Geography School Trip to Bay of Naples Italy
5 Days from £865pp
based on 36 students and 4 free teacher places travelling in Nov 27 excluding school holiday peak dates. All compulsory charges that we have been able to calculate are included in the price. We'll highlight any expected local charges in your tailored quote.
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Your students will be wowed by the magnificent and menacing Mount Vesuvius, the largest volcano in mainland Europe and an extraordinary case study for what life is really like living in the shadow of a volcano.
The below geography trip itinerary to Naples is packed full of curriculum links including coastal processes, urban change, tectonic processes and landforms and hazards.
You’ll work with our dedicated team of Travel Specialists to create a bespoke itinerary that meets all of your needs and gives your students a trip that supports students learning and creates lifelong memories.
What's included
- Return flights to Naples from Gatwick
- Hold luggage for all passengers
- 4 nights' accommodation
- Half board basis (breakfast and evening meals)
- Guide and/or tour assistant on days 1 to 4
- All activities metioned in the itinerary; Naples Underground, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Valley of Hell trek, Pasta di Gragnano tour,Mills Valley Trek, Pertosa Limestone Caves and Tenuta Vannulo Buffalo Mozzarella Farm with Chocolate Tasting
- Travel disruption support
- Loyalty Scheme with a range of benefits and discounts
Day
1
Naples Underground tour & walking city tour
After a short flight, you will arrive in Naples.
Take in the sights and sounds of the streets of Naples before heading underground to see the secrets of the city.
Your guide will show you places of worship, catacombs, aqueducts, Greco-Roman businesses and other ancient passageways once used to cross the city.
Next, take in the sights of Naples (above ground!) with a guided walking tour of the historic city centre.
Day
2
Mount Vesuvius & Pompeii
Today, you’ll journey to the summit of Vesuvius. You’ll make your way by bus to near the summit of the volcano followed by a short hike to the summit accompanied by your Volcanologist guide. Your students will see solidified lava, pumice and tuff, and witness sulphur-emitting fumaroles inside the crater vent.
Next, visit one of Naples’ most famous attractions, Pompeii, with an Archaeological guide.
Students can visit the Roman ruins of Pompeii, a town frozen in time following the 79AD Vesuvius eruption. This UNESCO World Heritage Site illustrates the destruction volcanoes can cause.
Day
3
Amalfi Coast including boat trip to Salerno
Drive the Amalfi Coastal Road, one of the world’s most spectacular highways.
Dotted with small picturesque settlements situated on steep, rocky cliffs, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, the Amalfi Coastal drive offers fantastic panoramic views and stunning examples of coastal erosion features.
After making a stop at Positano viewpoint, you’ll arrive in Amalfi Town where you’ll take a scenic boat journey along the Amalfi coast to Salerno with plenty of photo opportunities of the impressive cliffs.
During your visit to the historic city of Salerno, you’ll explore Salerno Cathedral and the Piazza della Liberta for a glimpse into its fascinating Roman history.
Day
4
Pertosa Limestone Caves & Buffalo Mozzarella Farm
Geography and geology students will be eager to start the day with a guided Pertosa Limestone Caves Tour.
Dramatic stalactites and stalagmites feature in the beautiful karst caves at Pertosa. Your visit includes a short boat trip on the buried lake created where the River Tanagro has dropped through the porous rock.
During your lunchtime stop at Paestum Archaeological Site, you’ll explore the ruins of this ancient city dating back to the 6th century BC. Discovered 60 years ago, Paestum is home to some of the best-preserved temples and monuments of Magna Graecia.
No trip to Italy is complete without sampling the local delicacies! Your students will learn how mozzarella cheese is produced at a buffalo dairy farm. The Tenuta Vannulo Buffalo Mozzarella Farm cheese is sustainably produced and they also produce other products including chocolate, which you will be able to taste at the end of the tour.
Day
5
Fly home
Head to the airport for your flight home.
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Launching Your School TripCurriculum links
- Geography
- Tectonic processes, landforms & hazards
- Weather processes & hazards
- Ecosystems
- Coastal processes, landforms & management
- Rural environments
- Urban environments
- Population & migration
- Economic change and development
- Tourism
- Cultural, ethnic and gender geography
- Food & water resources
- Sustainability
- Globalisation
- Water, carbon & nutrient cycles
- Oceans
- Global systems, trade & global governance
- Changing places
- Geographical skills
