9 Day Norwegian Fjords, Mountains and Valleys

7 nights First Class accommodations

3 nights Clarion Royal Christiania, Oslo

2 nights Scandic Bergen City, Bergen

1 night Quality Hotel Sogndal, Sogndal

1 night Radisson SAS, Lillehammer

All transfers

10 meals: 7 breakfasts, 3 dinners

Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach

Services of English-speaking tour managers throughout

Services of local guides per itinerary

Entrance fees per itinerary

DAY 1, Thursday - Depart the USA
Depart the USA for Norway. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment

DAY 2, Friday - Arrive in Oslo
Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy a welcome drink and orientation followed by dinner
Overnight: Oslo
Meals: Dinner

DAY 3, Saturday - Oslo City Tour
This morning enjoy a tour of the city. Pass the National Theater and visit the main square with its Old Cathedral and 19th-century Royal Palace. Visit the Vigeland Sculpture Park, designed by Gustav Vigeland in the early 19th century. The park contains 192 sculptures with more than 600 figures, the most intricate of them being the Monolith column, measuring 46 feet high with 121 human figure reliefs. Carved from a single block of granite, the Monolith took three stone sculptors 14 years (1929-43) to complete. Continue to the modern City Hall to conclude your city tour
Optional: Treasures of Oslo
Overnight: Oslo
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 4, Sunday - Travel to Bergen
Begin your adventure with a journey to the sides of fjords, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and glaciers. Traveling through the Norwegian countryside, pass through ski resorts such as Geilo to the port of Bergen. Interestingly, this 11th-century city was a major distributor of the wealthy trading guilds of the Hanseatic League, and many residents still earn their livelihoods from the sea
Overnight: Bergen
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 5, Monday - Full Day in Bergen
Enjoy a full day at leisure to explore the beautiful city of Bergen on your own. Located in the middle of the region known as De syv fjell, or the Seven Mountains, Bergen is Norway's second largest city. Perhaps visit the Bergen Museum or take a stroll along the harbor to admire the traditional Norwegian architecture
Optional: Highlights of Bergen Tour
Overnight: Bergen
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 6, Tuesday - Flam Railway, Sognefjord Cruise
This morning, board the Flam Railway for a mountain train ride into Norway's high glacial regions. View pastures, waterfalls and snow-clad peaks, all nestled beautifully into the surrounding mountain side. Ascend to 3,000 feet within 12 miles for one of the most scenic views of Norway. Once in Flam, enjoy a relaxing cruise across the Sognefjord, the longest and deepest Norwegian fjord
Overnight: Sogndal
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 7, Wednesday - Lom Stave Church
This morning, continue via Sognefjellet, the "roof of Norway" through the dramatic Norwegian countryside to the village of Lom, where you will visit one of the largest and best-preserved stave churches in Norway, built around 1150. The church's unique facade appears to have been plucked from a medieval fairy tale. Pass glaciers, pine forest and perhaps reindeer, as well as Galdhøpiggen, Norway's highest mountain in the Jotunheimen National Park. From here, travel to Lillehammer, site of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games
Overnight: Lillehammer
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 8, Thursday - Morning at Leisure, Return to Oslo
Enjoy time at leisure this morning in Lillehammer. Situated at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa, the town is perhaps most famous for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. The quaint shopping street of Storgata offers various winter sports stores, galleries, and fine restaurants. This afternoon return to Oslo for your final night in Scandinavia
Optional: Highlights of Lillehammer Tour
Overnight: Oslo
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 9, Friday - Depart for the USA
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight
Meals: Breakfast

Touring Date	Land Only	Land + Air	Single (Land Only)	Single (Land + Air)
8/12/2010 - 8/20/2010	$1,999
9/9/2010 - 9/17/2010	$1,999
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Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo
Flam Mountain Railway, Norway
Sognefjord Cruise, Norway
Lom Stave Church, Norway

Not included: airport taxes, fees & September 11th Security Fee, restaurant tips of $5, optional tours, tips to local guides, driver, and tour manager (see Terms & Conditions).

Land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers.

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