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Your Tour, Your Way ACIS offers hundreds of activities, excursions, adventures and opportunities. We’ve listened to our teachers to refine and innovate in ways that they tell us matter most. Inside you’ll find a partial menu of our offerings. Use this as inspiration to build, choose or tweak the right itinerary for you.
Travel will change you, so you should be able to change it Think of our itineraries as a launching pad for your imagination. We’re obsessively flexible, giving you limitless choices—nothing is off-the-shelf and nothing’s etched in stone except our promise to make your adventure amazing. More than 75% of our group leaders customize their tours by adding a single excursion, taking an extra day to further explore a region or building a tour from scratch. So whether you’d like to customize your experience a little or a lot, we’d love to help. There are hundreds of ways to connect with the people, places and things you are visiting. Browse our menu of activities and then talk to your program consultant about how to include the ones that matter the most to you.
Cultural Connections
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES
SPAIN
BRITISH ISLES
Basque Pelota Lesson and Demonstration
Welsh Family Dinner and Home Visit
Flamenco Lesson, Dinner and Show
West End Theater Workshop and Performance
Madrid Tapas Evening Spanish Fan Painting Workshop Spanish Cooking Lesson Toledo Culture Quest Bull Ranch Visit, Bullfighting Lesson and Lunch Barcelona by Bike Trencadís Workshop in Barcelona Paella Cooking Lesson in Barcelona
Punting on the River Cherwell
London’s Monuments to Monarchy by Bike National Theatre Backstage Tour Shakespeare Workshop at the Globe Theatre Tower of London Opening Ceremony A Student’s Perspective on Oxford Irish Dancing Lesson
Camino de Santiago by Bike
Edinburgh Old Town Ghost Tour
FRANCE
Royal Shakespeare Company Workshop
Horseback Riding in the Camargue Be Cézanne Painting Lesson École de Boulangerie Versailles by Bike Sketch Paris Neighborhood Tour French Cooking Lesson Pétanque Lesson
Traditional Cream Tea in Bath The Thames Path by Bike Irish for a Day Jaunting Tour in Killarney
Lucca by Bike Mastering Mozzarella Bocce Lesson in Rome Ancient Greek Ceramics Workshop Greek Cooking Lesson and Lunch GERMANY AND CENTRAL EUROPE Munich by Bike Berlin Street Art Workshop Neckar River Canoeing Dance the Viennese Waltz Hallein Salt Mines Mozartkugel Making Alpine Hut Dinner and Alpenhorn Lesson Glass Decorating and Gallery Visit in Prague Strudel Demonstration and Tasting in Budapest Rothenburg Culture Quest
ITALY AND GREECE Tarantella Dance Lesson Pizza Making Lesson and Dinner
Eco-Hike in the Black Forest Speleologist Tour of Postojna Caves AMERICAS
Fromagerie Visit and Cheese Tasting
Via Appia Antica by Bike
Perfume Workshop and Factory Tour in Eze
Chioggia Fish Market Visit
Jauri Tropical Farm Visit
Gelato Making Workshop and Tasting
Impressionist Painting in Auvers-sur-Oise
Rome Market Tour
Meet with Local Students in San Carlos
Guinguette Dine and Dance
Master the Fresco Traditional Greek Dancing Lesson
Costa Rican Cooking Lesson Craft Workshop in Sarchí
SAMPLE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE El Periódico de Catalunya: Barcelona, Spain Educational Objective: Discover the changing landscape of local media in a global communication world.
International Perspectives
Monteverde Cloud Forest Canopy Tour Home Hosted Lunch with Dominican Family Mérida Folklore Show
ARTS + CULTURE
ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE
Ostia Antica Archaeological Site: Rome, Italy
World Meteorological Organization: Geneva, Switzerland
Biblioteca Vallicelliana: Rome, Italy
CERN: Geneva, Switzerland
Yves Saint Laurent Foundation: Paris, France
Vauban Eco-Town: Freiburg, Germany
Fragonard Perfumery: Paris, France
MARKETS + FINANCE
The Bank of England: London, England
Entrepreneurial London: London, England
FOOD + MARKETING
Parisian Fashion Retailer: Paris, France Madrid Fashion Retailer: Madrid, Spain China Industrial Visit: Shanghai, China
Lake Titicaca and Uros Indians Visit Pisac Indian Market Visit
BBC Broadcasting House: London, England
Costa Rican Folklore Show in San José Chocolate Cultivation and Processing Workshop ASIA AND BEYOND Meet with Local Students in Shanghai
El Periódico de Catalunya: Barcelona, Spain Vatican Radio: Rome, Italy Rundfunk TV & Radio Broadcasting: Berlin, Germany Axel Springer Publishing House: Berlin, Germany
Meet with Local Students in Yangshuo
DIPLOMACY + GOVERNMENT
Taiji Exercises
Beijing American Center: Beijing, China
Tea with a Local Family Tsukiji Fish Market Visit
Bourse de Paris Stock Exchange: Paris, France
BUSINESS + DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS + MEDIA
Tortuguero National Park Boat Tour and Hiking
2016
Develop 21st century skills and hone cultural competence with a behind the scenes and in-depth peek into the inner workings of an international institution. Every visit will include a tour of the facility, a discussion with a company representative and a chance for students to ask questions.
