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Scandinavian Capitals Tour: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm & Helsinki Scandinavian Capitals Tour: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm & Helsinki 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS | GROUP TRAVEL SUGGESTED ITINERARY | CAN BE CUSTOMIZED INCLUSIONS Treat yourself to a relaxing yet fascinating trip to Scandinavia’s dazzling capital cities. You Accommodations: will be amazed at how very much one can see in just eight days! Guided sightseeing tours Copenhagen 1 night, are included in Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki, but there is also free time built in overnight aboard ship 2 the schedule for you and your fellow travelers to explore on your own. Excellent overnight nights, Oslo 1 night, cruises make for a truly convenient and comfortable way of exploring these historic cities. If Stockholm 2 nights, you have always dreamt of visiting a Nordic world of scenic waterways, Viking heritage, Helsinki 1 night Norse sagas, royal palaces and incredible architecture, this is the itinerary for you! Meals: Continental breakfast daily, lunch and DAY 1 • ARRIVAL IN The tour will finish at your Copenhagen dinner as noted in COPPENHAGEN hotel, where your group can check in and itinerary then have the remainder of the day to Welcome to Scandinavia! Air-conditioned, private continue discovering this beautiful city. coaching Upon arrival to (Please note that should your group arrive Copenhagen, Denmark’s beautiful capital English-speaking before the hotel’s official check-in time, city, a local guide will meet your group in assistants and guides which is generally 3:00 pm, you are more the airport arrivals hall and immediately Admission tickets as than welcome to store your baggage with lead it on a panoramic city tour of outlined in the itinerary the hotel staff so that you can immediately Copenhagen. See the main sights of the One-way Baltic cruises: head out and enjoy exploring Copenhagen.) Danish capital beginning with a drive down Copenhagen to Oslo, Stockholm to Helsinki ** Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard, which DAY 2 • COPENHAGEN - group should specify runs past the Tivoli Gardens, a world OSLO cabin preferences when famous amusement park. Cross the Enjoy a full morning at booking picturesque canal and drive past leisure in Copenhagen HIGHLIGHTS Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the (breakfast is included at the hotel). This Danish Parliament. Pass the beautiful, See the world’s best- would be a great opportunity to visit Tivoli historic Stock Exchange and see Kongens preserved Viking ships Gardens, to tour one of the city’s historical Nytorv (King’s New Square) with its Royal Guided sightseeing tours palaces or to simply explore Copenhagen’s Theater. Continue to Nyhavn, a street well of Copenhagen, Oslo, trendy design boutiques and antique stores. Stockholm and Helsinki known for the variety of its nightlife, and If you intend to set out early and maximize then see Amalienborg Palace, the Danish Cruise the North Sea your time, you may want to consider Royal Family’s winter residence. Your tour and the Baltic Sea checking out and storing your baggage will then take you to one of the most See the Little Mermaid downstairs so that you don’t have to return famous sights in Copenhagen: the Little statue based on Hans specifically to check out. Christian Andersen’s Mermaid statue, located in Copenhagen’s fairytale lovely harbor. As part of the tour you will This afternoon your entire group will Free time to explore on also see Rosenborg Castle, which was built transfer to Copenhagen’s port (by private your own in the Dutch-Renaissance style by the coach) for your overnight cruise to Oslo, Danish King Christian IV as a summer Norway. residence. DFDS Seaways: ship sets sail at Lake Vänern. The city humorously refers to approximately 5:00 pm. Check in generally itself as the “city of sunshine” due to the starts at 3:00 pm. (Note: the group’s cabin number of sunlight hours it has annually. and berth requests must be specified at the After a break here for lunch on your own, time of booking.) continue traveling through the Swedish countryside, passing the towns of Örebro DAY 3 • ARRIVAL TO and Eskilstuna, before reaching Stockholm. OSLO - SIGHTSEEING Upon arrival your coach driver will take This morning your group will your group straight to the hotel to check-in. wake up in Norway. The time Enjoy an evening at leisure in Stockholm. of arrival of your cruise from Copenhagen to DAY 5 • SIGHTSEEING IN Oslo is roughly 9:45 am. A local guide will STOCKHOLM meet your group at the pier and lead it on an exciting, 3-hour city tour of Oslo by private After breakfast in the hotel, coach. During your panoramic tour you will a local guide will meet your see Oslo’s absolute best