Exchange in Lyon
France | 14 days / 12 nights
DAY 1: USA | FRANCE
- Fly overnight to Lyon.
DAY 2: LYON
- Bienvenue en France! Upon arrival, board your private bus to your partner school.
- Meet your exchange partners and host families and start your exchange program. While living with a host family, you will discover that French is more than just a textbook language as you fully immerse into the daily life of your family and school community. You will attend school with your exchange partner, apply your language skills in real-life situations, and experience life as a true local!
- Dinner and evening with your host family.
DAY 3: SUNDAY IN FAMILY
- Spend the day getting to know your exchange partner and host family.
DAYS 4 – 6: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- After breakfast with your host family, attend school with your exchange partner.
- Afternoon activities and workshops may be organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with your partner school).
- Dinner and evening with your host family.
DAY 7: DAY TRIP TO ANNECY
- This morning, board your private bus and set off on a day excursion to Annecy, a strikingly beautiful Alpine town, also called the ‘Venice of the Alps’.
- Meet your local guide and explore the gorgeous Vieux Annecy. See the Palais de l’Ile, the Château, and the Porte Sainte-Claire.
- Have some free time for lunch.
- Then, walk through the Jardins de l’Europe, and continue along the lake to admire the beautiful surroundings.
- Return to your host family for dinner.
DAY 8: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- Attend school with your exchange partner.
- Dinner and evening with your host family.
DAYS 9 – 10: WEEKEND IN FAMILY
- Enjoy a relaxing weekend with your exchange partner and host family.
DAY 11: LYON | PARIS
- Today, say a fond “au revoir!” to your exchange partners and board your train to Paris.
- Upon arrival, your Forum Tour Manager will greet you at the train station and remain with you throughout your tour.
- Stroll down the most famous avenue of the capital, the Champs-Elysées.
- Walk through the Trocadéro and view “la Ville Lumière” from the third floor of the Eiffel Tower.
- Afterward, enjoy a refreshing cruise on the Seine River.
- Dinner at a typical brasserie parisienne.
- Night accomodation in Paris.
DAY 12: PARIS
- This morning, explore the Quartier Latin, see the Pantheon and stroll through the Jardins du Luxembourg.
- Discover the Sorbonne University. In 1253, a college for 16 students who wanted to study theology was created at Louis IX’s request. Today, it’s one of the oldest and most famous universities in France.
- Later, visit a local boulangerie and choose from one of their mouth-watering sandwiches for lunch.
- Head to Île de la Cité to see the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.
- Then, discover the Opera Garnier, the inspiration for Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera.
- Later in the afternoon, head up to the highest point in Paris, Montmartre. Climb the steps to reach the Sacré-Cœur, Montmartre’s hilltop church and most famous landmark.
- Enjoy a musical dinner in Montmartre.
- Night accommodation in Paris.
DAY 13: PARIS | VERSAILLES
- This morning after breakfast, take the train to Versailles Palace, the extravagant residence built for the Sun King.
- Enter the Château and walk in the footsteps of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Then, enjoy a picnic lunch before wandering around the elegantly landscaped gardens.
- Later, return to Paris and take a guided tour of the Institut du Monde Arabe. The museum encompasses the cultural, religious, social, and anthropological dimensions of the Arab world past and present.
- Have dinner at a local restaurant.
- Night accommodation in Paris.
DAY 14: DEPART
- After breakfast, board your private bus with your Forum Tour Manager and transfer to the airport for your return flight home.