7 -10 Day Highlights Of Stockholm – A Captivating Port City
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7-10 Day Sweden Itinerary: Stockholm
Day 0 United States: US - Stockholm International Flight US to Stockholm, Sweden TBD
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Day 1 Arrival Sweden: US - Stockholm
Upon arrival at Stockholm Airport, you will meet your private English-speaking Guest Relations Expert in the customs area. You will be escorted through immigration and customs and forward through the airport to the baggage claim area. There, you will be joined by your private English-speaking driver who will manage your luggage and then transfer you to your hotel (TBD).
Upon reaching the hotel, you will be met by the concierge who will welcome you with a VIP check-in experience. Your luggage will be managed and delivered to your accommodation.
This morning, while you await your accommodations to be available, you will have a wonderful relaxing and rejuvenating experience in the Spa. Your reservation in the spa includes massage treatments, facial treatments and relaxation time in the sanctuary area of the spa. You are free to enjoy the pool, exercise facilities or just relax and enjoy refreshing beverages and nibble on some morning delights.
After your spa morning, you will be escorted to your accommodations where you can settle in and relax in your suite.
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Lunch is on your own today. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm. The remainder of the day is at leisure to relax in the hotel or do a little exploring on your own.
Dinner is on your own tonight. You have reservations in the hotel restaurant which will end your day in a relaxed and beautiful way. Overnight in Stockholm.
Day 2 Sweden: Stockholm Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, meet your Private English-speaking Driver & Professional Local Guide in the lobby of the hotel for your private Full day City Tour of Stockholm.
Lunch will be en-route today during your tour. Your guide will offer recommendations for dining in the area. (Payment is direct to the restaurant at the time of service.)
09:30-17:00 Local English speaking guide and driver for full day city tour of Stockholm including all major highlight as well as a walking tour of the charming Gamla Stan. The tour also includes a visit to the City Hall, the Vasa Museum and the Royal Palace.
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This morning you will be guided on a tour of Stockholm to visit some of its most famous sites. Some of the sites you will visit on the tour include the Royal Palace, the Parliament Buildings, the island of Djurgården and the Old Town (Gamla Stan), with its narrow, cobbled streets and numerous antique shops.
Stadshuset (City Hall): The City hall is one of the best known land marks of Stockholm and the city´s administrative and representative center. In the Blue Hall, the world famous Nobel Prize banquet takes place every year, followed by a ball in the Golden Hall.
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Vasa Museum: The impressive warship Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 but was salvaged 333 years later in 1961. She has since been restored and can now be seen with her complete rigging at the Vasa Museum.
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Royal Palace: The Royal Palace of Stockholm is His Majesty The King's official residence and is also the setting for most of the monarchy's official receptions. The entrance ticket includes visit to the Royal Apartments, the Treasury and the Tre Kronor Museum (three crowns museum).
You will be returned to your hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure to continue to explore on your own or relax in your hotel.
Dinner is on your own. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
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Day 3 Sweden: Stockholm
Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, you will have a day at leisure to relax in the hotel, enjoy the spa, or explore a little on your own.
Lunch & Dinner are on your own today. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
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Day 4 Sweden: Stockholm - Nordic Museum and the Skansen Openair Museum www.celebrationescapes.com 678-500-9548
Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, you will meet your private English-speaking driver & professional local guide in the lobby of the hotel for your private Half day Tour of The Nordic Museum and Skansen Open-air Museum.
10:00-14:00 half day for visits to Nordiska Museet (The Nordic Museum) and Skansen Openair Museum. Rest of the day free Nordiska Museet (the Nordic Museum): The Nordiska Museet is the largest museum of cultural history in Sweden.
Skansen Openair Museum: Skansen, the world´s oldest open air museum, was founded in 1891 and features some 150 cultural-historic buildings from all over Sweden. Including a zoo with wild and domestic Nordic animals, Skansen is the venue for traditional annual festivities, markets, folk dance displays and other celebrations. Here you can learn about traditional Swedish handicraft and folklore.
