12 Day Nordic Adventure

Your Itinerary and Optional Extensions
via Lufthansa Airlines, Continental Airlines, Swiss Air

DAY 1 – FRIDAY – DEPART USA
Departure USA.

DAY 02 – SATURDAY – ARRIVAL COPENHAGEN
The tour begins as you check-in to your centrally located hotel in Copenhagen. Check-in is available from 15:00 hours. At 18:30 in the hotel lobby you will meet your local Tour Director, who will invite you to a local restaurant for a welcome dinner, where you will get the chance to get acquainted with your fellow travelers. Your tour escort will brief you on the exiting tour about to commence. Dinner included – Accommodation at Hotel Scandic Copenhagen.

DAY 03 – SUNDAY – COPENHAGEN
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast buffet before today's sightseeing tour of Copenhagen which includes the major highlights such as The Little Mermaid, the Parliament building Christiansborg, the Royal Residence Amalienborg, the old Stock Exchange, the canal district Nyhavn and City Hall Square. Afternoon at leisure for you to explore the lovely city on your own and take a stroll on the shopping and pedestrian street "Stroget". This evening you might wish to visit the famous Tivoli Gardens with its lovely atmosphere. Breakfast buffet included – Accommodation at Hotel Scandic Copenhagen.

DAY 04 – MONDAY – COPENHAGEN, OVERNIGHT CRUISE
After a hearty breakfast, your tour escort will take you on an excursion to the magnificent castles of North Zealand. You will see the Kronborg Castle, recently listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, from the outside. Kronborg is where Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet lived. In the afternoon, your guide will take you on a tour of the splendid Renaissance castle Frederiksborg. A break will be made in the town of Elsinore in order maybe for a little shopping or a bite to eat. Your day will terminate at the pier of Copenhagen to embark on the DFDS Seaways overnight cruise to Oslo, departing at 17:00 hours. Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner and maybe a visit to the nightclub with live music and dancing before overnight in your cabin with private facilities. Breakfast buffet and dinner buffet included – Accommodation in outside cabins with private facilities.

DAY 05 – TUESDAY – OSLO
Enjoy your breakfast buffet while cruising through the idyllic Oslo Fjord.Upon 09:00 houršs arrival in Oslo, you will be met by a local guide and private coach who will take you on a 3-hours sightseeing tour of the Norwegian capital, nested at the end of the fjord. The tour will include a drive to Holmenkollen Hills to see the ski jump and the breathtaking view. We drive to the peninsula of Bygdoy to visit the Viking Ship Museum, make a photo stop at the Royal Palace and finally we visit the Vigeland sculpture park with its famous Monolith statue. End of tour in the hotel and the afternoon and evening at leisure for private activities. Breakfast buffet included – Accommodation at Hotel Royal Christiania.

DAY 06 – WEDNESDAY – OSLO, GEILO, VOSS
After breakfast, your motor coach is awaiting to take you on five fabulous days amid Norway and Sweden's most beautiful scenery. Drive in-land past ice-blue Tyrifjord and the fertile Halling Valley with old farms scattered on the hill sides. A short stop in Geilo, a famous ski resort, and then across the Hardanger mountain plateau where you may have a chance to see herds of reindeer before reaching the Voringfossen waterfalls, the largest in Norway. We cross the Hardangerfjord by ferry and arrive late afternoon in the charming village of Voss. Dinner will be served at your hotel. Breakfast buffet and dinner included – Accommodation at Hotel Park Vossevangen.

DAY 07 – THURSDAY – VOSS, BERGEN, VOSS
After a leisurely breakfast, the motor coach will bring you to Bergen, Capital of the Fjords.. After a short orientation drive, you will have time at leisure to explore this famous city with the fish and flower market and the "Bryggen" pier with its old wooden houses, on UNESCO's World Heritage List. We can recommend an optional ride on the funicular to Mount Floien for a breathtaking view of the city below and the surrounding ocean. You coach will return to your hotel in the late afternoon, but should you want to stay on in the city, your hotel in Voss is just a short leisurely train ride away. Breakfast buffet included – Accommodation at Hotel Park Vossevangen.

