VIKING CAPITALS & FJORDS OF NORWAY 2008

15 days / 14 nights, Stockholm - Baltic Sea Cruises - Helsinki - Stockholm - Copenhagen -

DFDS Seaways Cruise - Oslo - Hardanger Fjord - Bergen - Aurlands & Naeroyfjord Cruise -

Sogne Fjord - Balestrand - Jostedal Glacier - Geiranger Fjord - Lillehammer - Oslo

    English departures: Tuesdays, June 24 / July 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 / Aug 05                   

 Spanish / Portuguese departures: Fridays, July 18 / Aug 01

Portuguese departures: Fridays, June 20 / July 04 / Aug 15

All departures are guaranteed

Day  1 ARRIVE STOCKHOLM (D)
Arrive Stockholm Airport. Transfer to hotel in connection with your flight arrival. Your tour escort will meet you at the hotel. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel. 
Accommodation: Sheraton Stockholm Hotel

Day 2 STOCKHOLM (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a 4-hours guided city tour of Stockholm. Famous sights include the Royal Palace, the Parliament Buildings, the island of Djurgården and the famous Old Town ( Gamla Stan). Visit the City Hall with its famous Blue and Golden Halls, where the Nobel Prize Banquet is held each year. Lunch at hotel ( instead of evening dinner ) Afternoon free in Stockholm. Your tour escort will be happy to arrange optional visits to the impressive Drottningholm Palace or the famous Vasa Museum. Overnight at your hotel.

Accommodation: Sheraton Stockholm Hotel

Day 3 STOCKHOLM - BALTIC SEA CRUISE - HELSINKI (B, D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Morning at leisure to explore more of the sights and museums in Stockholm. Afternoon transfer to the pier. Departure at 17:00 on your overnight cruise through the archipelago and across the Baltic Sea bound for Helsinki. Enjoy the luxury on the fabulous Silja Line ship, the entertainment, shops, casinos, bars and promenade with outdoor cafés and a delicious Scandinavian buffet dinner on board. Overnight in your comfortable seaside cabin on board the fabulous Silja Line ship.
Accommodation: onboard Silja Line

Day 4 HELSINKI - BALTIC SEA CRUISE - STOCKHOLM (B, D)
Enjoy your buffet breakfast, as you sail across the Baltic Sea into Helsinki Harbor. We proceed with a 3-hour guided city tour of Helsinki. Famous sights include the Senate Square, Uspenskij Cathedral, Parliament House, Finlandia Hall, New Opera House, Sibelius Park & Monument, Underground Temple, etc. Afternoon free for excellent shopping or more sightseeing. 17:00 departure for your return voyage across the Baltic Sea bound for Stockholm. Dinner and overnight your comfortable seaside cabin on board Silja Line.

Accommodation: onboard Silja Line

Day 5 STOCKHOLM - MALMO - COPENHAGEN (B, L, D)
After a delicious buffet breakfast on board, the ship arrives back in Stockholm at 09:30. Continue by coach through the pleasant countryside of Southern Sweden, to the city of Jönköping, beautifully located on the southern shore of Lake Vättern. Stop for lunch. Drive through the provinces of Småland and Skåne to the city of Malmö. Cross over the new Øresund Bridge to arrive in “Wonderful Copenhagen” in the early evening. Dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel
 

Day 6 COPENHAGEN (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. The day starts with a 3-hour guided city tour of the Danish capital city. Visit the Amalienborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace, seat of the Danish Parliament, Hans Christian Andersen’s statue, the old colorful harbor of Nyhavn and the famous Little Mermaid. Afternoon at leisure. Time for shopping along Stroget, the famous pedestrian street, stretching from the City Hall to Nyhavn. Here you will find famous shops like the Royal Copenhagen, famous silversmith George Jensen, and several fabulous department stores. This evening your tour escort will take you for dinner in the world famous and bustling Tivoli Gardens. Overnight at the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel.

