The city of Cologne is an ideal destination for school groups. Whether you're keen to develop their German language skills or looking to take them on a Christmas reward trip, you'll find that Cologne is a safe, attractive and compact city with great student appeal.
You can choose to travel by coach or air, dependent on your budget and student numbers. You have the option of staying solely in Cologne to enjoy the Christmas markets or the wide range of museums and activities that will stimulate your language students learning, or you can look at adding on day trips, taking a drive to the picturesque middle Rhine area or enjoying the famous Phantasialand theme park. Cologne really is a fantastic option for a German school trip base.
A Christmas Market trip to Cologne is a great opportunity for your students to immerse themselves in local culture and cuisines, whilst improving their vocab in a fun & relaxed environment.
Cologne is a perfect destination to interact and practise their language skills. You can include a great range of German speaking visits on this fun city break.
Cologne is the famous city of the Rhineland, best known for its cathedral and Christmas markets. This city offers a great combination of old and new with the colourful and traditional old town sitting close to the modern structure of the Cologne Triangle and dramatic cable car that crosses the river. Everything is close by meaning you can cram lots of of excursions and fun activities into a short trip.
As a leading educational tour provider, we take great pride in curating captivating experiences that will give them a range of opportunities to live and learn the German language.
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At Next Generation Travel we take school trips seriously. We are destination and subject experts with an award-winning service. You can count on us for the perfect balance of educational and personal development. We take great pride in ensuring our customers’ satisfaction by going above and beyond to meet their travel needs. But don’t just take out word for it…
We have been operating school tours for over 35 years so we know a thing or two about planning a school trip. One of the benefits of this is that we have an abundance of knowledge and supporting documents to share with you. In our resources area you will find everything you need for your school trip planning:
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