Faroe Islands Holidays & Guided Tours

Lena,

Many, many thanks for organising a wonderful holiday for us to Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands. Copenhagen was warm and sunny and we walked miles looking at all the sites. The hotel was very comfortable and having a west facing balcony made the evening gin and tonic very pleasant. The highlight for me was climbing the spire of The Church of our Saviour, (not quite all the 400 steps), but The Tivoli Gardens, Little Mermaid, Kastellet, Nyhavn and all the churches and gardens in between were equally worth visiting

The Faroe Islands are totally fascinating. The geology makes for a stunning landscape (when the sea fog allows!) but there are enough things to see at low levels, however when the fog rises the views are just stunning. Although seeing the Puffins on Mykines was high on the bucket list visits to places like St Magnus Cathedral - medieval cathedral in Kirkjubour, the various ports etc are similarly worthy.

I've put a couple of photos on but once I've completed the holiday review I'll send you a copy.

Peter

Thanks for your email.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Faroes and our Hotel looking over Torshavn was ideal.
The people were very friendly and helpful – the Tourist Information centre in Torshavn was extremely useful.
 
In terms of the culture and scenery it has it’s own individuality, it’s not Iceland and it’s not Norway or Denmark. The dramatic coastline was very exciting, with many fjords, caves and waterfalls. Unfortunately many of the seabirds had fledged and gone back to sea when we went (beginning of Aug.), but we did have a good trip to see the puffins and the ‘Bridge across the Atlantic’
There were lots of what appeared to be isolated settlements all over the islands and we often wondered how they managed, but they obviously do. The small towns and villages have kept largely to tradition on terms of style and decor, multi-coloured with grass roofs appear everywhere and must brighten life in the winter months!
 
Transport and the road networks were really good. There have been new tunnels built relatively recently to connect islands, some are amazing in their sheer length through solid rock. A few of the islands are only available by ferry, and the two southernmost islands will have to wait until another time.
 
There is plenty to do if you like outdoors, walking, climbing, boat trips etc. We had some trips pre-arranged and we took a couple of boat trips. One to see the spectacular cliffs and massive caves eroded out of the rock. The buses were very useful also.
You could plan your own itinerary, but as this was our first time here we were happy to have some things pre-arranged,
 
From our UK perspective, prices for everything is much more expensive, but we already knew that, but just a warning to take more cash than you might think is required.
Eating out was interesting as they had a few high class restaurants in town, and a number of fast food type outlets, but middle of the range, not much.
Saying that the food was very good, if limited in terms of vegetables, we didn’t starve!
 
We left enough unvisited to want to go back sometime in the future.
 
I have attached a couple of photos and will send in separate emails due to their size.
 
Best wishes
Tom

Hi Daina.

As promised, a few comments on our holiday to the Faroes.

Firstly, we had a really good holiday and thoroughly enjoyed visiting these fascinating and beautiful islands. Thanks to Baltic Travel’s itinerary the balance of guided tours, trips and free time was just right. So, a big thank-you to you and your partners on the Faroes for giving us the opportunity to experience as much of the country as possible in a week.

All our travelling arrangements went smoothly and there were no issues with flights, transfers (minor one on the return airport transfer which was quickly overcome), coach, ferry or schooner trips. They gave us a broad range of island experiences and of how life was and is on the Faroes, and also how it’s developing and changing as part of a natural process. We certainly felt that we were seeing the islands in a developing but as yet, unspoilt light – the very reason why people wish to see the islands.

Sámal Bláhamar was the guide with us on most of the trips and he was just excellent – a man with a true and heartfelt passion and pride for, and in the Faroes, and just pleased to show it all to us in its best light. Sámal and his company, Tora Tourist Traffic, were just right for showing us around. Even on the day of his close friend’s funeral Sámal still met us before and afterwards to make sure everything went smoothly during the day; very much the professional guide.

We generally don’t take guided tours for holidays but for the Faroes this gave us just the right way to see the country and we learnt so much from Sámal with his deep knowledge of all things Faroese. We just wished we could remember all the facts and stories he gave us.

Hotel Havn was just fine for us; perhaps some information in the room about controlling the room heat would be helpful; it was really quite hot. There were no tea/coffee facilities in the room which would have been nice but not at all essential. It was a clean, modern hotel ideally located close to the harbour and as we found, with helpful and considerate staff.

We couldn’t get over how magnificent the scenery was; we were just awed each day by what we saw. As a fellow traveller put it ‘.... you very quickly run out of superlatives to describe what there is to see here’.

We spent a poignant hour in the World War II museum and learnt about the bravery of the Faroese fishermen in supplying the UK with fish during the war and the influence of the British occupation in the 1940s. 

The National Museum in Torshavn is a gem - I don't ever remember visiting such an interesting and well developed exhibition about natural history and human development of an area. Well worth a couple of hours' stay.

Baltic Travel has done us proud and you, in particular, Daina, have been such a key element in making us feel that we were in good, caring and considerate hands and with a company whose hallmark is quality of service. We’d certainly have no hesitation in recommending Baltic Travel to those wishing to visit the Faroes or to Scandinavian.

I hope we will visit the Faroes again but if we don't, it will always have a very special place in our hearts and minds.

With best wishes and once again, our sincere thanks to you and to Baltic Travel

Paul E and Jennifer C

Hope you are all well!

Got back from our absolutely unbelievable trip this morning.Just want to say a big thanks for sorting everything out,we literally couldn't have asked for more.
It has to be the most incredible place I have visited...the hotel was fantastic and having the freedom with a car was perfect.Food was amazing and the sights were like nothing I could have imagined...although we had a bit of a scare when we got caught in a snow blizzard on top of a mountain!!!We are still alive so can't have been that bad.Ha.

Got some great photos as well so will send some over with the Greenland ones when I get a chance.

I think it ranks number 1 on my list and I've been to some quite cool places.I will not hesitate to go back and hopefully see the southern islands and mykines maybe in the summer as although we did quite a bit,I still feel like we only touched the surface.

People are seriously missing out!!!

The Baltic Travel Company is awesome.

I'm sure I will be in touch soon.

Tom