UMass Lowell: France, Germany, Switzerland Study Abroad (2023)

Students fly from their home airport to Strasbourg, France

• Stone & Compass staff will be waiting for students to arrive at hotel between 8-1pm
• Lunch in Strasbourg
• Boat tour of Strasbourg (Petit France, Neuestadt, and history of Franco-Prussian War)
• Check into hotel and free time for dinner

• Day trip to Colmar (Unterlinden Museum, lunch, shopping, etc.)
• Visit town of Riquewihr
• Return to Strasbourg for dinner and explore city in the evening

• Day trip to Heidelberg, Germany
• Lunch and explore city
• Return to Strasbourg for dinner

• Day trip to Basel, Switzerland
• Holbein walking tour
• Kunstmuseum Basel (art museum)
• Basel Minster (cathedral)
• Aldstadt (old town, wander, shopping, etc.)
• Dinner in Basel

Students have a free day. Nearby options include:

• Europa-Park in Rust, Germany: largest amusement park in Germany
• Verdun, France: small city known for the WWI Battle of Verdun
• Baden-Baden: spa town in Germany’s Black Forest

• Day trip to Metz, France
• Metz Cathedral
• Lunch near main square
• La Cour d’Or Museum
• St. Pierre aux Nonnains, the oldest church in France
• Porte des Allemandes, the last remaining castle bridge in France named for the Teutonic Knights

• Day trip to Black Forest
• Freiburg for lunch and exploring
• Black Forest Open Air museum OR clock making museum
• Triberg Waterfall, Germany’s highest waterfall

Students fly home