Located at the southeastern tip of the United States, and famous for its beaches and being the home of Disney, Florida offers more than just a place to go to soak up the sun in the mid-winter months. It is a great state to visit on school trips to give students a mix of science, nature, and technology, as well as a bit of all-important fun.

While in Florida exploring the science and nature of the area, students could head to the Everglades, and then to see the Harry P. Leu Gardens, before finishing with visits to the Disney Animal Park and Seaworld.

Everglades — In the southern part of Florida, the Everglades are a subtropical region of natural wetlands that are populated with sawgrass marshes, cypress swamps, pine rock lands, and the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands. School trips to the Everglades will always be well chaperoned by experts, as the area is home to many natural predators such as alligators and a variety of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. In the 1970s, UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention dedicated the area as one of only three in the world to be considered a wetland of global importance – it is beautiful, interesting, and very hard to forget.

Harry P. Leu Gardens — Once school trips take students out of the Everglades and head back towards civilization, a trip to the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando is well worthwhile to learn more about the region’s ecology. The gardens are semi-tropical and tropical with over 50 acres of manicured lawns and lakes. Established in 1936, they began with the international collection of plant species of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Leu, who then willed the house and grounds to the local government. While at the gardens, students should visit the house itself as well, which is now a museum and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Disney Animal Park — After seeing the plant life at the Harry P. Leu Gardens and experiencing the wildness of the Everglades, students on school trips can experience a change of pace and see some of the most exotic animals in the world. The animals are incorporated into a wildlife park within the Disney attraction. Students can go on a VIP wildlife tour, or explore the rides and entertainment of the theme park. The animal park is an ideal stop on the itinerary of school trips, as it blends the fun of a Disney Park with the ethos of Walt Disney’s dedication to nature and its preservation.

Seaworld — Next stop on the agenda should without a doubt be Seaworld – a marine life-based zoological park that incorporates sea life and aquarium features into its entertainment ideology. With a host of rides that thrill and shows that mix sea-life with human performances, Seaworld is considered a must-see attraction for students in Florida. The park is also home to the ‘Wild Arctic’, an indoor zoo that features polar bears, walruses, and beluga whales, which is designed to mimic the look and feel of an arctic research station.

Adrianna Goldstiver works for Equity School Travel, experts in creating educational visits for schools and colleges. We organise school trips worldwide, as well trips for many other curriculum subjects. Our school trips include destinations in the UK, Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.

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Twenty-five kilometres west of Birmingham, on the banks of the River Avon in Warwickshire, sits the medieval market town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Famous for its association with the playwright William Shakespeare, this town has embraced all things literary and turned its tourism industry into one of the most important economic supports of the town.

Officially, the town was founded in 1196 so school trips to Stratford-upon-Avon are well worthwhile for students with interest in history, literature or literary history. While in the town, students will see Shakespeare’s birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Hall’s Croft, and can take in a show by one of the world’s best-known theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Shakespeare’s Birthplace — Located on Henley Street the house was purchased by William’s father, John, in 1556, and in 1564 it was where William was born. He grew up here while his father worked as a local glove maker; students can still see how the house was originally divided to accommodate both the domestic life and his father’s business. School trips to Shakespeare’s birthplace will take students into the house, which has been carefully refurbished with meticulous attention to detail. It allows students to feel like they have returned to the 16th century and walked into Shakespeare’s private life – the house he returned to live in for a few years after his marriage to Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage — William and Anne married in 1582, when William was just 18 and his bride was 26 or 27 and pregnant with their first of three children. There has been much speculation about the sentiments between Shakespeare and Hathaway, with his bequeath of ‘the second best bed’ being the only thing Shakespeare left her in his will. A visit to Anne’s childhood home just to the west of the town, in another small village called Shottery, is worth an excursion for students studying Shakespeare in school. Trips to the beautifully thatched cottage, where Shakespeare likely courted Anne, are fascinating, as it still contains pieces of furniture original to the 16th century.

