore the citys treasures. The city itself is a sight to behold, filled with bicycles and gorgeous old buildings, which makes it ideal for exploring on foot. Our focus is on providing a safe and energetic tour of this dynamic place, as we tour the Vondelpark, check out the masterpieces on display at the Van Gogh Museum, listen to live music at a jazz club, and even take a walking tour through the notorious Red Light District. Throughout, well peer back into the origins of Dutch culture, and pause to reflect on the events of modern history as we visit the Anne Frank House, where the famous diarist and her family lived while in hiding from the Nazi forces that occupied the city.

DAYS 5  8: BRUGES
We then head to Bruges, in Belgium, a small city teeming with life that tourists to Europe too often ignore. Here, well find beautiful canals and old city streets. Well take a bike tour by day, and by night well enjoy fantastic food and live music. On our day trip to Brussels, Belgiums capital and largest city, we get a rare glimpse into the art of chocolate-making with a visit to a local chocolate factory. Here, the old and the new collide, as our day includes both a visit to St. Christophers Basilica, and a tour of the citys graffiti. In Belgium, too, we take a sobering look at contemporary history with a visit to the site of the Breendonk concentration camp, where we reflect on the ways in which these terrible recent events have shaped the region. This trip offers abundant options, and travelers may elect to spend a day in Antwerp, which offers some remarkable sights along with some amazing shopping.

DAYS 9  13: PARIS
Leaving Belgium behind, we finish our trip with three nights in Paris. Our hotel is located in the Marais, one of the most exciting and historically rich sections of the city, where were just steps away from the Notre Dame cathedral, and a short metro ride to the Louvre  the largest art museum in the world. Our time in Paris is spent absorbing its intoxicating atmosphere, strolling the banks of the Seine, and enjoying the splendid offerings of French cuisine. We picnic on the Champ du Mars, pack in shopping time on the Champs Élysée, climb the stairs of the Arc du Triomphe, wander through the Luxembourg Gardens, and of course look out over all of Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Highlights

- Bike alongside the canals of Amsterdam and Belgium and through Paris at night
- Learn how to make Belgian chocolate with Belgium's top chocolatier
- See Anne Frank's house, the Van Gogh museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the markets of Amsterdam
- Attend a famous European rock festival in Belgium
- Visit a WWII concentration camp
- Take a behind the scenes tour of a Paris fashion house
- Taste the unique cuisine of three different cultures
- See Giverny- Monet's home in the French countryside
- Wander along the medieval streets of Bruges, the Venice of Belgium
- Dance the night away in a Parisian nightclub

Type of Programs

• Cultural Exploration
• Adventure Travel

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

3,985 plus airfare

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Travel For Teens's Mission Statement

Travel for Teens believes that teen travel should be both fun and enriching. Our programs feature choice in what you do, see, and experience, a dynamic that sets us apart from superficial tours that herd large groups from one site to another. We visit the best of the mainstream attractions while offering the opportunity to explore the culture from a less touristy perspective. We interact with our host cultures, taking cooking and dance lessons, performing valuable service work to help local communities, and conversing with the people who have spent their lives living in the places we journey to. We have crafted our unique programs to engender love for travel, hunger for learning, curiosity about differences, appreciation of similarities across cultures, and an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Year Founded

2003