Christmas Markets Trips to Lille

Who's it for?

  • Secondary School, Sixth Form & FE College

Key Highlights

  • The ideal festive reward trip for language students or year group
  • A perfect opportunity to practise food & shopping vocab
  • Authentic European Christmas Market
  • Great food tasting!
  • Free Christmas quiz
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About this trip

Christmas Markets are a great opportunity for students to explore and learn in surroundings that interest and engage them whilst providing fun and learning. Not least, an educational visit to any of the Markets means students can enjoy some early Christmas shopping too!

Why choose WST for school trips?

WST really understands the nature of taking school groups abroad; communication is clear and timely to allow for planning and no question or query is too small or large. It’s always reassuring working with Leanne, she’s super-organized and leaves nothing to chance.
St Augustine’s RC High School Opal Coast 2023

Sample Itinerary

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Sample itinerary for a 2 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart school

Afternoon

Arrive Lille. Spend free time around the Christmas Market to include a Christmas Quiz

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 2
Morning

Depart accommodation for more free time around the Christmas Markets. 

Afternoon

Take the opportunity to sample local foods at the Christmas market before departing for your journey home. 

Evening

Arrive back at school

Sample itinerary for a 1 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart school early morning. Arrive in Lille late morning

Afternoon

Visit the Lille Christmas market, complete the free WST Christmas quiz, along with free time to spend at leisure shopping, sightseeing and sampling the local food at the market stalls. 

Evening

Depart Calais for return journey to school, estimated arrival before midnight

Sample itinerary for a 1 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart school at midnight. Arrive in Lille late morning

Afternoon

Visit the Lille Christmas market, complete the free WST Christmas quiz, along with free time to spend at leisure shopping, sightseeing and sampling the local food at the market stalls. 

Evening

Depart Calais for return journey to school, estimated arrival early hours

Trip Details

Cultural Visits In Lille

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Other Cultural Visits

  • WST Lille Christmas Quiz
    Take our free fun Christmas quiz along with you. This will give your students a focus whilst they are there, encourage them to look around the markets and the area and give them opportunities to try out some language skills. It's also a useful thing for them to finish off on the coach journey home.
  • Guided tour of Lille

    Take them on a guided tour of Lille to take in all the major sights to learn more about the history of the city and the iconic Christmas markets. This includes an optional quiz.

  • Guided visit to La Maison du Nougat

    This nougat manufacturer welcomes visitors to discover up close the secrets of making nougat.  The guided visit will include traditional cooking in copper cauldrons, the flow of the nougat and how it is cut. Following the demonstration you can taste a variety of flavours before visiting the gift shop.

  • Biscuit factory guided visit

    You can choose to visit a local biscuit making factory where you will see a demonstration of biscuit making and then get a chance to have a go yourselves.

  • Cite de Europe
    If you haven’t done quite enough shopping there’s always Cite Europe, where you can make a last minute stop!

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Language Lessons

Offering your student the perfect opportunity to live and learn French language

If you're looking for some additional language learning during your Christmas Markets trip, why not consider a language school? The language school in Lille is a small family sized, specialist language school and cultural centre, located in a beautiful, traditional building, its just 20 minutes’ walk from the city centre. 

The class experience is fun, interactive and speaking based, focused on real life culture and language. Teaching materials are fun and engaging and customised to your individual needs. There are maximum 12 students per teacher giving your students more opportunity to 'have a go'. This smaller group setting not only encourages students to participate, it means students can be sorted into groups to match their knowledge and ability.

The school knows know how important it is that they tailor your experience to suit your needs, so they will contact you before your visit to establish your objectives and gain an understanding and profile of your students. 

Their team will also be on hand to facilitate some of your cultural visits so that everything is pitched just right for your students' level of learning. 

Why choose WST for School Trips?

At WST the customer is at the heart of everything we do. A strong set of values runs right from the core of our business. We believe that this is what makes us stand out from the crowd.

Sophie was very helpful and quick to reply to my emails. The trip was organised really well, and I am very happy about everything.

I used WST following recommendation from a colleague and I am glad that I did. Everything went smoothly and was expected. The students had a great time and learned a lot from the experience.
Bourne Community College Lille 2024
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