Lunch is on your own today. After the sightseeing tour the guide will suggest a local restaurant for lunch. (payment direct to the restaurant at time of service). You will be returned to your hotel at the end of your tours and the rest of the day is at leisure to relax in your hotel or explore on your own.
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Dinner 18:45: Make your way (5 minute walk) to the Stadshuskallaren Restaurant to meet your Dinner reservation at 19:00 where you will enjoy the Nobel Menu, served on the classic Nobel dinner ware.
The sample menu is: • Guinea hen mosaic, carrot variation with Gotland truffle and chanterelle duxelle with truffle mayonnaise - Champagne Gaston Chiquet Cuvée Tradition • Turbot cupola stuffed with Norwegian lobster, tartelette with lobster on a bed of cream cheese and spinach, pointed cabbage terrine, lobster sauce and almond potato purée - Château L’Hospitalet La Reserve Rouge 2011, Coteaux du Langedoc La Clape Chocolate silhouette with nougat and sea buckthorn explosion - Nivole Moscato d’Asti 2012, Michele Chiarlo • including wine package, mineral water, coffee and a unique numbered menu as a souvenir. (Payment to be paid direct to the restaurant at time of service)
You will make your own way back to your hotel and the rest of the evening is at leisure to relax in your hotel.
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Day 5 Sweden: Stockholm -
Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, you will be at leisure to relax in the hotel or explore on your own.
12:00pm: you will meet your private English-speaking professional local guide in the lobby of the hotel for your Private 4 Hr. Food Tasting Tour.
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4 hours Food Tasting tour: This in-depth 4-hour tour is a new and fascinating way to experience Stockholm through its culinary delights.
Nordic food might be the most innovative cuisine in the world - and did you know it has its own manifesto? • On the guided food and cultural city walking tours you will enjoy deliciously fresh food brought to you in true Scandinavian style, grown in the cold North and sustainable for the planet. • The tour combines this with intriguing stories and insights into Stockholm’s history and food culture from the foundation of the city to modern times. • You walk through the oldest parts of Stockholm, Gamla Stan, the new market halls and you visit some of the trendiest dining places in town. • The walking distance is 4 km, at a very leisurely pace and you sit down several times. This tour is a perfect combination of sightseeing with carefully selected tastings and makes up to a full meal. • Tasting locations and samples during this tour (samples may vary): • Assortment of Swedish cheeses • selection of game meats • seasonal fruit & local honey • 3 seafood canapés & a glass of white wine • Svenska fisksoppa - saffron fish soup
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• a hot chocolate and a seasalt choc cloudberry jam, licorice, truffle 1 piece of Polkagris (Swedish candy) • Fika - a coffee/tea and a cinnamon roll • Water No tours on Sundays. Food tastings may vary according to season and supply.
The tour terminates at in Gamla Stan, approx. 1 km from your hotel. Walk back to your hotel or enjoy more time on your own in the charming Gamla Stan.
The rest of the day is at leisure.
Dinner is on your own in tonight. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
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Day 6 Sweden: Stockholm – Museums – Dinner Cruise through the archipelagoes of Stockholm
Breakfast in the hotel.
11:00-19:00: After breakfast, you will Meet your Private English-speaking professional local guide in the lobby of the hotel for your private Half day Tour of The Milles Garden, Thielska Gallery and Hallwylska Museum (11:00-16:00 Car and Driver Service – this service ends 300 meters from your hotel)
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• Millesgården: An oasis just 15 minutes from downtown Stockholm. Millesgården is a museum with an artist home, antique collection, sculpture garden, art gallery and restaurant • Thielska Galleriet: Thielska Galleriet is recognized as one of the finest art museums in Sweden and is beautifully set in walled grounds at Blockhusudden in the royal pak of Djurgården. • The gallery houses a unique collection of works of art from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by leading artists of the period including Eugéne Jansson, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, August Strindberg and Anders Zorn. • The Hallwylska House: Enter the home of Count and Countess Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, one of Stockholm's most eccentric and engaging museums. www.celebrationescapes.com 678-500-9548
This palatial residence was built as a winter home for the immensely rich couple, completed in 1898.
Lunch: During the sightseeing tour the guide will suggest a local restaurant for lunch (payment direct to the restaurant at time of service.)
