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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.
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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.
Your Tour, Your Way
Over more than 20 years, even with all the strange and ‘impossible’ requests, ACIS has come through for me every time.SHAUN CHEREWICH GROUP LEADER, NJ
www.acis.com/menu
Travel will change you, so you should be able to change it
Cultural Connections IMMERSIVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES
SPAIN
Basque Pelota Lesson and Demonstration
Flamenco Lesson, Dinner and Show
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
Camino de Santiago by Bike
FRANCE
Horseback Riding in the Camargue
Be Cézanne Painting Lesson
École de Boulangerie
Versailles by Bike
Sketch Paris Neighborhood Tour
French Cooking Lesson
Pétanque Lesson
Fromagerie Visit and Cheese Tasting
Perfume Workshop and Factory Tour in Eze
Impressionist Painting in Auvers-sur-Oise
Guinguette Dine and Dance
BRITISH ISLES
Welsh Family Dinner and Home Visit
Punting on the River Cherwell
West End Theater Workshop and Performance
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
Edinburgh Old Town Ghost Tour
Traditional Cream Tea in Bath
Royal Shakespeare Company Workshop
The Thames Path by Bike
Irish for a Day
Jaunting Tour in Killarney
ITALY AND GREECE
Tarantella Dance Lesson
Pizza Making Lesson and Dinner
Via Appia Antica by Bike
Chioggia Fish Market Visit
Gelato Making Workshop and Tasting
Rome Market Tour
Master the Fresco
Traditional Greek Dancing Lesson
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
Eco-Hike in the Black Forest
Speleologist Tour of Postojna Caves
AMERICAS
Jauri Tropical Farm Visit
Meet with Local Students in San Carlos
Costa Rican Cooking Lesson
Craft Workshop in Sarchí
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.
International PerspectivesDevelop 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.
Horseback Ride to Monteverde
Monteverde Cloud Forest Canopy Tour
Home Hosted Lunch with Dominican Family
Mérida Folklore Show
Lake Titicaca and Uros Indians Visit
Pisac Indian Market Visit
Tortuguero National Park Boat Tour and Hiking
Costa Rican Folklore Show in San José
Chocolate Cultivation and Processing Workshop
ASIA AND BEYOND
Meet with Local Students in Shanghai
Meet with Local Students in Yangshuo
Taiji Exercises
Tea with a Local Family
Tsukiji Fish Market Visit
Local School Visit in Tokyo
Meet with Local Students in South Africa
Visit our online menu at www.acis.com/menu for more details about these visits.
ARTS + CULTURE
Ostia Antica Archaeological Site: Rome, Italy
Biblioteca Vallicelliana: Rome, Italy
Yves Saint Laurent Foundation: Paris, France
Fragonard Perfumery: Paris, France
Cité du Cinéma Studio Complex: Paris, France
BUSINESS + DEVELOPMENT
Entrepreneurial London: London, England
Parisian Fashion Retailer: Paris, France
Madrid Fashion Retailer: Madrid, Spain
China Industrial Visit: Shanghai, China
COMMUNICATIONS + MEDIA
BBC Broadcasting House: London, England
El Periódico de Catalunya: Barcelona, Spain
Vatican Radio: Rome, Italy
Rundfunk TV & Radio Broadcasting: Berlin, Germany
Axel Springer Publishing House: Berlin, Germany
DIPLOMACY + GOVERNMENT
Beijing American Center: Beijing, China
Scottish Parliament: Edinburgh, Scotland
Houses of Parliament: London, England
Lincoln’s Inn Law Society: London, England
Italian Parliament: Rome, Italy
United Nations: Geneva, Switzerland
ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE
World Meteorological Organization: Geneva, Switzerland
CERN: Geneva, Switzerland
Vauban Eco-Town: Freiburg, Germany
MARKETS + FINANCE
Bourse de Paris Stock Exchange: Paris, France
The Bank of England: London, England
FOOD + MARKETING
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
Wembley Stadium: London, England
Società Sportiva Lazio Athletics Club: Rome, Italy
TRANSPORTATION + TECHNOLOGY
Airbus Production Facility: Toulouse, France
L’atelier Renault: Paris, France
IVECO–Industrial Vehicles Corporation: Madrid, Spain
RENFE Railways: Barcelona, Spain
BMW: Munich, Germany
SAMPLE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE El Periódico de Catalunya: Barcelona, Spain
Educational Objective: Discover the changing landscape of local media in a global communication world.
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Optional Excursions & ExtensionsAdding 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
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
Extra Night in Paris
Extra Night in Rome
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 [email protected] or call 800-888-ACIS to start planning your perfect tour.
Service LearningDuring 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
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.
Tree Planting in Xi’an: Work with the community to continue their reforestation efforts.
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 community- minded 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 coastal-marine 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.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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.
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.
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.
PERU
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.
I love working with my tour consultant to design custom tours that fit my curriculum. I completely trust her suggestions, and my trips always exceed my expectations!ELAINE MOSS GROUP LEADER, NY