Hall’s Croft — Found in the Old Town, Hall’s Croft was home to Shakespeare’s daughter and her well-known husband, Dr. John Hall. The impressive house was built in 1613 and is a testament to the couple’s wealth and power in Stratford-upon-Avon. After Shakespeare’s death, Susanna and Dr. Hall moved to New Place. Currently Croft’s Hall is a museum and exhibition area where students on school trips can wander through and can get a feel for the life of the privileged of the time and learn the history of some of the obscure medical practices of the period.

Royal Shakespeare Company — As one of the best-known theatre companies in the world, and one of Britain’s cultural treasures, schools trips must include RSC theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in the itinerary. The first theatre in the town was built in 1769, but was washed away soon after. There was a small theatre built in the New Place location in the early to mid 19th century, but it soon fell into disrepair. However, in 1875, Charles Flower donated the current site and the first theatre opened in 1879, with a touring company resident every spring. Over the years the format has changed slightly, and in 2011 the Queen officially opened the transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre, which was celebrating its 50th year

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As the largest and arguably most important city in the United Kingdom, London is a natural choice for school trips to study the fine arts. Founded by the Romans over two thousand years ago, the city, located on the River Thames in the southwestern part of England, has been a cultural hub ever since.

While there is certainly no shortage of museums and galleries to visit while in the city, there are a few that should not be missed on your visit. Be sure to spend an afternoon at the National Gallery and its neighbour the National Portrait Gallery; head south of the river to the Tate Modern; and finish up your time in the city by moving from one Tate gallery to another, this time to see the works on display at the Tate Britain.

National Gallery — Founded in 1824, this large gallery, located in the heart of London in Trafalgar Square, is a must-see on all school trips to London. With a collection of over 2,400 Western European paintings, dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, you should plan to spend several hours exploring the museum’s most well known works. These include Titian’s ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’, Rembrandt’s ‘Self Portrait at Age 34’, and ‘Venus and Mars’ by Botticelli just to mention a few.

If you find yourself with some spare time after the National Gallery, then head next door to the National Portrait Gallery. A tour of the National Portrait Gallery will take you through the history of a host of important British portraits. When it was officially founded in 1856, it was the first portrait gallery in the world, and with its current holding of over 11,000 portraits, it is one of the largest collections of portraitures in the world.

Tate Modern — Located just south of the River Thames between the Southwark and Blackfriars bridges, the Tate Modern stands out visually, as it is housed in the original Bankside Power Station. School trips to the gallery will take students through the large, industrial looking entrance and directly into the current exhibition space, known as Turbine Hall. Here you will come across the ever-changing temporary exhibitions – often unusual and always thought provoking. One such artwork was ‘Shibboleth’, a large crack in the floor of the gallery, created by Columbian artist Doris Salcedo. The rest of the collection throughout the gallery represents all the major movements from Fauvism onwards. Tate Modern is one of the most visited museums in the entire world and well worth an inclusion on art-based school trips.

Tate Britain — As part of the successful and important grouping of Tate museums, the Tate Britain is another that you must not miss on your school trips to the city. Housed just north of the river near Vauxhaul, on Millbank in the original Millbank Prison, the gallery was opened in 1897 as the Tate Gallery. As the National Gallery of British Art, the collection is comprised of an array of works by British artists from 1500 to the present. These include works by J.M.W. Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Blake, and Francis Bacon.

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When deciding on the best way to see Europe, train holidays are an often overlooked way of exploring the fascinating landmarks and landscapes of the continent. The rich history of the region is exhibited in many of its famous buildings, most of which have well organised museums and exhibitions that allow visitors to learn about the complicated course of events that shaped the people, cities and countries. In eastern and central Europe, the Ottoman, the Habsburg (or Hapsburg) and the Austro-Hungarian Empires all played an incredibly significant role in the shaping of the states. Buda castle in Budapest, Hungary, is one of the best places to explore in this part of Europe. Train holidays often pass through this city, so why not stop off in Budapest and visit the castle?

