Flåm, Flamsdalen
Scandinavia
Alternative Routes to Norway Overnight ferry crossing Denmark – Bergen Travel between Hirtshals and Bergen using the overnight Fjord Line cruise-ferry service. The journey is along Norway’s stunning west coast. Overnight ferry crossing Germany – Oslo Travel between Kiel and Oslo using the overnight Color Line cruise-ferry service. The journey is through the Oresund Sound, past Copenhagen. Do please contact us if you would like to discuss these options or any aspect of your Scandinavia tour plans. We will be pleased to tailor make itineraries as required.
Here we detail a range of tours featuring the shared Viking heritage, and unique landscapes, of Scandinavia. Each tour can be tailored to your requirements, both in terms of the route to and from Scandinavia and suggested excursions. When included, overnight ferry crossings are based upon midweek sailings in cabins with private facilities and lower berths. Norwegian internal ferries are included in our tour prices.
Quotations for tours by air are available upon request (ATOL 5114).
Views of Aurlands ord from Undredal village
Stalheim Hotel
Stalheim Hotel, Stalheim A historic hotel in a glorious setting between the Sogne ord and the Hardanger ord. • 3 star superior • 124 bedrooms • Lift • Panoramic terrace and garden • Coach parking Straand Hotel, Vrådal For our hotel description see page 83.
Hardangervidda • Heroes of Telemark Site • Norway in a Nutshell • Stalheim and Sogne ord
A terri c exploration combining a stay at a historic lakeside hotel in Vrådal, in Norway’s Telemark region, with a stay at Stalheim, one of Europe’s most dramatic hotel locations, right at the heart of ord country. Both hotels o er good facilities and high standards of food, accommodation and service. Tour highlights include the Vemork heavy water sabotage site, the Hardanger ord, the Sogne ord, Flåm and the famous ‘Norway in a Nutshell’ excursion. Telemark and the Fjords
Day 1 Short Channel crossing. Overnight in Holland. Day 2 Travel across Germany and into Denmark for dinner and an overnight stay near Kolding. Day 3 Travel to Hirtshals on Denmark’s north coast. Here board the ferry for the exciting journey across the Skagerrak Sea to Norway. Leave the port and immediately encounter the fantastic Norwegian scenery during the onward journey to Vrådal, on the shore of Lake Nisser, for a 3 night stay. Day 4 A day at leisure in Vrådal can include a visit to the local silversmith and a boat trip on Lake Nisser. Alternatively, for those who wish to take an excursion, we recommend the West Telemark round trip to include Dalen and a visit to the West Telemark Museum and Eidsborg Stave Church Day 5 A full day circular excursion featuring the magni cent Hardangervidda Plateau, home to Europe’s largest stock of reindeer. We include a visit to the fascinating World War II sabotage site at Vemork, now a museum, to learn about the ultimately successful mission to destroy the Nazi’s e orts to win the atomic race and create ‘the bomb’. Round o the day with a photo stop at Heddal, Norway’s largest stave church. Day 6 Leave the Telemark region travelling west, over the Haukeli high mountain pass and descend to the Hardanger ord. This is a fruit growing area and is particularly beautiful when the spring blossom and autumn colours appear. Enjoy views
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of the ord and up to the Folgefonn Glacier before joining a short ferry across the ord. On then past Voss before ascending to Stalheim for a 3 night stay. Day 7 See ords, waterfalls and high mountain passes. Today’s full day excursion features 2 ferry journeys across the Sogne ord, the Vik Mountains and visits to the Norwegian Glacier Museum and Borgund, Norway’s stave church par excellence. Day 8 The ‘Norway in a Nutshell’ excursion is world famous. We include the most dramatic sections of this excursion, the wonderful ord cruise through the Næroy ord and Aurlands ord, and a return trip on the Flåm Railway, with views of some of Norway’s wildest scenery. Late afternoon return to Stalheim for an included visit to the Stalheim Folk Museum. Day 9 Depart Stalheim and travel via Aurlandsdalen, Hol, Gol and Vikersund to arrive in Horten, on the Oslo ord, in time for dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Day 10 Depart Stalheim and travel via Aurlandsdalen, Hol, Gol and Vikersund to arrive in Horten, on the Oslo ord, in time for dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Day 11 Travel through Germany, into Holland and on to the North Sea coast for a relaxing overnight crossing to Hull or Harwich. Day 12 Arrive back in the UK and travel home.
• Short Channel crossing • 1 night half board in the Netherlands • 1 night half board in Kolding • 3 nights half board in Vrådal with: Buffet breakfast and buffet dinner After dinner tea or coffee • Heroes of Telemark movie showing • 3 nights half board in Stalheim with: Buffet breakfast and buffet dinner After dinner tea or coffee • Entrances to Vemork Museum, Norwegian Glacier Museum, Borgund Stave Church and Stalheim Folk Museum • Norway in a Nutshell Excursion • Norwegian internal ferry crossings • Norwegian Road tolls as per this itinerary • 1 night half board in Horten • 1 night half board near Hamburg • Return fast ferries Denmark/Norway/ Denmark • Overnight ferry Netherlands to Hull or Harwich 2027 guideline price per person May to Sept from £1467
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