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Fairy Tale Denmark

Fairy Tale Denmark

FAIRY TALE

Day 1: ARRIVE Arrive to your hotel in Copenhagen city centre on own. The capital is full of attractions, most of them located within walking distance in the city centre. We recommend a visit to the Tivoli Gardens (not open all year), the Palace, the (Danish Parliament), the Gefion Fountain, the old harbour ‘Nyhavn’, the Little Mermaid, the Round Tower, the museum of Carlsberg or one of the many other museums of art, culture, history and design. Also remember time to enjoy the pedestrian shopping streets of Strøget and surroundings. Accommodation at 3 star+ class hotel in Copenhagen, centrally located

Day 2: COPENHAGEN – ODENSE (168KM) Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up rental car in the city centre. Departure from Copenhagen westward through farming countryside and small villages, some of which were founded by Vikings more than a thousand years ago. Upon arrival in Roskilde - until 1417, the capital of Denmark – we recommend a visit to the the twin-spired . The construction of the cathedral was commenced during the 12th century and additions have been made through the ages, in different architectural styles. The cathedral is the traditional burial place of Danish monarchs and contains more than 40 royal graves. Continue from Roskilde to Halskov from where you will drive over one of the world’s largest suspension bridges constructed off-shore and arrive on the island of Funen. Continue to Odense, Denmark’s third largest city and Hans Christian Andersen’s home town. We recommend a visit to the home he grew up in, the Hans Christian Andersen Home. The humble house, where H.C. Andersen was born in 1805, has been turned into a museum dedicated to the world famous fairy tale writer. Accommodation at 3 star+ class hotel in Odense, centrally located

Day 3: ODENSE – (142KM) Breakfast at the hotel. Leave Odense and cross the Little Belt waterway to . On the way to Aarhus, we recommend a detour to the village of . During the 10C, at the height of the Viking period, Jelling was for sometime the royal seat chosen by two Viking kings, and his son , who started the Danish Royal line. As evidence they left two large burial mounds and two rune stones, known as the Jelling Stones, which have given crucial information about early Danish history. Continue to Aarhus, the second largest city of Denmark and also known as the City of the Smile. We recommend a visit to the Old City (), a fascination open-air collection of completely furnished old Danish town houses with workshops etc. Also possibility to visit the cathedral, the museum of Danish prehistory, Moesgaard or the drive past the Palace in Aarhus, the holiday residence of the Royal Family. When the Royal Family is not in residence there is free admission to the palace park for the public from morning to evening. Accommodation at 3 star+ class hotel in Aarhus, centrally located

Day 4: AARHUS – NORTH ZEALAND – COPENHAGEN (141KM) Breakfast at the hotel and departure by ferry from Aarhus to the tongue of land Sjællands Odde on Zealand. Passing through rural villages and wooded, undulating countryside to Hillerød where we recommend a visit to the , the beautifully situated Renaissance building which - like so many others - was built by orders of King Christian IV. Today, Frederiksborg is the home of the Museum of National History, the collection of which includes priceless paintings, silver and porcelain items, furniture and tapestries. The castle chapel houses Denmark’s oldest organ from 1610. If time permits we recommend driving via Fredensborg for a photo stop at the , the spring and autumn residence of the Royal Family, to Helsingør (Elsinore) and the Castle, made famous by Shakespeare and the story of Hamlet. Afterwards route to Copenhagen. Along the way a possibility to visit world-famous museum of modern art, Louisiana, or Rungstedlund, situated on the shores of Øresund, 25 km north of Copenhagen, next to a tiny picturesque harbour full of colourful pleasure boats of all sizes. Rungstedlund was the beautiful family home of Denmark’s most famous female author, Karen Blixen, whose autobiographical book “Out of Africa” became known worldwide when a film was made of it in 1985. The house has been turned into a museum but a great part of it has been left as it was when she lived in it. Continue to Copenhagen and evening free for leisure.Accommodation at 3 star+ class hotel in Copenhagen, centrally located

Day 5: COPENHAGEN DEPARTURE Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and drop off rental car at local office. Departure from Copenhagen at own arrangement.

Includes: • 4 nights’ accommodation including breakfast in 3*/4* centrally located hotels • Bridge toll Great Belt Bridge • Ferry crossing for car and passengers Aarhus – Sjællands Odde • Car rental class, 4 days (96 hours) city/city Copenhagen ** Please choose between the following categories of transmission o Cat C, type Mercedes Benz A-Class or similar, with manual transmission o Cat I, type BMW 2 Series or similar, with automatic transmission

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