Buda Castle

A castle was first built on the hill by King Béla IV, between 1247 and 1265. Of what remains today, the oldest section was built by Stephen, Duke of Slavonia in the 14th century. Unfortunately, all that is left of this original structure are the foundations of what is known as ‘Stephen’s Tower’ and three interconnected, barrel-vaulted rooms. Stephen’s Tower was a formidably large structure with a distinctive turreted spire. The tower was destroyed by an explosion in 1686. The castle was greatly expanded by King Sigismund, perhaps the monarch most closely associated with the structure. If you want to see Sigismund today, you can spot him in statue form on the back of a horse in a prominent position outside of the castle. Through various repairs and redevelopments the castle continued to develop into one of the most impressive structures in this part of Europe. Train holidays to the region will offer you a good view of the castle rising above the city and the Danube as you roll into one of the stations.

Exploring History in Budapest

When you’re in Europe, train holidays that pass through Budapest can introduce you to a very different type of rail transport – the funicular railway, a common sight around many castles in this part of the world. If you do choose to take this route to Buda Castle, you will be treated to a stunning panorama of the city. That said, for those who enjoy stretching their legs, the walk up the switch-back cobbled road isn’t strenuous and also provides a great view.

In 1987 the region was announced as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This encompasses more than just the castle, with its official name being: ‘Budapest, including the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrassy Avenue.’ Cultural sites around the castle include a number of galleries and museums.

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It’s the kind of holiday you want to go on if your objective is getting away from the paparazzi (the privileged few!), the stresses of the boardroom, or just the strain of everyday life. It isn’t just your average island in the Caribbean though – it’s St. Barths. Saint Barthélemy, if you would like to be formal about it, is the site of the stylish, ultra-chic Eden Rock St Barths, the famed boutique resort-hotel that’s a getaway favourite of the rich and famous.

What to do at St Barths
For many who fall into this category, a getaway means lounging around on the beach and sunning their film-ready bodies far from screaming fans and camera flashlights – but what exactly does one do here? Plenty; just ask any of the A-listers who are among the super-secret guest list at the exclusive <a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/hotels/eden_rock_-_st_barths_french_west_indies”>Eden Rock, St Barths</a>, or the other chic resorts in this hideaway in the French West Indies. Barring that, just read on and we’ll tell you!
Relaxing at the beach

The beach, of course, is de rigeur – and there are many. Baie St. Jean (St. Jean Bay), for instance, is surrounded by pink and white coral sand, with its own live coral reef. It is the perfect, idyllic setting to lounge around and enjoy a luxurious, yet peaceful day in the sun, being massaged on your lounger, cold drink in hand.

Something more active
If you fancy something more active, but still taking advantage of the surrounding paradise, there are other options: walking to the natural pools and enjoying their recuperative waters, kayaking, paddle boarding, and even surfing, should the waves permit. You can also swim with dolphins and come nose to nose with sea turtles should you wish to do so. As well, you can take the opportunity to scuba dive from any one of 17 departure points straight from the beach. For those lucky enough to be a guest at Eden Rock St Barths, making arrangements are easier, as private instructors and trainers are available to initiate you into the joys of some of these activities.
Sailing is another option; after all, what’s more relaxing than spending a sunny day out on the blue ocean, wind whipping at your hair? Private yacht hires are available for a sunset sail or a leisurely cruise around the island, and, if you’re up to it, the local yacht club organises regattas all year round.
Shopping

For many, nothing is quite as relaxing as retail therapy. The region has options for shopping (with the added bonus of being a duty-free port), from simple souvenirs, crafts and beachwear, to luxury brands from shops in a setting that has been said to compare with Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré in Paris.
Culture

Should you wish to indulge in a touch of culture, particularly fine art, Eden Rock St Barths even has an art gallery, with regular exhibitions to suit the taste of even the most discerning culture vulture.

Cheryl Matthews works for the Essential Hotel Collection, offering a handpicked portfolio of privately owned hotels, such as <a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/hotels/eden_rock_-_st_barths_french_west_indies”>Eden Rock, St Barths</a>. We have an intimate knowledge of every property and <a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/”>Eden Rock St Barths</a> is the perfect place to make your island dreams a reality.

