Trip to London

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Trip to London

mariajosefuster

Trip to London

Hello,

I am a Spanish teacher and I am trying to organize a trip to London with my students, but everything seems really expensive on the web. Do you know of any way to make it cheaper? We could go to a hotel or stay with a family.

Have you got any ideas fo how to organise this trip? Where to go?What to do?

Thank you very much for your help,

Maria Jose

30 Sep 2015

mfraczek

Hello,

When we take our students to London, we walk around the city in order to see all the famous monuments. We start at the Tower, walk across Tower Bridge, then along the River Thames (past the Town Hall, the Tate Modern Gallery, the Globe Theatre) and we reach Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Finally we have a picnic in St James ï¿½s Park and go and see Buckingham Palace. It takes us the whole day and it ï¿½s FREE !

However some visits are also free, but you have to contact the various places in advance:

- The Science Museum

- The Tate Modern Gallery

- The British Museum

- The National Portrait Gallery

Hope it helps....

Murielle

1 Oct 2015

Nanou59

Hello,

I ï¿½m a French English teacher in a high school and I organise trips to London quite regularly. I am lucky enough to live in the North of France so that transport (shuttle + coach) is not that expensive.

I usually ask a company that is specialised in school journeys abroad to organise the trip (host families, coach, boat, visits...), we have quite a few in France, I don ï¿½t know about Spain, though. I tell them exactly what I want.

It might be cheaper if you travel by coach and spend the night on the coach but it is also quite long. As for the visits, there are quite a few museums that are free of charge : the National Gallery, Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London, the Tate Gallery, the British Museum... It depends on the age of your students and your interests. Outside London, you can also go to Greenwich by boat (it is not too expensive). There you can visit the observatory (but it isn ï¿½t free) and the Queen ï¿½s House and the Maritime Museum which are both free of charge. A small market is nearby.

Now there are other visits that are interesting but can prove expensive: the Tower Bridge Experience, the Tower of London, Shakespeare ï¿½s Globe Theatre or if you are also interested in sustainable development, the Crystal Siemens Exhibition is real fun because of the interactive exhibits.

I hope this can help you.

Anne

1 Oct 2015

untheaulait

I ï¿½m an English teacher in France. I never use companies to organise our trips as they are more expensive! If you do it yourself it takes a bit more time but the cost is usually lower. We take the Eurostar, stay in a Youth Hostel - this year it ï¿½s in front of St Paul ï¿½s Cathedral :)))) Most museums are free and the Cabinet War rooms for example is free to under 16s and there ï¿½s one free adult for every 10 children. The suggestions in the first reply are great.

You can also get a combined bus/boat ticket for London tours and they are really good value too

Hope this helps

Rebecca

1 Oct 2015

HiFly

If you are planning such a trip have you considered if the trip qualifies for EU funding under the ERASMUS + scheme?

this is the spanish website for youtr national agency....
www.erasmusplus.gob.es

Good Luck!

1 Oct 2015

mariajosefuster

Thank you very much for all the ideas.

I will take them all into account when organizing the trip. I didn ï¿½t know I had to contact the museums to get there with many students. And we will probably go to some of those museums, spend a day walking through London...

As for all the other ideas, yes, probably it is cheaper to organize everything myself, but as I want them to practice English, I was thinking of some English guide showing them everything to make them be in contact with the language and I don ï¿½t think I can organize it on my own. There may be an agency to show you around when you are in London, but I will have to look on the Internet.

Having a look at Erasmus webpage, I have just seen there is some information for the students of secondary schools who want to study English abroad. I had no idea. I will have to study it properly to know the conditions.

Thanks again,

1 Oct 2015

celx