Welcome to Norway! At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and travel companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)
Includes meal(s): Dinner
A Walk in the Park Join your Local Guide this morning to discover what makes Oslo special while seeing the sights of the National Theater, Parliament, and Royal Palace. Take a walk through incredible Frogner Park and visit City Hall. Explore more of Oslo at leisure with free time this afternoon and evening. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
Frogner Park features an incredible display of over 200 sculptures in granite, bronze, and wrought iron, along with fountains and bridges comprising the life’s work of legendary sculptor Gustav Vigeland. Visit the stately Oslo City Hall, with its red-brick architecture, soaring towers, and 49 bells. Here, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place each year
Includes meal(s): Breakfast
Portals to Heaven Depart Oslo for a scenic drive. Arrive in Borgund and visit the medieval, wooden Stave Church. Continue to the village of Flåm, embraced by natural beauty and considered to be one of the most beautiful places to visit in Norway. (B,D)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
The stave churches are Norway's most important contribution to world architecture and Norway's oldest preserved timber buildings. One of the most famous and distinctive is Borgund’s; built around 1180 and dedicated to the Apostle Andrew. Some of its finest features are the lavishly carved portals and the roof carvings of dragons' heads
Includes meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner
Ticket to Ride This morning a real treat awaits when you [LF] board the spectacular Flåm Railway, taking you on one of the world’s most beautiful train journeys. After disembarking, continue to Hardangerfjord, one of the longest fjords in the world, and enjoy free time to get acquainted with the area. (B,D)
LOCAL FAVORITE
Get on board Norway's world-famous Flåm Railway, a journey past deep ravines, cascading waterfalls, snow-capped peaks, and more on one of the world's steepest standard-gauge railway lines
Includes meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner
Roaring Waters & A Royal Retreat This morning, stop at Steinsdalsfossen to see one of Norway’s most popular waterfalls. Throughout history, it has attracted nature lovers, and was said to be the favorite retreat of Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Later, arrive in Bergen and enjoy some free time. Perhaps enjoy some local specialties for dinner. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
Beautiful Bergen paints the shoreline with different hues of its wooden houses along the old wharf on Norway’s southwestern coast. Often called the “Fjord Capital of Norway,” Bergen will charm you with its quaint charisma and the breathtaking natural wonder between the seven mountains
Includes meal(s): Breakfast
Spend Your Day Your Way in Bergen Follow your Local Guide for a walking tour of Bergen and see St. Mary’s Church.
Explore more of Bergen with your choice of an included Globus Choice excursion.
This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner with your travel companions. (B,D)
Includes meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner
Panoramas on the Rails Relax for a scenic train ride back to Oslo. Enjoy free time in the late afternoon and evening in Norway’s capital. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
All aboard for some of Scandinavia’s most beautiful landscapes via train as you cross Hardangervidda National Park and onto the Hardangervidda plateau, Europe’s largest high-mountain plateau
Includes meal(s): Breakfast
Safe travels until we meet again! Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)