Marseille with your class
The Château d’If, the Calanques, the MUCEM, Notre-Dame de la Garde, the Vieux-Port and the Palais Longchamp sit within a compact, walkable city — a city that is simultaneously ancient and urgently alive. Throughout, Marseille’s multilingual, multicultural character gives the trip a depth that no classroom can replicate.
On the Move is the officially accredited school trips provider for the European Schools in Belgium — every trip has a dedicated project manager with 24/7 emergency support.
Trip highlights
A boat crossing to the island fortress of Château d'If — immortalised by Dumas, set in the Bay of Marseille, and one of the most atmospheric guided visits in the south of France
A guided half-day hike through the Calanques — dramatic limestone cliffs plunging into turquoise water, one of Europe's most spectacular coastal national parks, minutes from the city centre
A guided visit to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations — one of France's most architecturally striking contemporary buildings, its lace-work concrete shell cantilevered over the sea at the entrance to the Vieux-Port
Curriculum links
Practical information
- Local currency is Euro (€); spending money recommended
- Comfortable walking and hiking shoes essential; sun protection and water strongly recommended
- On the Move is the officially accredited school trips provider for the European Schools in Belgium; every trip has a dedicated project manager with 24/7 emergency support
A day by day
✏️ This is an example timetable: we can adapt the destination, programme, duration and budget to suit your group.
Students come home with…
- A sense of Marseille in full — its layers of history, its fierce identity, and a landscape that shifts within minutes from urban grit to natural splendour
- Real French immersion in one of the country's most distinctive and genuinely international cities
In pictures
Language Trips - your questions
A school language trip is organised for your whole group: the entire class or year group travels together, shares accommodation and follows a programme built around your school's curriculum. An individual language stay is a personal booking for one student. On the move specialises in group programmes and handles all logistics, supervision and paperwork for schools.
All levels from complete beginners (A1) to advanced (C1). Pupils are sorted by level on arrival so every lesson is appropriately challenging. Each pupil receives a CEFR-referenced progress certificate at the end of the stay.
Our English schools in London and Dublin hold English UK or IALC accreditation. Malta partner schools are FELTOM-accredited. Barcelona schools are Instituto Cervantes-affiliated. Paris schools are certified by the French Ministry of Education. All schools are regularly inspected and all teachers are qualified.
Yes, and we encourage it. The most effective language trips blend morning classes with afternoon cultural experiences where pupils use the language naturally. We design the programme around your educational objectives and group.