You will be returned to your hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure to relax in your hotel or explore on your own.
18:30: Meet your private English-speaking driver in the lobby of the hotel for your transfer to the port for your dinner cruise through the archipelagoes of Stockholm.
19:00 – 22:00: Archipelago Dinner Cruise. • 19:00-22:00: Combined a “Tour to Vaxholm” with dinner (not possible to get off at Vaxholm). Welcome aboard and enjoy food and a journey on the way out towards the main city of the archipelago, Vaxholm. We are very proud of the food we serve onboard. Our chefs use fresh produce delivered every morning and cook as per order onboard. • Please note only boat tickets are included. Dinner will be ordered and paid on-board at the time of service.
After the cruise, meet your driver at the pier for your transfer back to your hotel.
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Day 7 Sweden: Stockholm
Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, you will have a day at leisure to relax in the hotel, enjoy the spa, or do a little more exploring on your own.
Lunch & Dinner are on your own in the area. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
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Day 8 Sweden: Stockholm – Drottingholm
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Breakfast in the hotel. After breakfast, meet your private English-speaking driver & professional local guide in the lobby of your hotel private Full day Tour of Drottningholm.
Walk from the hotel to the pier (2 minute walk). 10:00: Drottningholm cruise: 1 Hr. Depart by regular boat from central Stockholm out to the residence of Drottningholm. Visit Drottningholm Castle, the Castle Theater (private www.celebrationescapes.com 678-500-9548
guided tour with a theater guide) as well as the surrounding park and an outside visit to the Chinese Pavilion.
Drottningholm Castle: The Drottningholm Palace is on UNESCO's World Heritage list. It is the most well-preserved royal castle built in the 1600s in Sweden and at the same time is representative of all European architecture for the period. The Palace is the present Royal Family's permanent residence. The rooms in the southern wing of the palace are reserved for this purpose. The rest of the palace and grounds are open to the public year-round.
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Drottningholm Slottsteater (Castle Theater): Follow the multi-lingual guides on a tour that will take you into the public rooms surrounding the auditorium, into the auditorium where the magic of the stage and the splendid decorations will almost come to live, and end up in the beautiful Déjeuner Salon looking out over the English garden.
You will hear the sound of the thunder box and the wind machine or experience an aria and a famous orchestra piece, if there are rehearsals! A visit to Drottningholms Slottsteater will convery impressions of the theatre life in the 18th century and give a better understanding of the living cultural heritage.
Lunch is on your own at the Drottningholm Slotscafe during the day.
The Chinese Pavilion: UNESCO's World Heritage Site
The Chinese Pavilion: Together with Drottningholm Palace and its grounds, The Chinese Pavilion is on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Chinese Pavilion is a remarkable treasure in the majestic grounds of Drottningholm. The Chinese Pavilion was built in the middle of the 1700s, a period in European history when chinoiserie was the height of fashion. Today, the pavilion houses one of the finest remaining examples of such an interior.
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At 16:00 performance at the Castle Theater (Best possible seats will be booked, no VIP seats possible)
15:00: Boat back to Central Stockholm. You will walk back to your hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure to relax in the hotel or continue exploring on your own.
Dinner is on your own. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
Overnight in Stockholm.
Day 9 Sweden: Stockholm
Breakfast in the hotel.
After breakfast, you will have a day at leisure to relax in the hotel, enjoy the spa, or do a little more exploring on your own.
Lunch & Dinner are on your own in the area. See Celebration Escapes’ Restaurant Collection for recommendations for dining in Stockholm.
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Day 10 Sweden: Stockholm - US - Home
At 07:00, Meet your driver in the lobby of the hotel for your transfer to the airport to meet your international flight to the US.
07:45 You will be greeted by your VIP Liaison at the airport for assistance with your departure and help to the gate.
Breakfast at VIP lounge at Arlanda Airport on departure: (max 1 hours VIP lounge included)
• Breakfast plate with croissant cheese/roast beef/turkey, coffee/tea, juice and yoghurt: $31.00 per person • Croissant with butter and marmalade $14.00 per person
International Flight Home: Flight (TBD)
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