INVITATION Discover 2017

Discover Norway 2017 Dear Maserati Friends, Norsk Maserati Klubb has the pleasure of eat at nice restaurants and explore some of the inviting you to the Discover Norway 2017 tour. Norwegian food and drinking culture Our country is known for its beautiful landscape (don’t be scared...... ). with mountains, fjords and waterfalls, and we can’t think of a better way seeing it than from We do have a lot of scenic roads in Norway, and behind the wheel of our fabulous Maseratis. the best ones have been specially prepared by We have put together a programme that the Norwegian Road Authorities and are marketed combines our mountains and fjords, our food as the Norwegian National Tourist Routes. Our and culture, with roads both you and your event will include 5 of these routes. You can find favourite Maserati will enjoy. additional information about the Norwegian National Tourist Routes on this link > The Discover Norway tour is based on the idea to have a number of Maserati enthusiasts having a vacation together, driving the most beautiful cars ever built through some of the most spectacular scenery Norway can offer.

The daily stages of the Discover Norway tour are 211 km / 131 miles in average, which allows for an unstressed and relaxed travel. We want to show you the beauty of Norway in the spring, when the roads are all clean from snow, but there will still be snow in the mountains. This creates beautiful contrasts when the sky is clear, especially in the places you can view the blue fjords, the greenish spring landscape and the snowy mountains simultaneously. We will be staying in nice hotels,

(Pictures are collected from our hotel’s webpages, The National Tourist Route’s photo gallery and private achieves)

From May 31st to June 6th 2017

The Discover Norway tour starts on the waterfront of the Oslo Fjord on Wednesday May 31st, and after a 7 day roundtrip we will end up back in Oslo on Tuesday June 6th, at a hillside location with a magnificent view of the city and the fjord. During the tour, we will have overnight stops in Geilo just outside the Hardanger- vidda National Park, in Lofthus with waterfront location to the Hardanger fjord, in Balestrand with waterfront location to the Sogne fjord, in the hillside of Geiranger surrounded by mountains (2 nights), and Beitostølen, the entrance port to the Jotunheimen National Park.

You will find a closer description of the route and the program on the following pages.

Discover Norway 2017 Day 1 - Wednesday May 31st: Day 2 - Thursday June 1st: Oslo – Geilo Geilo – Lofthus The Discover Norway tour starts at the Holmen Fjord Today we will drive through the Hardangervidda Hotel, located at the waterfront of the Oslo Fjord, National Park, the largest national park in Norway 18 km / 11 miles outside Oslo / Phone: +47-66772700 / and the largest high mountain plateau in Europe. We www.holmenfjordhotell.no will descend 1250 meters before arriving in the small village Eidfjord, located in the end of the Hardanger The registration desk will be open from 10:00. fjord. During the descent, we will visit the Sysen dam, A buffet lunch will be served at the hotel and at 12:30 the Vøringsfossen waterfall, and you can walk parts we will all be in our cars, heading for Geilo. of the old road through the Måbødalen valley, if you want to study 100 years old Norwegian roadbuilding Shortly after the departure, we will drive over the engineering skills. Sollihøgda hill and get a good view of the Tyrifjorden Lake, the 5th largest lake in Norway. We continue The road through the Hardangervidda National Park northwest along the shore of Lake Krøderen, and is one of Norway’s National Tourist Routes. You can then into the Hallingdalen Valley, until we reach the read more about this road here > village of Geilo. Driving alongside the Hardanger fjord, you will see We will stay at Dr. Holms Hotel / the newly built Hardanger Bridge with its 200 meter Phone: +47-32095700 / www.drholms.no high towers. Stop and walk it if you want!

Driving distance: 211 km / 131 miles We will stay at Hotel Ullensvang / Driving time: 3 hours 15 minutes. Phone: +47-53670000 / hotel-ullensvang.no

In the evening a 4-course “Welcome to Norway” The driving distance is 132 km / 82 miles dinner will be served. Driving time: 2 hours 30 minutes, but you will make a lot of stops today.

Bring your swimming gear, this hotel has an excellent pool and relax area.

