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Performing arts school trips to Loutraki

£1025 – £1479

A typical school trip to Loutraki cost is £1025 – £1479 per person depending on destination, time of travel, transport, accommodation and inclusions.

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With theatrical history spanning thousands of years, Greece provides the ideal backdrop for your performing arts tour. Based in Loutraki, groups are ideally placed to visit Epidavros, one of the best-preserved of the ancient theatres and still in use today. From Greek theatre and physical theatre to dance styles such as contemporary or street, our performing arts specialist will work with you to create a bespoke workshop programme which will inspire and challenge your students. Greece is a great place to deliver site-specific workshops outdoors due to the favourable weather for much of the year.

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Loutraki offers a unique performing arts experience in the birthplace of Western theatre. With access to ancient performance spaces, specialist workshops and Greece's rich theatrical heritage, students can explore drama, dance and performance in the very landscapes that inspired some of the world's earliest theatrical traditions.

Day 1
  • Depart the UK and travel by air to Athens then on to Loutraki
  • Evening meal at accommodation
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Day 2
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Workshop 1
  • Lunch at accommodation
  • Workshop 2
  • Evening meal at accommodation
RS44152 Sportcamp Loutraki

Day 3
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Workshop 3
  • Lunch at accommodation
  • Workshop 4
  • Evening meal at accommodation
Lake Garda (10)

Day 4
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Workshop 5
  • Lunch at accommodation
  • Visit Epidavros
  • Evening meal at accommodation
Greece Epidavros

Day 5
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Athens City Tour
  • Lunch at local restaurant
  • Depart Athens for return to the UK
Greece Athens Scenic Street

From studying Greek theatre at Epidavros to participating in bespoke workshops tailored to their interests, students gain both practical experience and valuable cultural context.

Student Development

During their visit, students can develop:

  • Creativity and self-expression
  • Performance and presentation skills
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Confidence and resilience
  • Cultural awareness
  • Creative thinking and problem-solving
  • Independent learning
  • Critical reflection and evaluation

GCSE & A Level Drama & Theatre

Loutraki provides excellent opportunities for students to:

  • Explore the origins of Western theatre
  • Study Greek theatre and performance traditions
  • Develop physical theatre and ensemble performance skills
  • Investigate storytelling through performance
  • Analyse performance within its historical and cultural context
  • Gather inspiration for practical and written coursework

GCSE & A Level Dance

Students can study:

  • Contemporary and street dance styles
  • Movement and performance skills
  • Creative choreography and interpretation
  • Site-specific performance work
  • Group performance and collaboration
  • The relationship between performance and environment

GCSE & A Level Music

Students can explore:

  • Performance in historic venues
  • The role of music in classical theatre
  • Ancient and modern performance traditions
  • Acoustics and audience experience
  • Cultural influences on performance
  • The relationship between music, movement and drama

Performing Arts (BTEC & Vocational Courses)

Students can investigate:

  • Industry-style workshops
  • Performance development and rehearsal
  • Creative collaboration
  • Physical theatre techniques
  • Performance in non-traditional spaces
  • Professional skills and career pathways

Features

ACCOMMODATION

RS44152 Sportcamp Loutraki

Sportcamp Loutraki

Designed with youth groups in mind, Sportcamp Loutraki – a secure complex located in the beautiful Greek countryside – is an ideal accommodation option for student groups. Groups are housed in individual ‘bungalows’, equipped with en suite facilities and air-conditioning. There are plentiful outdoor and indoor areas suitable for Performing Arts groups, including an outdoor amphitheatre.

  • Sports facilities on-site
  • Wide range of evening activities
  • Excellent range of cultural excursions

RS44152 Sportcamp Loutraki

Sportcamp Loutraki

Designed with youth groups in mind, Sportcamp Loutraki – a secure complex located in the beautiful Greek countryside – is an ideal accommodation option for student groups. Groups are housed in individual ‘bungalows’, equipped with en suite facilities and air-conditioning. There are plentiful outdoor and indoor areas suitable for Performing Arts groups, including an outdoor amphitheatre.

  • Sports facilities on-site
  • Wide range of evening activities
  • Excellent range of cultural excursions

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Excursions

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Heraion Lake Lagoon

Just a few kilometres from the centre of Loutraki, school groups can find one of the most beautiful lagoons in Greece. Surrounded by a natural pine forest in the region of Vouliagmeni, Heraion Lake offers postcard-perfect scenery with its crystal clear waters and sandy beaches.