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In a place where the clientele are used to only the best, one can be certain that the cuisine will range from the exquisite to the sublime. One such place is Eden Rock St Barths, the luxury resort-hotel that may be the closest thing one would ever get to Fantasy Island.
One look at the regulars of the stylish island of St Barths (assuming, of course, that you coul sneak a look, the elite guest list at Eden Rock St Barths) one may wonder just what kind of cuisine would be considered good enough. The answer: the kind of food and wine you will find at the superb restaurants dotting the island. And there is quite a variety – from simple sandwiches to the crowning jewels of haute cuisine. There are around 80 restaurants on the island, all unique but with one thing in common – they serve only the best!
Here are just a few of the restaurants considered the crème de la crème of St Barths’ gastronomic scene.
<a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/hotels/eden_rock_-_st_barths_french_west_indies”>Eden Rock St Barths</a> has the distinction of being home to two of the best restaurants on the island.  With the famed French chef and restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten at the helm, both venues boast menus that are nothing short of inspired. The high-quality palates of the elite guests to the island can’t seem to get enough.
The aptly named Sand Bar With Jean Georges, which is right on the beach and open for breakfast and lunch, offers exotic salads, pizza and other wonderfully-crafted fare. The menu is perfectly designed to complement the stunning oceanfront scenery. It is the ideal place to start the day, no matter what time you may get up! The wholewheat pizza with fontina cheese and black truffle is a must-try! Carefully selected wines from around the world make up the extensive wine list and include an an oft-recommended organic wine from Alsace.

On The Rocks With Jean Georges, Eden Rock St Barths’ gourmet dinner venue, is situated high on the rock itself, and offers a menu to match the exquisite views of Baie St. Jean. Similar to his famed Spice Market, the restaurant offers spectacular haute cuisine of the kind that Chef Jean Georges is known for. Whet your appetite with a salad of grilled octopus, eggplant compote and marinated pepper, followed by a succulent St. Barths lobster in toasted garlic-drawn butter and Thai coleslaw.
For something completely different, yet no less delicious, Le Bête à Z’Ailes, is an eclectic sushi bar that offers superb food and live music. The exquisitely cut sushi is not exactly traditional Caribbean fare, but it’s a dining experience to die for. With an exceptional sushi menu, sourced from the finest ingredients, it’s one of the few places on the island you’ll find a lively nightlife.

Cheryl Matthews works for the Essential Hotel Collection, offering a handpicked portfolio of privately owned hotels, such as <a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/hotels/eden_rock_-_st_barths_french_west_indies”>Eden Rock, St Barths</a>. We have an intimate knowledge of every property and <a href=”http://www.essentialhotelcollection.co.uk/”>Eden Rock St Barths</a> is the perfect place to make your island dreams a reality.

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For those contemplating organising a school ski trip, choosing a destination is one of the most important decisions you will have to make. Such trips can provide students with a fabulous time, a chance to build up their strength and resilience and enhance their skills, and a connection to a new part of the world. The right choice of resort will make all the difference to the students’ experience. Andalo is one of Italy’s best-kept skiing secrets: located on the beautiful Paganella Plateau in the Trentino region, it offers a great range of runs, first-rate facilities and bundles of mountain charm. Besides the excellent skiing, there are plenty of chances for off-piste fun and learning too. Here are a few of Andalo’s best features and activities you may want to consider.

Winter Sport Wonderland

Several factors make Andalo ideally suited to school ski groups: its medium size; good quantity and quality of snow; excellent, safe lifts; great beginner areas and challenging intermediate runs. Add to this a wide range of other winter sporting activities and you may start to see just how much Andalo has to offer. In between skiing excursions, you and your students might want to mix things up by indulging in some other activities, such as ice skating or snowshoeing; and, for a complete change of pace, the magic of a sleigh ride through this picturesque region with its sublime views is bound to be a memorable experience.

Staying In?

Maybe some of your students need a break, or maybe an unusual bout of bad weather keeps you off the slopes for a day. Not to worry – Andalo has plenty to do while keeping out of the cold. School ski trips can offer students learning opportunities of all kinds, and a visit to the Italian-language cinema is a great way for them to pick up some new vocabulary while being entertained. Or, to stay active, head to the sports centre with its ice-skating and swimming pool. The centre is also great for evening activities that will be popular with the students: there is an amusement arcade as well as karaoke and a disco.

