Pleasurable 18 Days 17 Nights Stockholm Holiday Package

Welcome to Stockholm! At 6 pm, meet your tour director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel

During your sightseeing with a local guide see the royal palace; Riddarholm church, walk through the OLD TOWN, and marvel at the festive blue gold chambers in the CITY HALL, where the annual Noble Prize banquet is held.

Drive south via Lake Molar and Lake Vattern to Helsingborg. Cross by FERRY to Denmark with views of Hamlet/’s Kornberg Castle at Elsinore. Arrive in Copenhagen, proud capital of Denmark.
Today/’s Distance: 373 mi 600 km

Sightseeing with a local guide includes the church of our savior and the stock exchange on the way to splendid ROSENBORG CASTLE, where some of the crown jewels of Denmark are held. Here, admire the incredible throne chair, made from narwhal tusks-the only one of its kind in the world! Drive past the national museum and the royal theater, and stop for picture of amalienborg palace and the LITTLE MERMAID statue. In the late afternoon, board your ship for the overnight KATTEGAT & OSLOFJORD CRUISE to Norway. Dinner will be served on board.

After disembarkation, transfer to the Oslo train station and board the famous OSLO-BERGEN TRAIN. Enjoy a scenic ride across the hardangervidda mountain plateau with views of sparking lakes, rivers. Streams and snow-capped mountains to picturesque Bergen.
Today/’s Distance: 311 mi 500 km

Guided sightseeing stars with an orientation drive to see the main sight like bergenhus fortress with its medieval Hakon/’s hall and Rosencrantz tower, the charming Hanseatic wharf, a UNESCO world Heritage site, the harbor, and the famous fish market. Explore bryggen on foot along narrow, cobblestone alleyways past colorful wooden house. Also see the 12th-century St. Mary/’s church, where hanseatic merchants attended religious service until the 1870s. Balance of the day is at leisure; why not join one of our optional excursions to make the most of your stay?

A wonderful day of spectacular scenery: ride the FLAM TRAIN and see the magnificent kjosfossen waterfall on the way to the village of flam. Here another highlight awaits: a relaxing CRUISE on beautiful Sognafjord and Naeoyfjord. Arrive in stalheim, overlooking the Naeoydalen valley.
Today/’s Distance: 124 mi 200 km

This morning travel to borgund and visit the wooden STAVE CHURCH. Dating back to 1180, it is considered the best /– preserved and most authentic of Norway/’s stave churches. Next is Oslo, capital of Norway and the country/’s hub of trade and industry.
Today/’s Distance: 217 mi 350 km

Sightseeing with a local guide featured the national theater, considered the home for Ibsen/’s plays; the unique storting building, seat of parliament; and the royal palace, residence of Norwegian monarchs since 1849. Stroll through magnificent FROGNER PARK with Gustavo vigeland;s extraordinary sculptures; and visit the CITY HALL, where the noble peace prize ceremony is held each year. Afterwards, an optional excursion is available to see relics of Norway/’s glorious seafaring past-including 1000-year-old Viking ships!

Board the plane to tromp and arrive in the world/’s most northern University City, starting point of many great polar explorers. Here, winters can be hard and summers usually surprisingly warm because of the warm gulf currents and the /“midnight sun./” During your orientation, visit the ARCTIC CATHEDRAL.

Continue your journey northward. Enjoy FERRY CROSSINGS on Ullsfjord and Lyngenfjord, with breathtaking views of the Lyngen Alps and their glaciers. Arrive in Alta, and visit the spectacular ROCK CARVINGS, one of the UNESCO world heritage Sites.

Drive to honningsvag on the island of Mageroya, and continue to the northernmost point of the North cape, a Sheer cliff rising 1000 feet from the Atlantic Ocean, where the NORTH CAP HALL with its visitors center is located.

Admire crystal-clear streams, sparkling lakes, tundra, and forests as you head south and penetrate deep into beautiful Lapland, as it is called by the natives. Shops in karajok, seat of the Sami parliament, where a highlight visit is included to Sven engholm/’s HUSKY FARM. Sven had led expeditions to Spitsbergen, Siberia, and Greenland, and won the longest sled dog race in Europe 11 times. Enjoy traditional snacks here, then continue to the Sami village of lvalo for your overnight stay.
Today/’s Distance: 249 mi 400 km

Cross the arctic circle(66 31/’N), and stop at SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE, with a change to see father Christmas himself. Receive your arctic circle certificate and continue to nearby Rovaniemi, capital of Lapland situated at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and is tributary, the Ounasjoki. On an orientation drive, see the Finnish architect alvar Aalto/’s town hall. The city library and the Lippi e House.
Today/’s Distance: 224 mi 360 km

Spend some time in Rovaniemi before flying to the capital of Finland, Helsinki, this evening; dinner will be served at one of Helsinki/’s fine restaurants.

Guided sightseeing introduces you to the City Hall and the parliament house, the presidential palace, the monumental railroad station, the great LUTHERAN CATHEDRAL, the Olympic stadium, the SIBELIUS MONUMENT, and Helsinki/’s local arts crafts OPEN-AIR MARKET.

A full day at leisure offers the opportunity to join an optional excursion to Tallinn, capital of Estonia, known as one of the /“ Pearls of the Baltic Countries. /“Tonight, dinner awaits at the hotel to celebrates the success of journey

Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.