Focus on Scandinavia
Introduction
Vibrant cities, distinct cultures, and unspoiled landscapes... welcome to your Scandinavia affordable tour! You'll visit the fascinating Nordic cities and most scenic areas as well as some of its smaller and quaint towns. Overnight in Copenhagen, Frederikshavn, Oslo, the Telemark area, Bergen, the Fagernes area, Karlstad, and Stockholm.
Highlights
- COPENHAGEN Orientation
- GREAT BELT BRIDGE
- ODENSE Stop in Hans Christian Andersen's hometown
- FREDERIKSHAVN-GOTHENBURG Ferry crossing
- GOTHENBURG Orientation drive
- OSLO Guided city tour
- VEMORK Visit the museum
- STEINDALSFOSSEN Waterfall
- SOGNEFJORD CRUISE
- FAGERNES Visit
- LILLEHAMMER, KARLSTAD & MARIEFRED Visit
- STOCKHOLM Guided city tour
- Headsets throughout the tour
Inclusions
Accommodation
Meals
Sight Seeing Tours
Transportation
Tour Manager
Taxes
Tour Itinerary
Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free to explore the Danish capital. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers.
Dinner
Enjoy a day at leisure in the capital of the oldest kingdom in the world. Besides many interesting landmarks and architectural masterpieces, see some of the more famous sites on your orientation drive, including the legendary Little Mermaid statue. An optional tour of Zealand's castles is also available.
Breakfast
After breakfast, start the journey northwards, enjoying the drive across the GREAT BELT BRIDGE, which will connect you to the fairytale island of Funen. Stop in Odense, Hans Christian Andersen's hometown, and via the Little Belt waterway, head for Frederikshavn on the rural Jutland Peninsula.
Breakfast and Dinner
Take a pleasant FERRY ride from Frederikshavn across the strategic Kattegat to Gothenburg, Sweden's thriving second-largest city and one of Europe's major seaports. After an orientation drive, follow the inland route and cross into Norway. Evening arrival in Oslo.
Breakfast
Gustav Vigeland's sculptures are among the highlights of the included Oslo sightseeing tour; also see the soaring CITY HALL, National Theater, Broadcasting House, Parliament, and Akershus Castle. In the afternoon, drive through the Telemark region, where you spend the night.
Breakfast and Dinner
Take the scenic route for a visit to Vemork, where the heavy water plant was blown up by a commando unit of British and Norwegians known as the Heroes of Telemark. Visit the VEMORK MUSEUM, then proceed through the Telemark region with its lakes, winding valleys, and rugged gorges backed by towering mountains. FERRY across the Hardangerfjord from Utne to Kvanndal. Continue to Bergen, Norway's picture-perfect Hanseatic seaport. En route, a picture stop at Steindalsfossen Waterfall.
Breakfast
Built on seven hills with the fjords on one side and 1,000-foot Mount Floyen on the other, Bergen was the home of composer Grieg. Spend the day exploring at leisure, or join the optional sightseeing excursion, which takes in the main sites, and also a panoramic view of the city from one of the surrounding hills.
Breakfast
More spectacular scenery as you drive towards the Sognefjord, where you embark for a breathtaking CRUISE on one of Norway's mightiest fjords. On to the Fagernes area.
Breakfast and Dinner
First to Lillehammer, the mountain resort that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics, then, a scenic drive along beautiful Lake Mjosa. Continue towards Sweden through Varmland's unspoiled wilderness of forest and lakes to Karlstad, located by Sweden's largest lake, Lake Vanern.
Breakfast
Leave Karlstad and head east towards Stockholm via idyllic Mariefred. Here, view majesticGripsholm Castle, built in an enchanting rural setting. On to the Swedish capital. Its beauty is due to its unique setting on 14 islands between Lake Maleren and the Baltic Sea.
Breakfast
This is perhaps the most beautiful of the Scandinavian capitals, because the crystalline waters that flow through its intersecting canals give a luminous appearance to palaces, castles, and parks. Your city sightseeing takes in all the highlights including CITY HALL.
Breakfast and Dinner
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
Breakfast
Pricing
- Starting from AED 7581* per adult on Twin / Triple Sharing
- Child above 8 years are allowed on this tour
Departure Dates
May 19: 4, 11, 18, 25 & 31
Jun 19: 1, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 28 & 29
Jul 19: 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 & 29
Aug 19: 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26, 30 & 31
Sep 19: 6, 7, 13, 14, 21 & 28
Oct 19: 5 & 12
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION DETAILS
- Oslo: Scandic Solli Oslo/ Scandic Sjolyst/ Scandic Helsfyr or similar
- Telemark: Quality Straand or similar
- Bergen: Thon Bristol/ Augustin Hotel or similar
- Fagernes: Hotel Scandic Valdres / Hotel Radisson Blu Resort or similar
- Karlstad: Scandic Karlstad or similar
- Stockholm: Best Western Sthlm or similar