attractions including group in the lobby and lead it on a the medieval Akershus Fortress, the City Hall fantastic, 3-hour city tour of Stockholm. from the 1950s, the Royal Palace, Parliament Discover a city like no other; a city whose and the National Theatre. Then continue well-preserved medieval buildings stand west of the city center and visit the Vigeland alongside modern architecture; a city built Sculpture Park, a famous park that truly has upon 14 islands and surrounded by an no equal. The park is home to over 200 archipelago of 24,000 islands! You will stone, bronze and cast-iron figural sculptures soon see that when in Stockholm, you are made by the Norwegian artist Gustav never far from beautiful views. Your Vigeland. Afterwards your sightseeing will sightseeing tour of Stockholm will begin continue as your guide takes you to the with a visit to the Stockholm City Hall, Bygdøy peninsula, which is located just where the Nobel Prize receptions are held outside the city center. Here your group will every year. The City Hall is one of Sweden's tour the Viking Ship Museum, which houses foremost buildings built in the National the world’s best-preserved Viking vessels! Romantic architectural style. See the The tour will finish at your hotel in Oslo. famous Blue Hall whose walls are After checking in, feel free to relax or decorated with pieces of gold and stained- continue exploring the many sightseeing glass mosaics. Afterwards continue attractions of Oslo. sightseeing by taking a giant step back in time as you stroll through Gamla Stan; DAY 4 • OSLO - Stockholm’s Old Town is home to cobbled STOCKHOLM alleys, narrow streets, houses, shops and After breakfast and check- soaring church spires. out, your group will depart You will then continue by coach to the Oslo by private coach and travel east to impressive Vasa Museum. This outstanding Sweden. Your eventual destination is museum, which houses eight exhibitions, is Stockholm, Sweden’s dazzling capital city, one of Sweden’s most popular tourist but along the way you will pass several lovely attractions because of its beautifully- spots. After crossing the Norwegian Border, preserved wooden warship that sank in you will head for the Swedish city of Karlstad, Stockholm Harbor during her ill-fated which is located on the northern shore of maiden voyage in 1628. The sightseeing time of arrival of your cruise from tour will finish up back at the hotel, and Stockholm to Helsinki is roughly 10:00 am. you and your fellow travelers will have the A local guide will meet your group at the remainder of the day to explore Stockholm pier and lead it on an exciting, 3-hour city on your own. tour of Helsinki by private coach. During your panoramic tour, you will see Helsinki’s DAY 6 • STOCKHOLM – best attractions. Begin by driving past the HELSINKI city’s busy harbor and shipyards and down Enjoy a full morning at the coastal road by Embassy Park, seeing leisure in Stockholm the colorful open-air market en-route. You (breakfast is included at the hotel). This will see Senate Square, home to an elegant would be a great opportunity to visit one of Lutheran Cathedral, as well as Esplanadi, a Stockholm’s museums or art galleries Why Should You popular shopping avenue where many (there are over a hundred museums in Book Your Vacation designer shops are located. The tour will Stockholm), do a bit of shopping on with Go-today? also take your group down Mannerheim Kungsgatan (literally “King’s Street), return Street (Helsinki’s main street), to see the to the Old Town (Gamla Stan), or take a impressive Parliament building, the National Ease of Use stroll along the harbor. There are also Museum and Finlandia Hall; Alvar Aalto many beautiful parks in Stockholm if you designed this beautiful concert hall and prefer to spend the morning getting some convention center. Afterwards see the Experience fresh air. If you intend to set out early and Olympic Stadium Helsinki constructed for its maximize your time, you may want to hosting of the 1952 Olympic Games, and Flexibility consider checking out and storing your then view the new Opera House, which was baggage downstairs so that you don’t have completed in 1993. During your sightseeing Peace of Mind to return specifically to check out. tour of Helsinki you will also see the unique This afternoon your entire group will Rock Church (Temppeliaukio) which was built out of solid rock and capped with a Destination Expertise transfer to Stockholm’s port (by private coach) for your overnight cruise to Helsinki, copper dome. Finland. The tour will finish at your hotel in Helsiki. Tallinksilja: ship sets sail at approximately After checking in, feel free to relax or 5:00 pm. Check in generally starts at 3:30 continue exploring the many sightseeing pm. (Note: the group’s cabin and berth attractions of Helsinki.
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