Scandinavia 7 Days Tour

Day 01: Arrival in Copenhagen

• Group met at Bandaranayake International Air Port with Guiding Star Holidays Representative. Clear Immigration formalities and depart to Paris. – France..
• Arrive in Paris Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 02: Copenhagen – Jönköping (330 km)

• Breakfast at hotel. In the morning we enjoy some free time to visit the places linked with the life of Bernadette. “Bernadette Soubirous, born at Lourdes in 1844, was 14 when the Virgin appeared to her at the Rock of Massabielles. In order to fulfill her desire for a religious life, Bernadette arrived at St Gildard, the house of the Sister of Charity at Nevers on 7th July 1866. She had previously met the sisters at the hospice at Lourdes. She stayed at Nevers, in the Congregation’s Mother House for 13 years. Her simple and ordinary life was entirely consecrated to God in a chapel in the garden.” Then departure to Paris. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at hotel. (B, L, D)

Please note: compulsory Øresund tunnel fee involved
• Compulsory Øresund tunnel fees (crossing tunnel) (Customer is not allowed to board on the coach without paying this fee on spot - € 5 (price for adult and child)

Day 03: Jönköping – Stockholm (320 km)

• After breakfast, we continue our way to the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. Made out of 14 islands on the Baltic Sea this city is crowned the most beautiful of all Nordic cities. After lunch, we embark on a city tour that includes the City Hall of Stockholm (Stadshuset), one of the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world with inside the most exclusive ballroom in Stockholm, venue for the yearly Nobel Banquet. From the Blue Hall, guests are invited up a stairway to the Golden Hall (Gyllene salen) to dance. The walls of the Golden Hall are covered with more than 18 million glass and gold mosaic pieces, an artwork of artist Einar Forseth. The venue attracts close to 400,000 visitors a year. The tour continues with visits to the old Parliament building, Vasa warship and the Storkyrkan cathedral. Minimum 3* Hotel in Bratislava or city nearby

Please note: compulsory Øresund tunnel fee involved

• Tour of City Hall Stockholm - € 14
• Vasa Museum Entrance Ticket - € 16
• Stromma Royal Canal Tour (Stockholm) - € 20

Day 04: Stockholm – Lillehammer (610 km)

• After breakfast, the coach departs to Norway's largest lake . Famous for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. Lillehammer’s population comes just under twenty-three thousand inhabitants. The feeling of space contributes the calm and vast natural winter scenery. We arrive in the evening and have an overnight stay at Lillehammer or city nearby. Please note we will not visit the city Lillehammer. Minimum 3* Hotel in Lillehammer or city nearby

Day 05: Lillehammer – Briksdal Glacier (500 km)

• After breakfast, we travel to the European continent’s largest Glacier, Briksdal in Norway which covers 800 m2, at its deepest 400 meters below sea level and the highest point 2,000 meters above sea level. Surrounding the glacier is the Jostedalsbreen National Park, where we will embark on cable cars to admire the wildlife, clear streams, raging rivers and waterfalls. The ride will last for half hour, after which our group will enjoy 10 minutes leisure time to take pictures and closely see the Briksdal glacier. In the afternoon we head south towards Gudvangen.Minimum 3* Hotel in Sogndal or city nearby

Please note: attraction fee involved
• Briksdal Glacier Cable Car - € 25

Day 06: Sogndal – Sognefjord Cruise – Flåm (150 km)

• After breakfast, the coach goes on to Gudvangen dock where the group joins the Sognefjord Cruise to explore Sognefjord, the world's longest and deepest fjord, an unparalleled spectacle by Mother Nature. Spending two hours in the intoxicating scenery moment in the boat, the sightseeing ship has arrived in Flåm. After lunch, we will be travelling on one of the most beautiful railway. This exciting railway attracts visitors from all over the world, scenery includes beautiful fjords, waterfalls, and valleys. After the ride, then return to the hotel for dinner.Minimum 3* Hotel in Flåm or city nearby

Please note: attraction fee involved
• Sognefjord Cruise - € 50 up
• Flåmsbana ( Flåm – Myrdal – Flåm) - € 65
• Stegastein Lookout - € 10

Day 07: Flåm – Oslo (300 km)

• After breakfast, we depart to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Every year on the 10th of December this city hosts the Nobel peace prize award on the anniversary passing of Founder-Inventor Alfred Nobel. Unlike the other four prizes awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony is held in Oslo. We continue with a visit to the famous Vigeland Sculpture Park, located inside the Frogner park grounds. On display are over 212 bronzes and granite statues, the theme of the park is on the Human Condition, illustrating relationships between men and women, adults and children. Not to be missed!Minimum 3* Hotel in Oslo or city nearby

Day 08: Oslo – Gothenburg – Copenhagen (580 km)

• After breakfast, the coach goes southbound for the Port of Gothenburg, a major port of Western Europe. On Götaplatsen is Swedish sculptor Carl Milles’ seven-metre-high statue of the sea god Poseidon, which caused quite a stir when it was unveiled in 1931. Residents complained that the statue’s legs were too long for its body, and that the statue’s penis was far too big. Also a must-visit destination is the fish market hall, Feskekôrka, (‘fish church’ in Swedish), an indoor fish and shellfish market where you can buy all kinds of seafood delicacies caught on the day. Try the freshest catch of the day. We conclude our city tour at the Gothenburg Cathedral (Domkyrkan Göteborg), the seat of the bishop of Gothenburg in the Church of Sweden. The tour continues southbound to finally arrive in the evening in Copenhagen.Minimum 3* Hotel in Copenhagen or city nearby

Please note: the above itinerary is a text description in nature which is only for reference. As long as the discrepancies do not constitute a controversy between the description and reality, the company and the tour guide shall have the right, depending on the actual situation, to make appropriate arrangements and changes.

Please note: compulsory Øresund tunnel fee involved
• Compulsory Øresund tunnel fees (crossing tunnel) (Customer is not allowed to board on the coach without paying this fee on spot - € 5 (price for adult and child)