Cité du Cinéma Studio Complex: Paris, France
Horseback Ride to Monteverde
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FAGE Yoghurt and Dairy Factory: Athens, Greece Carpigiani Frozen Dessert Equipment: Rome, Italy Eataly: Rome, Italy Palombini Espresso: Rome, Italy Les Halles de Lyon–Paul Bocuse: Lyon, France Rungis International Market: Paris, France Villa Real Hotel 5*: Madrid, Spain SPORTS MARKETING + DEVELOPMENT Atletico Madrid Football Club: Madrid, Spain RCD Espanyol Football Club: Barcelona, Spain Olympic Museum: Lausanne, Switzerland Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: London, England
Local School Visit in Tokyo
Scottish Parliament: Edinburgh, Scotland
Meet with Local Students in South Africa
Houses of Parliament: London, England
Società Sportiva Lazio Athletics Club: Rome, Italy
Lincoln’s Inn Law Society: London, England
TRANSPORTATION + TECHNOLOGY
Italian Parliament: Rome, Italy
Airbus Production Facility: Toulouse, France
Visit our online menu at www.acis.com/menu for more details about these visits.
United Nations: Geneva, Switzerland
Wembley Stadium: London, England
L’atelier Renault: Paris, France IVECO–Industrial Vehicles Corporation: Madrid, Spain RENFE Railways: Barcelona, Spain BMW: Munich, Germany
Service Learning During service learning projects you will actively contribute to the societies you are visiting in a meaningful way. Projects range in duration and intensity, but each is developed to benefit the local community, all the while enhancing students’ understanding of the world. CHINA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Giant Panda Research Base Service Project: Assist the staff at the Bifengxia Valley Giant Panda Research Base with the conservation and protection of this endangered species.
Coral Reef Data Collection Service Project: Help save the Dominican Republic’s coral reefs and ocean ecosystem by collecting data from the area’s reefs.
Tree Planting in Xi’an: Work with the community to continue their reforestation efforts.
Rio Grande Abajo Community Project: In cooperation with the peace corps, help construct stoves, or work to enhance local, stustainable development activities such as composting and recycling.
Children’s School Service Project in Beijing: Share stories and discuss cultural similarities and differences at a Beijing school for disadvantaged youth. Children’s School Service Project in Shanghai: Volunteer at a school for less fortunate urban students. COSTA RICA Community and Reforestation Service Project: Begin with communityminded projects such as painting or grounds upkeep at local schools, followed by contributions to the local ecosystem and agriculture during reforestation work on area farms. Community Improvement Service Project in El Roble: Experience daily life in rural El Roble and help the local community improve its public resources. Sea Turtle Conservation Project: Participate in an important coastalmarine conservation effort as you work to promote the nesting and hatching of leatherback sea turtles. Animal Sanctuary Service Project: Learn about Costa Rica’s diverse and threatened animal populations and help to rehabilitate the sick and injured creatures that are relying on the sanctuary for survival.
Optional Excursions & Extensions Adding optional excursions and extensions is another way to customize the tour for your group. We’ve highlighted a small sample of our most popular options here. Talk to your program consultant to learn more. OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS Half-day Excursion to Toledo with Sightseeing Half-day Excursion to Windsor Castle
ECUADOR Amazon Animal Service Project: Volunteer at the Monkey Sanctuary or Amazon Animal Rescue Centre to help care for the animals, maintain the facilities and fight against trafficking.
Full-day Excursion to the Châteaux of the Loire Full-day Excursion to Tangier, Morocco including Lunch Seine Dinner Cruise Mozart Dinner Concert at Stiftskeller St. Peter OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS
PERU
Extra Night in Paris
Janaq Chuquibamba Andean Community Project: Because at such high altitudes very few crops grow, you will help build a greenhouse and combat malnutrition in the area.
Extra Night in Rome
I love w orking w ith my tour con sultant to desig custom n tours th at fit my curricu lum. I c omplete trust he ly r sugge s tions, a my trips nd always exceed my exp ectation s! ELAINE MOSS GROUP LEADER , NY
Two-night London Extension with Sightseeing from Paris via the Eurostar Three-night Madrid Extension from Barcelona with Sightseeing and Toledo
HAVE YOU PICKED YOUR FAVORITES? Find our online menu at www.acis.com/menu. Email info@acis.com or call 800-888-ACIS to start planning your perfect tour.