Accommodation: Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel

 

Day 7 COPENHAGEN - CRUISE - OSLO (B, D) After breakfast, enjoy the morning in Copenhagen on your own. Afternoon transfer to the terminal for your overnight cruise to Oslo onboard the fabulous DFDS Seaways ship. Enjoy a delicious Scandinavian buffet dinner and entertainment on board. Overnight in your comfortable outside cabin on the modern DFDS Seaways ship. Accommodation: onboard DFDS Seaways   Day 8 OSLO (B, D) Breakfast on board while you are cruising into the Oslo Fjord. Enjoy the beautiful view over the Norwegian capital city while the ship sails into the Oslo Harbor. Proceed with a 3-hour guided city tour of Oslo, including the world-famous Viking Ships, the Polar Exploration ship Fram, the amazing Vigeland Sculpture Park and Holmenkollen Ski Jump with panoramic view over the city and fjord. Dinner and overnight. Accommodation: Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel       Day 09 OSLO - ULVIK (B, L, D) After breakfast departure from Oslo, driving past the beautiful Tyri Fjord and along the picturesque Halling Valley to the tourist resort town of Geilo. Buffet lunch at Bardøla Mountain Hotel. After lunch cross the scenic Hardanger Mountain Plateau to Fossli, stopping to view the mighty Vøringsfoss Waterfall with a vertical drop of 180 m., the highest in Norway. Descend the amazing Måbødalen Canyon to the idyllic Hardanger Fjord. Short ferry crossing, followed by drive around the Ulvik Fjord, a branch of the Hardanger Fjord, to the picturesque village of Ulvik. Dinner and overnight a the Rica Brakanes Hotel. Accommodation: Rica Brakanes Hotel     Day 10 ULVIK - BERGEN (B, D) After breakfast, start the scenic tour along the Hardanger Fjord. Pass the towns of Oystese and Norheimsund arriving into Bergen this afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the Radisson SAS Hotel Norge, centrally located minutes from the wharf. Accommodation: Radisson SAS Norge Hotel Day 11 BERGEN - BALESTRAND (B, D) After a delicious breakfast buffet, we depart Bergen and drive via Dale to Voss. Continue along the Stalheim Canyon to Flam. Board the train for scenic ride on the Flam Railway to Flam. Board the sightseeing boat for a 2-hour cruise along the narrow Aurlands and Naeroy Fjords to Balestrand. Dinner and accommodation at Kvikne’s Hotel, one of Norway’s finest historic hotels, anno 1877. Accommodation: Kvikne's Hotel     Day 12 BALESTRAND - DAY IN THE FJORDS (B, D) Breakfast at the hotel. Spend the day at your leisure in Balestrand. Relax on the hotel terrace or visit the local aquarium and art gallery or perhaps rent a bike or rowing boat from the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the Kvikne’s Hotel. Accommodation: Kvikne's Hotel   Day 13 BALESTRAND - GEIRANGER (B, L, D) After breakfast departure from your hotel by ferry, for a one hour’s cruise along the fjord to Fjærland. Continue by coach along the scenic route, passing under the Jostedalen Glacier, the largest in Europe, to the village of Skei. Descend to the beautiful Nord Fjord, making a detour at Olden to visit the world-famous Briksdal Glacier. The journey up to the glacier will be made in open cars to give you the best of views. Afterwards a typical Norwegian lunch will be served in sight of the glacier. During the afternoon the tour continues via Loen and Stryn, to the picturesque village of Hellesylt. From here you go on board the ferry for the one hour’s cruise along the spectacular Geiranger Fjord, possibly the most impressive of all Norwegian fjords. During the cruise you will pass close by some magnificent waterfalls, such as the Bridal Veil and the Seven Sisters. Dinner and accommodation at the excellent Union Hotel, overlooking the Geiranger Fjord. Accommodation: Union Hotel   Day 14 GEIRANGER - LILLEHAMMER - OSLO (B, L, D) Leaving the fjord village of Geiranger, we ascend the famous Serpentine Road with amazing views of the fjord below. Cross the exciting Grotli Mountains to Lom, renowned for its well preserved 14th century Stave Church. Continue via Lake Vågå, before descending into the picturesque Gudbrandsdalen Valley to the Olympic town of Lillehammer. Lunch in Lillehammer. Continue the journey alongside Lake Mjøsa to Oslo. Dinner and accommodation at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel. Accommodation: Holmenkollen Park Hotel   Day 15 OSLO DEPARTURE (B) Buffet breakfast at hotel, followed by transfer to Oslo Gardermoen Airport for your flight home.

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 Guaranteed departures 2008

 English departures: Tuesdays, June 24

 July 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 /

 Aug 05                          

 Spanish / Portuguese departures: Fridays, July 18 /

 Aug 01

 Portuguese departures: Fridays, June 20 / July 04 /

 Aug 15

 Prices in US Dollar

1,535