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Melagavi Lighthouse & Lunch

One of the oldest stone lighthouses in Greece, Melagavi lighthouse sits on a craggy peninsula just metres from Heraion Lake – one of the most beautiful lagoons in all of Greece. On this excursion, school groups can also enjoy the remarkable scenery of the area, as they dine at Ypanema restaurant, which overlooks the lake.

Loutraki – Splash Waterpark Isthmos

Splash Waterpark Isthmos

A summer adventure awaits at Splash Waterpark Isthmos, located in the Loutraki region just under an hour’s drive from Athens. Take the plunge in the park’s lazy rivers, or try out the adrenaline inducing high-speed slides – Splash hosts the perfect summer hangout for school groups seeking a little respite from the hot Grecian sun.

Greece Athens Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal

Get ready to be amazed when you visit the engineering marvel of the Corinth Canal, which was created over more than two millennia and connects the Ionian and Aegean Seas. We recommend viewing the cutting of the canal from the main bridge.

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Ancient Corinth Archaeological Site and Museum

Visit ancient Corinth, one of the richest cities of the ancient world, and explore its spectacular archaeological site, which is predominantly constructed of Roman ruins. We’ve seen student groups engrossed by the ancient city, which features the Temple of Apollo, the Peribolos of Apollo, and a huge agora, and other highlights for your students to enjoy.

Greece Acropolis

Acropolis

Dominating the centre of the modern city atop its rocky crag, the incredible classical citadel of the Acropolis comprises the most important monuments in Western civilisation, with several temples and the most famous structure of them all: the Parthenon. We expect your students to be dazzled by wonder at this magnificent site, which dates back almost 2,500 years.

Greece National Archaeological Museum Of Athens

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Journey through time at the National Archaeological Museum, which we’ve seen captivate students with its collection of the most important artifacts ever unearthed in Greece. The museum leaves no stone unturned in revealing the country’s epic history, with collections spanning from prehistory to late antiquity, plus more than 20,000 volumes in its expansive library.

Athens Acropolis Museum

Acropolis Museum

Uncover more than 4,250 exhibits relating to the incredible Acropolis of Athens at this museum, which is housed in an outstanding ultramodern glass and steel structure. Here, your students will be awestruck as they journey through the Greek Bronze Age, Roman times and Byzantine Greece, discovering relics, artifacts and treasures from the slopes leading up to the Acropolis, then at the Acropolis itself.

Greece Epidavros

Epidavros & Nafplion

Take to the Greek coast and discover the ancient sites of Epidavros and Nafplion on this excursion. The former is renowned for its incredible theatre, while the latter is renowned as one of the most beautiful towns in the Eastern Peloponnese. A wonderful excursion surrounded by mountains and clear blue waters.

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Heraion Lake

With its stunning turquoise waters and lakeside restaurant, Heraion Lake is an excursion that's not to be missed. Lunch can be arranged here, where you can also relax at this lakeside beach and walk up to the nearby lighthouse and the ancient temple of Hera at Cape Heraion.

Vassilis Terzo Aixs8lavxi Unsplash

Heraion Lake Lagoon

Just a few kilometres from the centre of Loutraki, school groups can find one of the most beautiful lagoons in Greece. Surrounded by a natural pine forest in the region of Vouliagmeni, Heraion Lake offers postcard-perfect scenery with its crystal clear waters and sandy beaches.

RS73211 Heraion Lake Ypanama Restaurant 2 Scr Min

Melagavi Lighthouse & Lunch

One of the oldest stone lighthouses in Greece, Melagavi lighthouse sits on a craggy peninsula just metres from Heraion Lake – one of the most beautiful lagoons in all of Greece. On this excursion, school groups can also enjoy the remarkable scenery of the area, as they dine at Ypanema restaurant, which overlooks the lake.

Loutraki – Splash Waterpark Isthmos

Splash Waterpark Isthmos

A summer adventure awaits at Splash Waterpark Isthmos, located in the Loutraki region just under an hour’s drive from Athens. Take the plunge in the park’s lazy rivers, or try out the adrenaline inducing high-speed slides – Splash hosts the perfect summer hangout for school groups seeking a little respite from the hot Grecian sun.

Greece Athens Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal

Get ready to be amazed when you visit the engineering marvel of the Corinth Canal, which was created over more than two millennia and connects the Ionian and Aegean Seas. We recommend viewing the cutting of the canal from the main bridge.

Greece Athens Ancient Corinth (1)

Ancient Corinth Archaeological Site and Museum

Visit ancient Corinth, one of the richest cities of the ancient world, and explore its spectacular archaeological site, which is predominantly constructed of Roman ruins. We’ve seen student groups engrossed by the ancient city, which features the Temple of Apollo, the Peribolos of Apollo, and a huge agora, and other highlights for your students to enjoy.

