School trips to Lille

School trips to Lille are great for groups studying French, including primary school groups, and are also ideal if you’re looking to arrange a festive treat for your students!

Lille is within easy reach of the UK, making it one of the best destinations for a short school trip to France, and a great option for a day trip. On the border with Belgium, Lille offers the exciting opportunity to experience French culture with a strong Flemish influence.

Whatever your reason for visiting, we’ll tailor-make your school trip to Lille to ensure that it suits your curriculum and specific learning objectives.

School Christmas Markets Trip to Lille

A Christmas Markets school trip to Lille is a fantastic, festive treat for your French students that will leave them feeling inspired!

£149^PP

School Primary Languages Trip to Lille

With short journey times and loads of great cultural experiences, Lille is the ideal choice for a primary French school trip!

£149^PP

Why choose Halsbury?

We build your trip around you

Tell us your learning objectives, curriculum and budget and we’ll do the rest.

We’re trusted for a reason

We’re members of ABTA, ABTOT and the School Travel Forum. We also hold an ATOL and the LOtC Quality Badge.

Laura Lucas

Tour Consultant

Paul Hudson

Tour Consultant

Laura Martin

Language Sales & Product Manager

Emma Gray da Silva

Tour Consultant

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Why visit Lille?

Experience a traditional Christmas

Most of our groups choose to visit Lille at Christmas when the city is at its most vibrant and exciting, and the festive Christmas markets take over the city centre.

There are, of course, many enchanting Christmas markets that take place around France during December. But the charming city of Lille is the perfect place to experience the authentic and magical atmosphere of a traditional French Christmas market. And Lille’s Christmas market is certainly a favourite among our school groups.

Indeed, Lille’s Christmas market is one of the most famous in France with over 50 stalls selling traditional and regional crafts, cuisine and gifts, making it a popular option for Christmas markets school trips to France.

Your students will love the opportunity to practise speaking French with the local stallholders, as they buy presents for their family and tasty treats for themselves!

Experiences like this can give their confidence a real boost, while also encouraging an enthusiasm for foreign languages and different cultures.

Get your younger students talking!

Lille is also the perfect choice for a French primary school trip, not least because of the short journey times. It’s also easily navigable and less hectic than somewhere like Paris, which is ideal for younger groups and still offers a wonderful introduction to all things French.

On your school trip to Lille, your students will have the opportunity to hear French spoken all around them. You’ll have lots of opportunities to reinforce vocabulary with them and this exciting opportunity could be what inspires the linguists of the future!