A webquest for upper- secondary students who have to organize a trip to Edinburgh

1. A TRIP TO EDINBURGH
In pairs, you have to plan a 4-day trip to Edinburgh. You will have to book a
flight, a place to stay and plan activities for the entire week.
You want to fly on the second week of March. You choose what day of the
week you leave.
You want to fly from Barcelona to Edinburgh and back.
You intend to spend three nights / four days in Edinburgh.
Your budget is low, so try to spend as less as possible.
Exercise 1: Words you need to know (at the airport)
Write a definition in English for each of the words below. You can visit these sites:
www.wordreference.com/es/ and http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-
vocabulary-words-airport/
check-in
take off
land
Customs
one-way (single)
ticket
return ticket
(round trip)
boarding gate
boarding pass
book a plane
ticket
carry on luggage
baggage claim
(conveyor belt)

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departure time
departures board
overweight
baggage
delayed/ on time
Exercise 2: Booking a flight to Edinburgh
Visit the site https://www.easyjet.com/en and complete the table below.
You buy two tickets (adult).
You carry one suitcase each and you may need a travel insurance.
Date of flight to Edinburgh
Terminal
Time of departure
Arrival time to Edinburgh
Date of flight back to Barcelona
Time of departure
Arrival time to Barcelona
Price (adult) €
How much do you have to pay for
your suitcase?
€
Travel insurance YES / NO €
Exercise 3: Booking a hotel in Edinburgh
You are going to stay three nights in Edinburgh. Find a suitable accommodation
bearing in mind that your budget is low. Visit the site
https://edinburgh.org/hotels/ and book a cheap hotel or a hostel. Complete the
table below.

3. A TRIP TO EDINBURGH
NAME OF THE HOTEL/HOSTEL
CATEGORY - STAR ACCOMMODATION
ADDRESS
SITUATION (minutes to the nearest
bus/train station)
FACILITIES
double room price/night
3 night stay price
breakfast included Yes / No
Attach some pictures of the hotel you have chosen and a map of the area.
Exercise 4: Getting to the airport
You are getting to Barcelona airport from Cerdanyola train station and back
home by train.
Visit the site http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/ and complete
the table below.
Remember that it is advisable to do the check-in at the airport two hours before
your flight departure.
CERDANYOLA RENFE-
BARCELONA AIRPORT
BARCELONA AIRPORT-
CERDANYOLA RENFE
DATE
DEPARTURE TIME
LINE(S)
TRANSFER AT
ARRIVAL TIME
TRAVEL TIME
minutes minutes

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TICKET PRICE
Exercise 5: from Edinburgh airport to the hotel and from the hotel to
Edinburgh airport.
Have a look at this site https://www.edinburghairport.com/transport-links/travel-
into-edinburgh and fill in the table. Remember that you will probably have to
wait for half an hour between your plane lands and you get your suitcase at the
baggage claim. To get around Edinburgh, you’ll need this site
https://roadsandkingdoms.com/travel-guide/edinburgh/
Edinburgh
airport to
hotel
Hotel to
Edinburgh
airport
means of transport
(bus,coach,train)
means of transport
(bus,coach,train)
departure time at the airport
station
from hotel to bus/
train/ coach station
arrival time in central
Edinburgh
price departure time in
central Edinburgh
from train/ bus/ coach
station to hotel
arrival time at
Edinburgh airport
price price
total time from Edinburgh
airport to hotel
estimated arrival time at the
hotel
Exercise 6: what to do/see in Edinburgh
Plan activities for day 2 and 3. If on days 1 and 4 (you are flying to and from
Edinburgh) there is some time left you can also include them in the planning.
Visit the web https://edinburgh.org/things-to-do/ or any other you may find.
Add some pictures of the places you are going to visit and the things to see
there.

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DAY 1
DAY 1
PLACE TIME OF
THE VISIT
PRICE AND
OPENING
TIMES
HOW TO
GET THERE
THINGS TO
SEE / DO
DAY 2
PLACE TIME OF
THE VISIT
PRICE AND
OPENING
TIMES
HOW TO
GET THERE
THINGS TO
SEE / DO

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PLACE TIME OF
THE VISIT
PRICE AND
OPENING
TIMES
HOW TO
GET THERE
THINGS TO
SEE / DO
DAY 3
PLACE TIME OF
THE VISIT
PRICE AND
OPENING
TIMES
HOW TO
GET THERE
THINGS TO
SEE / DO
DAY 4

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PLACE TIME OF
THE VISIT
PRICE AND
OPENING
TIMES
HOW TO
GET THERE
THINGS TO
SEE / DO
WHO TALKS ABOUT WHAT? On the last of the three sessions we will
have while your classmates are in Edinburgh you will have to be a tour guide.
In groups of four, you must prepare a 3-5 minute talk about some places in
Edinburgh assigned to you. Remember, everyone in the group must talk, so you
have about 1 minute each.
You are allowed to have a paper with notes to help you with your guide
information, but YOU MUST NOT READ.
DO NOT USE any of the forbidden words:
good/bad/interesting/happy/sad/nice/beautiful/ugly
Very
Thing
GROUP 1: Edinburgh Castle
GROUP 2: The Parliament
GROUP 3: Royal Mile, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scott’s monument

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GROUP 4: Royal Botanic Gardens, Water of Leith Walkway, Greyfriars Kirk,
University of Edinburgh
GROUP 5: Grassmarket, Holyrood Palace end park