Berlin, Berlin

As a destination for school tours, Berlin has to be one of the best.  History teachers studying the periods from 1932 to 1945 or 1945 to 1990 naturally bring their groups here.  There are far more relevant visits possible than you will have time for.

But what of other subjects?  Why Berlin?  Well - let's look at art, for a start.  Berlin has galleries and museums covering everything from ancient Babylon, Pergamon and Egypt (the bust of Nefertiti) to the use of art as propaganda in the GDR and contemporary art.

For geography, it offers the huge contrasts in town planning between the western and eastern sectors after World War 2, and also a less well-known remnant of socially planned housing from the twenties of the last century.

If the performing arts are your speciality, then Berlin can offer visits behind the scenes at a musical theatre or the opera, to one of Europe's best film museums, to the film making district of Babelsberg in Potsdam and, of course, to performance.

As the price of air travel increases, and with coach tours becoming more and more competitive on price, you might consider joining forces with a colleague from one of the other subject areas to run a combined tour - travelling, staying and eating together, but following separate programmes of visits.