A Taste of Mountain Life

The lively and welcoming towns around Andalo are a delight to spend time in, even if it’s just kicking back at the end of the day to enjoy a well-earned meal. A farming region since the Middle Ages, the area has some wonderful local delicacies to be sampled, including the cheeses, salamis and desserts. (The honey that is produced here in the warmer months adds a unique local touch to many sweet dishes.)

Young people have seemingly boundless energy, and your students will, at the end of the day, be keen to take in some of the legendary Alpine après-ski atmosphere. Morzine caters to teens as well as adults in this regard, with plenty of restaurants and cafés where you can enjoy a well-earned meal and compare notes on ski techniques. Then there’s the cinema, the bowling alley, the skating rink, and disco parties in town, along with the range of activities that most hotels lay on for their younger guests. With all these options, a school ski trip to Morzine, with its tangible sense of history and easygoing hospitality, will be one that students remember for a long time!

Catherine McCabe works for Slopping Off, a specialist winter sports travel service for schools, colleges and youth groups with a specific focus on school ski trips. Sloping Off offer a variety of affordable, good value packages to Austria, France and Italy.

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For students and teachers alike, school ski trips are a great experience. Fun and active, they also help to boost students’ sense of adventure and help mould them into well-rounded, experienced individuals. As a resort for such trips, Folgaria in Italy is ideal. Picturesque and hospitable, with a variety of different kinds of slopes, it offers suitable challenges for skiers of all levels as well as the chance to enhance visitors’ cultural awareness. Here are just some of the treats in store for those that make Folgaria their school ski destination:

Stunning landscapes

School ski trip participants will have plenty of things on their packing list – not least hardy winter sports gear – but they shouldn’t forget to add their cameras to that list. Folgaria is located on the high Altipiani Trentini plateau, surrounded by sweeping mountain vistas, sun-lit slopes and dense pine forests. The resort’s highest ski lift takes passengers to 2060 metres above sea level, from where the panoramic views make for a truly breathtaking experience for students to enjoy.

Fun beyond the pistes

Folgaria is a popular destination all year round, and has facilities for many more activities beyond simply skiing. With an indoor swimming pool and a sports centre, it offers plenty of opportunity for sporty activities even if there is a bad weather day, or if students just want to warm down at the end of the day. For a change of pace during the day, or an active evening activity, you can visit the ice rink; and on the afternoons and evenings when something less physical is in order, there are plenty of opportunities for a spot of shopping. To really wind down and relax, Folgaria has some great restaurants and cafes where students can enjoy a full-on meal or just a warming drink and a snack.

Mountain charm

This region of Italy is also steeped in history and culture, giving school ski participants the chance to learn a bit about the heritage and arts of Northern Italy, all while enjoying the friendly and fun mountain-village vibe. Excursions to the old towns of Trento and Roveretto can be arranged, where winding streets are lined with quaint frescoed houses and students can gain an authentic sense of mountain life.

The landscape is dotted with castles and medieval churches, the people are welcoming, and the food is delicious. Your group will relish the chance to ‘explore’ Trentino cuisine – all the more so because it will feel so well-earned after a hard day’s skiing! Trentingrana cheese, salamis, local pork dishes, and the polenta are all on the ‘must-try’ list. As well as being highly enjoyable, getting hands-on with the local cuisine can be a great way for linguistically inclined students to practise their Italian and pick up some new vocabulary.

Catherine McCabe works for Slopping Off, a specialist winter sports travel service for schools, colleges and youth groups with a specific focus on school ski trips. Sloping Off offer a variety of affordable, good value packages to Austria, France and Italy.

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Tucked away in the mid-Pyrenees mountains in the south of France, this quintessential skiing village is close to the Spanish border, but still within easy reach of Toulouse. Superbagnères is connected to the nearby classic spa town of Bagneres de Luchon by a gondola and is a great place for beginners on a school ski trip. While you are in the Superbagnères area, you can ski or snowboard, try cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and other traditional snow sports. As well, you can spend an afternoon at one of the indoor activity centres, such as the horse riding facility, and learn about the history of the area at the Grand Hotel Museum.