DAY 08 – FRIDAY – VOSS, STALHEIM, SOGNEFJORD, FAGERNES
After breakfast, a new day of Nature's wonders is awaiting. The coach will bring you up the narrow hairpin road to Stalheim, overlooking the surrounding valleys, before descending to Gudvangen, nested at the end of the Nearoy Fjord. At 12 noon, we embark a ferry for a 3-hours cruise on the majestic Sognefjord, the longest and deepest fjord in Norway, surrounded by steep mountains and roaring waterfalls. An unforgettable experience. We disembark in Laerdal and continue with the motor coach along the Laerdal Salmon River to Borgund to view the old wooden stave church from the 12th century. We proceed across the Filefjell mountain range into the Valdres Valley to Fagernes for accommodation and dinner at the charming Hotel Fagernes. Breakfast buffet and dinner included – Accommodation at Hotel Quality Fagernes.

DAY 09 – SATURDAY – FABERNES, LILLEHAMMER, MORA
This morning we drive to Lillehammer, site of the 1994 Winter Olympics. After a visit to the Maihaugen open-air museum, we continue via Elverum to the Swedish border. Scenic drive towards Mora while you enjoy the serene beauty of the Dalecarlia province with scattered farms, forests and lakes. Arrive in Mora in time for dinner. Tonight you may want to take a stroll in the picturesque village situated at the banks of Lake Siljan. Breakfast buffet and dinner included – Accommodation in Hotel First Resort Mora.

DAY 10 – SUNDAY – MORA, UPPSALA, STOCKHOLM
After breakfast, we head for Nusnes to see the old tradition of handcarving wooden horses, the so-called "Dalar"-horses. Continue along the shores of Lake Siljan and onwards to Uppsala, the religious centre of Sweden where you will visit the impressive medieval cathedral and drive through the old university part of town. Before proceeding, we make a stop in the village of Sigtuna, situated at the shores of Lake Malaren and famous for its main street with old wooden houses. Late afternoon arrival in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Breakfast buffet included – Accommodation at Hotel Scandic Park.

DAY 11 – MONDAY – STOCKHOLM
This morning after breakfast, a local guide and private coach will take you on a 3-hour city tour of Stockholm. We visit the City Hall, site of the annual Nobel Prize Banquet, we enjoy a panoramic view from Fjellgatan Street of the city, also called "Beauty on the Water", and finally we take a stroll in the Old Town with its narrow cobble-stoned streets before we return to the hotel, passing the Royal Palace, the Parliament and the modern part of the city. Afternoon at leisure to shop for the last Scandinavian souvenir or maybe take an optional cruise in the canals and harbour of Stockholm. Breakfast buffet included – Accommodation at Hotel Scandic Park.

DAY 12 – TUESDAY – DEPARTURE FROM STOCKHOLM
Your tour terminates today after breakfast. Latest check-out is noon. Breakfast buffet included.

Optional Nordic Adventure / St. Petersburg Extension

STOCKHOLM / VIKING LINE
Morning at leisure. In afternoon transfer to Viking Line Pier for overnight cruise to Helsinki. Dinner buffet on board.

HELSINKI / ST. PETERSBURG
Upon arrival Helsinki, city sightseeing tour. After tour proceed by coach via Vyborg to St. Petersburg. Check in at Hotel Prebaltiskaya for dinner and overnight.

ST. PETERSBURG
Morning 3 hrs. sightseeing. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon visit to Hermitage Museum at Winter Palace. Dinner at Hotel.

ST. PETERSBURG
Full day excursion to the Summer Palace, Petrodvorests. Lunch enroute. PM dinner at hotel. After dinner evening farewell folklore or circus show.

ST. PETERSBURG / HELSINKI
By coach via Vyborg to Helsinki. Lunch boxes. Check-in at Hotel Presidentti.

HELSINKI / HOMETOWN
In morning transfer to the airport for flight home.

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