Discover Norway 2017 Discover Norway 2017 Day 3 - Friday June 2nd: Day 4 - Saturday June 3rd: Lofthus – Balestrand Balestrand - Geiranger Ladys and Gentlemen, Good Morning! Just north of Balestrand we find the Gaularfjell This is the busiest day of the tour with 3 fjord crossings Mountain, and of course we have to “climb” it. by ferries and we need to get up early to catch our The road up this mountain is offering a number first ferry departure. Breakfast at 07:00, and we need of turns and twists; good fun for us that love to be to leave the hotel at 07:50 at the latest. behind the steering wheel. We will make a stop near the top, at the recently opened viewing platform. The route takes us along both the southern and the northern coastline of the Hardanger Fjord, through The Gaularfjell Mountain road is another National numerous small villages on narrow roads. Lunch will Tourist Route, and you can read more about it here > be served at Hefte Farm, in the hillside near Voss. Having descended from the Gaularfjell, we will hit The roads along the Hardanger fjord are all parts the main road E39 going north and pass the beautiful of our National Tourist Routes. You can read more Jølstravatnet Lake, and continue on to , about these roads here > where a short hill climb takes us over to the narrow Fjord. We will pass the small villages Innvik, After lunch, we will cross the Vikafjell Mountain and , Loen and the city , before ending at descend to Vikøyri, beautifully located at the shore- Hellesylt, where we enter a ferry taking us on line of the Sogne Fjord. The last ferry for today takes a scenic ride to Geiranger, our destination. us across the fjord and after a short 15-minute drive we arrive in Balestrand. We will stay (2 nights) at Hotel Union / Phone: +47-70268300 / hotelunion.no We will stay at Kviknes Hotel / Phone +47-57694200 / www.kviknes.no The driving distance: 255 km / 158 miles Driving time: 5 hours The driving distance: 224 km / 139 miles Total time on ferries: 1 hour 5 minutes. Driving time: 5 hours Total time on ferries: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Discover Norway 2017 Day 5 - Sunday June 4th: Day 6 - Monday June 5th: Roundtrip from Geiranger Geiranger – Beitostølen Today we have the luxury of not needing to check out We start the day by driving up the winding road to of the hotel! Djupvasshytta, and if possible (road may not have opened for the season) to the Dalsnibba mountain You can even decide to relax in the hotel instead of top, 1 476 meters above sea level, being the highest joining the roundtrip, but then you will miss the most point in Europe accessible by car where you can look spectacular road on the whole tour... directly down to sea level.

We will start the day with climbing the Ørnevegen The road from Trollstigen (yesterday) to Djupvasshytta (Eagles Road), where you can stop at the viewing is a National Tourist Route, and you can read more platform called the Eagles Turn, giving you about it here > a magnificent view of the fjord where we arrived yesterday. Passing over the mountain, we arrive We continue over the Strynefjellet mountain plateau in Eidsdal, where a ferry takes us over the Nordals and arrive in the idyllic village of Lom, where we have Fjord to Linge. We then drive towards the city lunch at Fossheim Hotel - fossheimhotel.no of Ålesund to experience the coastal landscape between Ålesund and the city of Åndalsnes. After lunch, our route goes over the Valdresflye On the return to Geiranger we will be driving up mountain pass, which is not at all a steep mountain, Trollstigen (the Troll’s ladder), probably the most but a very open landscape with good views and a famous and spectacular mountain road in Norway. road well suited for our Maseratis.

The driving distance: 219 km / 136 miles This is yet another National Tourist Route, and you Driving time: 5 hours can read more about it here > The ferry time: 40 minutes. The driving distance: 214 km / 133 miles In the evening we will enjoy a 4-course dinner Driving time:4 hours at the hotel. We will stay at Radisson Blue Resort / Phone +47-61353000 / radissonblu.com

Dinner at Aasgaard – Local specialities presented as Tapas.

Discover Norway 2017 Discover Norway 2017 Day 7 - Tuesday June 6th: Prices: Beitostølen – Oslo NOK 39 540,- (Norwegian Kroner) The final day! for 2 persons sharing a double room Today we can allow ourselves a lazy morning, but NOK 25 090,- (Norwegian Kroner) you should plan on arriving the city of Fagernes, for 1 person in a single room located 38 km / 24 miles from Beitostølen at 11.00. Here we have two choices for you: Either a guided The prices include: tour of the open air Valdres Folk Museum with lunch - 7 nights in hotels with breakfast at the Munkekroen Restaurant next door, - Set menu dinners on day 1, 5 and 7, or a guided tour of the Noraker Farm, by many including wine packages or other beverages considered the best producer of the Norwegian - Buffet dinners on day 2, 3 and 4 speciality rakfisk, including lunch in their restaurant - Valdres Tapas dinner on day 6 (and having much more than rakfisk on the menu). - Aperitif before each set menu dinner If you do not know what rakfisk is,check this link > and on arrival to Kviknes Hotel on day 3 - Lunch including non alcoholic beverages You will have to choose one of the two activities on day 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 above when you register. - All ferry tickets included in the planned route - Parking at all hotels, with guards for the cars After lunch we will drive back to Oslo, and check where considered needed in at the Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel / - Access to all hotel relax areas, Phone +47-22922000 / holmenkollenparkhotel.no except Kviknes Hotel day 3

The driving distance: 225 km / 140 miles The prices do not include: Driving time: 3 hours 45 minutes - Wine or other beverages with dinner day 2, 3, 4 and 6 And then it is time for a 5-course farewell gala dinner, - Lunch on day 2 and 5 at Frognerseteren Restaurant - frognerseteren.no - Toll Road fees - Spa treatments - Any beverages, bar bills, phone expences or services ordered individually

Deposits (NOK 10 000,- / 7 000,- for 2 persons / 1 person) must be paid within 14 days after registration.

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