Skiing and Snowboarding — As two of the most popular snow sports, skiing and snowboarding are the main winter attractions of the Superbagnères area. Students on school ski trips can learn how to ski or snowboard and can progress over several levels of pistes as they gain confidence. With 35 kilometres of marked runs – and with most of them being ‘easy’ or green runs – it is the perfect place to learn to ski or snowboard. Before long, students can head up to the medium runs and maybe, finally, one of the six difficult runs that the area has to offer.

Cross-country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Snowscooting — If you have mastered the art of carving your way down the slopes and want a new challenge, or just think you would like to spend a day out in the snow doing something a bit different, then ask your school ski instructors to introduce you to the art of cross-country skiing. With specialised skis, in cross-country skiing you will follow a guide and use your poles and a skate/ski hybrid motion to move forward on special trails. Or, you can get the thrill of the downhill by snowscooting. Snowscooters look like little tricycles mounted on three tiny skis. You sit on it as you would bike and glide down the hills much as you would in sledding. For something different again, students can book time for a snowshoeing trek around the Superbagnères. An experienced guide will lead the expedition and point out local wildlife and areas of interest.

Indoor Activities — If you have had your fill of the outdoors on your school ski trip, why not take a break by spending the day checking out the indoor activities that the Superbagnères area has to offer? Pay a visit to the local indoor riding arena if you fancy taking a turn on the back of a pony or horse; or you can do something a bit less strenuous and visit the Grand Hotel Museum, located in the Grand Hotel at the heart of the resort area. This museum will walk you through the history of the region, with interactive exhibitions and photos to give you an excellent overview of Superbagnères.

Catherine McCabe works for Slopping Off, a specialist winter sports travel service for schools, colleges and youth groups with a specific focus on school ski trips. Sloping Off offer a variety of affordable, good value packages to Austria, France and Italy.

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Greece has a distinguished history, with signs of civilisation dating back from many centuries BC. It is considered one of the most historically important areas of Europe with people flocking to visit for both its culture and its amazing landscape.

Its mainland is a peninsula that is formed from the tail end of the Balkans mountain range, and the country has between 1,200 and 6,000 islands – several hundred of which are inhabited. With the Aegean Sea to the east, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Gulf of Corinth to its north, the Peloponnese Island is ideally situated for school sports tours to introduce students to various watersports. The North Peloponnese area of the Peloponnese Island, located just southwest of Athens, incorporates beautiful coastlines, cosmopolitan cities, and fascinating history. It is also one of the best places to learn sailing and windsurfing in the Gulf of Corinth.

Sailing — One may think that sailing chartered boats and wind-driven vessels is something that is learned from childhood by those who have been exposed to the seafaring life. But on school sports tours to Greece, learning to sail is an option that will teach students their way around the decks in no time. The area around the islands (particularly the Peloponnese) provides some of the best places for beginners to get their sea legs. On these trips students will learn about the types of sailboats and rigs, become familiar with the terminology of the sea, discover the points of a sail and the trim, learn how to tie the necessary knots, how to raise and lower the mainsail, how to tack and gibe a sailboat, and finally how to moor, anchor, and dock.

Windsurfing — Once students have mastered the art of sailing on school sports tours, they can take their skills to the next level and combine it with surfing! Sound strange? The result of such an adventure is, essentially, a surfboard with a small sail with handles attached – a windsurfer. Though windsurfing originated in a river in Pennsylvania, USA, the water in the Gulf of Corinth is the perfect place to learn. Beginners are often started on a large board with a small, triangular sail in less than five knots of wind, in the shallow areas near the shore. Once a newbie has managed to develop their balance and feel that they have a bit of control over the motion, they will move up to the ‘intermediate’ category where they are provided with more choice of board lengths and widths, and a variety of sail sizes and materials. Eventually, with practice, patience and persistence, students may progress to skipping across the water in a move called ‘planing’ in winds up to 50 knots. Although it is not an easy sport, once mastered it can become a firm favourite with active youngsters.

Aiden Armstrong works for Pavilion Tours, a specialist travel service for schools, colleges and youth groups with a specific focus on school sports tours as well as adventure, performing arts and geography. Pavilion Tours offer both local and international tours covering a variety of programmes.

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