Greece Acropolis

Acropolis

Dominating the centre of the modern city atop its rocky crag, the incredible classical citadel of the Acropolis comprises the most important monuments in Western civilisation, with several temples and the most famous structure of them all: the Parthenon. We expect your students to be dazzled by wonder at this magnificent site, which dates back almost 2,500 years.

Greece National Archaeological Museum Of Athens

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Journey through time at the National Archaeological Museum, which we’ve seen captivate students with its collection of the most important artifacts ever unearthed in Greece. The museum leaves no stone unturned in revealing the country’s epic history, with collections spanning from prehistory to late antiquity, plus more than 20,000 volumes in its expansive library.

Athens Acropolis Museum

Acropolis Museum

Uncover more than 4,250 exhibits relating to the incredible Acropolis of Athens at this museum, which is housed in an outstanding ultramodern glass and steel structure. Here, your students will be awestruck as they journey through the Greek Bronze Age, Roman times and Byzantine Greece, discovering relics, artifacts and treasures from the slopes leading up to the Acropolis, then at the Acropolis itself.

Greece Epidavros

Epidavros & Nafplion

Take to the Greek coast and discover the ancient sites of Epidavros and Nafplion on this excursion. The former is renowned for its incredible theatre, while the latter is renowned as one of the most beautiful towns in the Eastern Peloponnese. A wonderful excursion surrounded by mountains and clear blue waters.

Vassilis Terzo Aixs8lavxi Unsplash

Heraion Lake

With its stunning turquoise waters and lakeside restaurant, Heraion Lake is an excursion that's not to be missed. Lunch can be arranged here, where you can also relax at this lakeside beach and walk up to the nearby lighthouse and the ancient temple of Hera at Cape Heraion.

Trip details

All Equity packages are tailor-made to suit the needs of our groups. Here are our package inclusions for this trip:

  • 5 x Performing Arts workshops tailored to your group
  • Return travel by air (air packages include overseas airport transfer. Coach to UK airport from school is available as an optional extra)
  • All security charges, airport, and local taxes
  • 1 free staff place for every 10 full paying passengers by air OR 1 free staff place for every 8 full paying passengers by coach
  • Full board accommodation
  • Excursions
  • 24-hour emergency service support
  • All travel documentation, luggage labels and resort information
  • Lunches 
  • Meals en-route. While travelling to and from your destination you need to consider meals. These are not included in the package prices
  • Tourist tax 
  • Damage deposit
  • Air passenger duty. Any paying passengers over the age of 16 at time of travel will be charged a small tax fee

Prices are subject to change based on intended dates of travel and final numbers, the Equity team are here to offer you advice and guidance from start to finish, ensuring your school trip runs smoothly and is a great success.

 

Travel by: Air or Coach

Nearest airport: Athens International Airport (ATH)

Transfer time from airport: 90 mins

Best times to travel: Sept - May

Suggested tour length: 5 days, 4 nights / 4 days, 3 nights

 

Frequently asked questions about Performing arts school trips to Loutraki

Why is Loutraki a good destination for a performing arts school trip?
Loutraki combines practical workshops with cultural and historical experiences. As a gateway to some of the world's most important theatrical sites, it allows students to explore the origins of theatre while developing their own performance skills.
How does a Loutraki performing arts trip support GCSE and A Level studies?
Students can develop practical performance techniques through workshops while gaining a deeper understanding of theatre history, performance traditions and cultural influences that support both practical and written work.
Is Loutraki suitable for drama students?
Yes. Loutraki is particularly popular with drama groups because of its connections to Greek theatre, physical performance and outdoor workshop opportunities.
What makes Loutraki unique as a performing arts destination?
Few destinations allow students to study theatre so close to its historical origins. The combination of specialist workshops, ancient performance venues and Greek cultural heritage provides a truly distinctive performing arts experience.
Does Equity organise Loutraki tours for dance schools and academies?
Yes. Loutraki is suitable for schools, dance academies, youth dance companies, stage schools and independent performing arts groups. Tours can be adapted to suit your age, ability and performance objectives.
Is Loutraki easy to reach from the UK?
Yes. Groups typically fly into Athens International Airport, with transfer times to Loutraki of approximately 90 minutes. This makes it an accessible destination for both school groups and independent dance organisations.
Why do dance teachers and group leaders choose Loutraki?
Group leaders value the combination of high-quality workshops, excellent facilities, cultural experiences and a safe, group-friendly environment. The destination offers an ideal balance of learning, development and enjoyment.