Scandinavia

•   31 meals (13 breakfasts, 9 lunches & 9 dinners), service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage

Day 1: Arrive in Stockholm
A transfer is included from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel in the heart of this historic city. Meet your traveling companions at this evening's welcome reception and dinner.
Overnight: Sheraton Stockholm Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
Meals Included: Dinner

Day 2: Discover Stockholm and the Vasa Museum
Begin your discovery of Sweden's capital with sightseeing including a guided visit to the impressive City Hall, where Nobel Prize festivities take place. Tour the Vasa Museum, featuring the impressive Vasa, an ornate royal warship that sank in Stockholm's harbor following its launch in 1628 and was raised in 1961. In your free afternoon, perhaps take a canal tour, or walk through the cobbled streets of medieval Gamla Stan, or Old Town.
Overnight: Sheraton Stockholm Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
Meals Included: Breakfast

Day 3: Across the countryside to Toftaholm
Your Scandinavia tour takes you along the Yellow Roads through the Swedish countryside today, past idyllic meadows, forests, and lakes. Arrive in lovely Toftaholm, where your lodging is a lakeside family-run hotel that gets you away from it all; enjoy dinner and a Swedish folk dance performance at the hotel tonight.
Overnight: Toftaholm Herrgård, Toftaholm, Sweden
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4: From Sweden to Denmark
Depart Toftaholm to visit Sofiero Slott, a majestic castle built in 1865. Continue your Scandinavia tour after lunch with a drive across the Oresund Bridge/Tunnel from Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark. Your hotel overlooks the Danish capital's historic harbor; dine this evening at the Custom House.
Overnight: Copenhagen Marriott Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Start your exploration of Copenhagen with a visit to Rosenborg Palace, built in Dutch Renaissance style, to see the Danish Crown Jewels. The afternoon and evening are free to explore the historic Nyhavn area and stroll along the Stroget, Copenhagen's main street, enjoying lunch and dinner on your own. We've included admission to Copenhagen's famous Tivoli Gardens amusement park, which you can visit at your leisure this evening.
Overnight: Copenhagen Marriott Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Meals Included: Breakfast

Day 6: Visit an island castle and the Danish Riviera
Journey to North Sealand, a region of villages, palaces, lakes, and forests. Visit 17th-century Frederiksborg Castle, built in Danish Renaissance style on three islands in a small lake. Savor local fare at a rustic country inn for lunch and drive the Yellow Roads along the "Danish Riviera" back to Copenhagen. Pay a poignant visit to the Museum of Danish Resistance 1940-1945, before boarding the overnight ferry to Norway.
Overnight: Sailing aboard DFDS Ferry to Oslo
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 7: Sculptures and Viking ships
Enjoy awe-inspiring scenery as you cruise up Oslo Fjord. Upon arrival in Norway's capital, a guided city tour includes a stop at the new Oslo Opera House (opened in 2008); a tour with your local guide of the Viking Ship Museum, featuring three well-preserved Viking ships dating to 800 AD, found in royal burial mounds with fascinating artifacts; and, if you wish, visits to the Fram or Kon-Tiki museums. Check out the new ski jump facility at Holmenkollen – a center for the sport for over a century – and enjoy lunch; then take in the Vigeland Sculpture Park, with its 212 life-sized sculptures by famed Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, who devoted his career to the project. Overnight in the heart of Olso at the landmark Hotel Continental.
Overnight: Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch

Day 8: The Norwegian countryside and the amazing Flåm Railway
Depart Oslo and venture into Norway's beautiful countryside today; enjoy lunch in Gol before embarking on a journey on the Norwegian Railway System to Myrdal, for the spectacular descent to Flåm aboard the Flåmsbana (the Flåm Railway). A masterpiece of Norwegian engineering, the Flåmsbana is one of the world’s steepest railway lines on normal gauge; you'll descend some 2,600 feet through the mountains, past waterfalls, rivers, ravines and sheer cliffs – it's quite a memorable journey! Spend tonight at a new countryside hotel in Flåm.
Overnight: Flåmsbrygga Hotel, Flåm, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 9: A traditional stave church and a cruise on the fjords
Continue your Scandinavia tour with a visit to the Borgund Stave Church in Laerdal – one of the country's finest, best-preserved examples of a traditional and iconic Norwegian wooden stave church, it looks very much as it did when built over 800 years ago! Then travel to Gudvangen for a ferry cruise along the Naeroyfjord, one of Norway's narrowest fjords. Enjoy a barbecue dinner during the first night of your three-night stay at the Hotel Alexandra, a mountainside family-run resort set amidst the stunning Nordfjord. 
Overnight: Hotel Alexandra, Loen, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 10: Learning all about glaciers at Briksdal
Travel today to one of Norway’s most inspirational natural wonders – Briksdal Glacier, set at the end of one of the Nordfjord's three branches. Meltwater from the glacier has created three emerald-green lakes in the valley; a ride on a "Troll Car" past thundering waterfalls and a short hike to the foot of the glacier lead to views of absolutely stunning scenery – it's a Scandinavia tour highlight! Dig into a family-style lunch, then return to your resort to take advantage of its many amenities or explore Loen as you please, enjoy a lecture and dine at the hotel.
Overnight: Hotel Alexandra, Loen, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 11: Dalsnibba and a Geirangerfjord cruise
As your Scandinavia tour continues, drive to Dalsnibba (weather permitting), the region's highest point reached by road, for delightful views of towering cliffs and waterfalls. Then journey from Geiranger to Hellesylt for a ferry cruise on Geirangerfjord, one of the longest, deepest, and most scenic fjords in the world. It was recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site; you'll see the sheer, crystalline rock walls rising 4,500 feet from the water, with waterfalls cascading over the edge. Enjoy lunch today at the Hotel Union Oye.
Overnight: Hotel Alexandra, Loen, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 12: Bergen’s historic wharf
Journey south past more photo-worthy fjords – and aboard a ferry from Lavik to Oppedal – en route to the city of Bergen, located on the Byfjord, famed for its ancient harbor and open-air fish market. Your hotel is set close to Bryggen, the city's old wharf district, featuring traditional wooden buildings and a medieval atmosphere. Founded in 1070 during the days of the Hanseatic League, it is one of the oldest large trading ports in Northern Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Overnight: Radisson SAS Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch

Day 13: Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg’s musical inspiration
After learning about Bergen's centuries-old maritime legacy on a guided city tour, embark on an excursion with your local guide to Troldhaugen, former home of Edvard Grieg; Norway's foremost composer is perhaps best known for his musical score for the play Peer Gynt. Return to Bergen to spend the afternoon at your leisure. Share your favorite Scandinavia tour experiences at tonight's farewell reception and banquet dinner.
Overnight: Radisson SAS Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
Meals Included: Breakfast, dinner

Day 14: Homeward bound
Your Scandinavia tour ends in Bergen, Norway. Fly home anytime. A transfer from Radisson SAS Hotel Norge to Bergen Airport Flesland is included. Please allow a minimum of 2 1/2 hours for flight check-in procedures.
Overnight:
Meals Included: Breakfast

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Stockholm ~ Swedish Lakes ~ Copenhagen ~ Oslo ~ Fjords ~ Bergen

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