History Study Tours

Welcome to Galina's History & Battlefield Study Tours - Revised for September 2009

Galina International offer a wide range of study tours directly relevant to your examination specification. The site has been updated to include new tours for the Edexcel Specification B Development Study (Changing Nature of Warfare) & the AQA Specification B Historical Enquiry (Britain at War):

We have also introduced new tours for Scottish schools aimed at SQA Higher Grade students. These include tours to the battlefields of Loos & the Somme (Scottish History, Paper 2) as well as to Berlin (European & World History, Paper 1).

• First World War battlefields in Belgium & Northern France including Ypres, Loos, Messines & Passchendaele, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Notre Dame de Lorette, Cambrai & the Hindenburg Line.
  
• Second World War battlefields in Northern France & the Netherlands including Dunkirk, Normandy & Arnhem.
  
• The Netherlands & Amsterdam including the Anne Frank House, the Jewish Quarter & the Dutch concentration camp at Vught.
  
• Germany & Berlin including the sites of Third Reich government buildings, the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Memorial, Wannsee Villa, Olympic Stadium, Sachsenhausen, Soviet Memorial, former East Berlin & the Berlin Wall.
  
• Poland & Krakow including Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• France & Belgium including Agincourt, William the Conqueror's Normandy & Waterloo (Edexcel B) as well as comparative studies of Ypres & Dunkirk & the Somme & Normandy (AQA B)

Our History & Battlefield Study Tours:

• cover AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC GCSE examination specifications for England & Wales & SQA Higher Grade in Scotland.
  
• are examination or coursework-focused.
  
• include a comprehensive study pack targeting assessment objectives/outcomes.
  
• also include a teacher's pack.
  
• are designed by History teachers with examining experience.

Which tours can I do from my school's location in the UK?

Enter the first half of your postcode in the box provided. Then click Go.

Choose a study tour from the portfolio available from your location which suits your group's requirements.

Complete the online Enquiry Form or contact us on Freephone 0800 801 560 to discuss your tour.

What happens next?

We will email a quotation to you detailing the following:

• the price with a sliding scale for parties between 23 & 44 with up to 5 free staff.
  
• your preferred route via Dover, Folkestone, Hull or Portsmouth.
  
• the type of accommodation & meal arrangements for your tour.
  
• details of venues & guides (if applicable).
  
• the cost of insurance (optional).