Overview:
One highlight after another awaits you on this trip through one of the most spectacular and fascinating sceneries in the World – with deep fjords, glacier formations, picturesque villages and majestic mountains. You will recognize stave churches, villages, costumes and landscapes which inspired the movie “Frozen”. On this group tour you will tick all the highlights of the Norwegian fjordland: Oslo, Trollstigen, Aalesund, Geirangerfjord, Sognefjord, Bergen, Hardangerfjord and Gol.
Holiday price is from £ 880 per person based on availability and 2 persons sharing a standard double/twin room.
Single supplement is £ 215
2018 Departure Dates:
SEASON |
DEPARTURES |
01 Jun - 31 Aug |
Daily |
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Welcome to Norway (100 km/62 mls)
Arrival in Oslo Airport and travel along the Mjøsa lake to Hamar.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 2: Hamar - Trollstigen - Alesund (365 km/226 mls)
Breakfast at the hotel. Today you travel along Mjøsa and via the Olympic winter town Lillehammer through Gudbrandsdal and the impressive Romsdal valley framed by steep mountains. We pass the Troll Wall, unique in Europe with its rapid decline of a 1000 m. We climb the famous Trollstigen mountain road with 11 hairpin bends. Along the Storfjord we progress into Ålesund, a cozy Atlantic harbor town. A must see in Ålesund is the view point Aksla with its 418 steps. From its peak you will experience a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean and the nearby Sunnmøre mountain range.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 3: Alesund - Geirangerfjord - Boeverdal (260 km/161 mls)
Breakfast at the hotel. Today you will travel to Hellesylt and pass the spectacular Geirangerfjord with its abandoned farms and magnificent waterfalls on the way and further on to Geiranger. After Geiranger we ascent the high mountains at Strynsfjell and arrive at the highest located municipality in Norway: Lom. One of the oldest stave churches can be seen here. After Lom we travel down the valley and into Bøverdal.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 4: Boeverdal - Sognefjord - Bergen (295 km/183 mls)
Breakfast at the hotel and further journey to visit the famous Sognefjord. The Sognefjell road takes us over the highest mountain pass in Norway and down to the Sognefjord, the longest and deepest Fjord in Norway. Ferry crossing and through the 24 km long Lærdalstunnel. Optional trip with the famous Flåm train via Myrdal to Voss (not incl.). Arrival in Bergen and city tour through old and newer parts of the city, the world famous fish market, the old city center and the Hanseatic wharf.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 5: Bergen - Hardangerfjord - Gol (290 km/180 mls)
Breakfast at the hotel. The Hardangerfjord is famous for its orchards and numerous waterfalls. In 2013 the new Hardanger-bridge was opened, and from here on it is only a short trip to Vøringsfossen, the most visited of the Norwegian waterfalls. After here we ascend onto the Hardangervidda plateau and move on to Geilo and Gol.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 6: Gol - Oslo (200 km/124 mls)
Breakfast at the hotel. Today you travel through the Hallingdal valley towards Oslo. 3 h city tour in Oslo including the Vigeland Park with its 200 sculptures, the royal palace, the opera building and the city hall. Afternoon on your own.
Overnight at good tourist class hotel.
Day 7: Farewell Norway
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport in time for your return flight back to the UK.
Package Includes:
- Direct return flights from London Gatwick on Norweigan Airlines (other UK airports upon request)
- 1 piece of check-in luggage per traveler (up to 20 kg)
- Departure airport transfer
- 6 nights' accommodation in good tourist class hotels (outskirts of Bergen and Oslo)
- Half-board: Breakfast and dinner (Scandinavian menus)
- Ferry crossing: Magerholm/Sykkylven
- Ferry crossing:Hellesylt/Geiranger (Geirangerfjord)
- Ferry crossing: Mannheller/Fodnes (Sognefjord)
- Guided 3 h Bergen City Tour (no entrances incl.)
- Guided 3 h Oslo City Tour (no entrances incl.)
- Coach transportation day 1-6
- English speaking tour escort day 1-7
- 24-hour emergency service
- ATOL protection
- All taxes
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