Your itinerary
20 Days ~ Denmark ~ Sweden ~
Finland ~ Norway
Tour Pace
This tour is well paced with
two-night stays in
Copenhagen, Rovaniemi, Narvik, Geiranger
and Oslo; there are one-night stays in
the more northern regions. Magnificent
driving days offer frequent stops for
refreshments
and wonderful photo opportunities.
DAY 1 – UK - COPENHAGEN
There are complimentary transfers
from Copenhagen
Airport to your tour hotel at 10.30,
12.30 & 15.30 hours. Enjoy a Welcome
Drink and dinner at your hotel, followed
by a visit to the Tivoli Gardens. Hotel:
Radisson SAS Scandinavia. (D)
DAY 2 – COPENHAGEN
SIGHTSEEING
Go down to the harbour to greet Hans
Christian
Andersen’s Little Mermaid before a
Highlight visit takes you inside
Christiansborg
(the Danish Parliament). See the
Rosenborg and Amalienborg Palaces and
the Renaissance
Stock Exchange. Consider also joining a
tour through the Danish countryside.
(BB)
DAY 3 –
COPENHAGEN – STOCKHOLM
Drive to Elsinore to see
Hamlet’s Kronborg
Castle before taking a ferry across to
Sweden. Drive along Lake Vattern to arrive
in Stockholm, which is set on 14
beautiful islands. Hotel: Scandic Alvik.
(BB)
DAY 4 –
STOCKHOLM – OVERNIGHT
CRUISE
The charms of Sweden's capital are
revealed with
your local guide. Visit the City
Hall’s ‘Gold Room’, the
medieval
Old Town and see the cathedral. Visit
the 17th century Wasa Galleon, one of the
greatest attractions of northern Europe,
then embark on a Baltic cruise to Finland.
On board, enjoy a Highlight Dinner.
(BB,HD)
DAY 5 –
HELSINKI SIGHTSEEING
Disembark in the heart of Helsinki to
visit the ‘Church in the Rock’
and Sibelius Monument. Also see
Finlandia Hall, the
Russian Orthodox church and the lively
market. Hotel: Radisson SAS Plaza. (BB)
DAY 6 – HELSINKI
– KUOPIO
Travel through a land of beautiful
lakes and forests
before enjoying an ascent of Kuopio
Viewing Tower to find out why Finland is
called
the land of a thousand lakes. Hotel:
Scandic Kuopio. (BB,D)
DAY
7 – KUOPIO –
ROVANIEMI
On towards the Arctic and into
Lapland, the home
of the Sami people. Stay in Rovaniemi,
the modern capital of the region. Hotel:
Scandic Rovaniemi.
(BB,D)
DAY 8 –
ROVANIEMI SIGHTSEEING
Visit Aalvar Aalto’s Lapponia
House and the
Cathedral. Later, perhaps choose to view
the open-air museum and try a traditional
Lapp dinner. (BB)
DAY 9
– ROVANIEMI – IVALO
Look out for Santa Claus as you cross
the Arctic
Circle, receiving a certificate to prove
it. On your way to the oldest church in
Lapland, you may see herds of reindeer
roaming freely. Travel through
Europe’s
last great wilderness to visit the
national park near the gold centre of
Tankavaara.
Hotel: Ivalo. (BB,D)
DAY
10 – IVALO – NORTH
CAPE
Cross the rolling tundra into Norway
where you
visit a Lapp folk museum and stop at
Karasjok, a centre of Lapp culture.
It’s
then on through unique scenery to the
North Cape. Your hotel is in Honningsvag on
Mager Island, from where you will
journey at night to the northern most
point of
Europe in search of theMidnight Sun.
Hotel: Rica Honningsvag. (BB,D)
DAY 11 – WED –
NORTH CAPE – ALTA
Return to the mainland, travelling
through stony,
near-deserted Finnmark to Alta, situated
on one of the world’s richest salmon
rivers. Hotel: Rica Alta. (BB,D)
DAY 12 – ALTA –
NARVIK
Pass the fjord where the battleship
Tirpitz hid
in World War Two, before travelling
through stunning northern scenery past
mountains
and fjords to Narvik. Hotel: Quality
Grand Royal. (BB,D)
DAY 13
– NARVIK AT LEISURE
A day has been set aside for you to
enjoy at your
own pace. Perhaps visit the War Museum,
or take a superb mountain train into Sweden
for the afternoon?
(BB)
DAY 14 – NARVIK
– MO-I-RANA
Take a ferry across Tyssfjord and
pass Rago National
Park, its fjords cutting deep into the
landscape. Bid farewell to the Arctic
before
reaching Mo-I-Rana, at the head of
Ranafjord. Hotel: Meyer Garden.
(BB,D)
DAY 15 –
MO-I-RANA – TRONDHEIM
Drive through Namdal to the Laksfoss
Falls to
see leaping salmon before continuing on
to the village of Hell and to Trondheim
to see the cathedral.
Hotel: Radisson SAS Royal Garden.
(BB)
DAY 16 –
TRONDHEIM – GEIRANGER
Cross the Dovre Mountains, which form
Norway’s
oldest National Park. Arrive at
Geirangerfjord to embark on a
spectacular Highlight
cruise beneath towering cliffs and
cascading waterfalls. Your hotel is in a
superb
setting overlooking the Norwegian Fjord
landscape. Hotel: Union. (BB,D)
DAY 17 – GEIRANGER
AT LEISURE
A day of relaxation amid the fjords
and mountains,
a UNESCO World Heritage area. Consider
taking an excursion along the
Trolls’ Road. (BB,D)
DAY 18 – GEIRANGER
– OSLO
Travel to Lom to see the Norwegian
stave church
dating back to 1130 before continuing
through the countryside of "Peer Gynt",
immortalised
by Ibsen, to Oyer to see the
world’s largest Troll. After
stopping in Lillehammer,
host of the 1994 Winter Olympics,
it’s on to the capital of Oslo.
Hotel: Radisson
SAS Scandinavia. (BB)
DAY
19 – OSLO SIGHTSEEING
A panoramic tour takes in the
Akershus Fort guarding
the harbour and the Royal Palace and
includes a visit to the Viking Long Ship
Museum.
Visit Frogner Park, housing the unique
and controversial sculptures by Gustav
Vigeland,
before the afternoon at leisure. (BB)
DAY 20 – OSLO - UK
The tour ends with a transfer to Oslo
Airport at 07.15 & 10.15 hours.
(BB)
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