Picturebook Norway – Fjordland Spectacular
16 days from £2095pp.
Visit: Geiranger Fjord, Norway
Visit: Bergen, Norway
Visit: Copenhagen, Denmark
Visit: Sognefjord, Norway
About the Tour
See the spectacular Norwegian Fjords by coach on this fabulous itinerary. This new exciting holiday features cascading waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, and crystal-clear blue waters, combining to create a most memorable holiday. Visit Bergen, Norway's principal seaport, take a cruise on Geirangerfjord the areas crowning glory, see the magnificent Vøringsfossen Waterfall which cascades 600ft into the valley below, or choose to take in the beautiful Fjordland scenery on the Famous Flåm Railway in Voss. Complete your perfect coach holiday to Norway with a day in the capital, Oslo and Denmark's capital wonderful, wonderful, Copenhagen. We hope you’ll join us in 2018. This holiday is part of our GRAND EXPLORER range.
Tour Includes
- 14 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 12 evening meals
- Overnight ferry crossing from Hirtshals to Bergen in a two-berth cabin with breakfast
- Travel Door-to-Door or convenient Local Joining Points
- Travel by Silver Service luxury coach with extra legroom
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 01709 787 463 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Your Itinerary
Day 1
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to Holland for an overnight stay.
Day 2
Continue into Denmark and on to Aarhus for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3
Aarhus
Old Town, Aarhus
Spend the day in Aarhus. Situated on the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula, Aarhus is home to a pretty old town, numerous art galleries and the fascinating open air Den Gamle By (The Old Town Museum). Join our optional city tour to see some of the main sights, including the cathedral, which dates back to 1520, and the Marselisborg Palace, summer residence of the Royal family. Later this evening we board the overnight ferry from Hirtshals to Bergen.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Bergen
Bergen
We cruise along the Norwegian shoreline to arrive in Bergen around lunchtime. We disembark and spend the afternoon in Bergen, Norway’s principal seaport – a joy to explore. Join our optional sightseeing tour which will introduce you to the city. In the heart of the medieval quarter you will walk through the narrow streets where the merchants of the Hanseatic League used to live, learn about their lives and discover the history of this 900-year old city. We later head to Voss and our hotel for three nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Norway in a Nutshell®
Flåm Railway
Join this popular excursion, which takes you through some of the country’s most beautiful scenery. We join the Flåm Railway in Voss and travel via the mountain station of Myrdal down to the fjord at Flåm, seeing the most magnificent scenery with ever-changing panoramas of cascading waterfalls and lofty mountains. We then continue by boat on the Aurlandsfjord into the Nærøyfjord, one of the narrowest fjords in Europe, an amazingly beautiful spot. Our journey continues by coach as we enjoy wonderful views before returning to Voss.
The Norway in a Nutshell® excursion is highly recommended and extremely popular, therefore this excursion must be purchased before departure in order to secure your place. The cost for this is £99 per person. Please ask for details when booking your holiday.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6
Eidfjord, Vøringsfoss and Hardanger Nature Museum
Vøringsfossen Waterfall
A day at leisure in Voss or why not join our excursion to Eidfjord, Vøringsfoss and the Hardanger Nature Museum? The small town of Eidfjord lies at the tip of the Hardangerfjord, the second longest fjord in Norway, and is surrounded by impressive rolling mountains. Here, we include a visit to the Hardanger Nature Museum where the many exhibits show you the best of Norwegian nature. Before we leave Eidfjord, we visit the spectacular Vøringsfoss waterfalls. The water from the Hardrager mountain plateau cascades almost 600ft into the Måbødalen valley below. Your camera is a must!
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7
Sognefjord and the Bøyabreen Glacier
Sognefjord
We travel north through spectacular countryside with fine viewpoints on the way to descend to the shores of the vast Sognefjord, the world’s longest fjord, known as the ‘fjord beneath the glaciers’. We cross the fjord by ferry from Vangsnes and follow the northern shores of the huge sea inlet past the hamlets of Leikanger and Hermansverk, then north to the land of the glaciers. We see the Bøyabreen Glacier, an outlet from the expansive Jostedalsbreen Glacier, and then visit the excellent Norwegian Glacier Museum at Fjærland, with its first class exhibition about glaciers and fjords. Continue to Loen for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8
Alesund
Continue north to Alesund, where we stay for two nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 9
Geirangerfjord Cruise
Geirangerfjord
Join our full-day cruise from Alesund through magnificent scenery to the lakeside town of Geiranger. The Geirangerfjord is the crowning glory among the area's pearls of natural beauty. With majestic, snow-covered mountain peaks, beautiful and wild waterfalls, lush, green vegetation and the deep blue waters of the fjord, it really is like something taken from a fairytale.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 10
Valldal and Ringebu
Trollstigen (Troll's Footpath)
We head to Valldal, where you can enjoy breathtaking views of the Trollstigen, or Troll's Footpath – a spectacular winding mountain road and one of Norway's most dramatic attractions. Continue through magnificent scenery to Ringebu, where we make a stop to see the famous Stave Church, built in the 13th century. We head to Lillehammer for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 11
Oslo
We head to Oslo, where we stay for two nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 12
Oslo
Oslo's Parliament Building
Spend a day in the grand Norwegian capital, with its wealth of cultural attractions including the Akerhus Fortress, the National Gallery, the Kontiki Museum and the Viking Ship Museum. To make the most of your day, join our optional guided sightseeing tour, which will give an introduction to this historic capital.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 13
Kronborg Castle
We leave Norway and head into Denmark, passing Kronborg Castle in Helsingor, which was immortalised as Elsinore in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Continue to Copenhagen, where we stay for two nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 14
Copenhagen
Famous Nyhaven, Copenhagen
Spend time in the Danish capital on our included excursion. We offer an optional city tour of the fascinating landmarks and beautiful architectural masterpieces, including the bronze statue of the Little Mermaid, taken from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, and the Rosenborg Palace, which is home to the Danish crown jewels.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 15
To Belgium for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Day 16
Return Home
- Included meals: Breakfast
Your Excursions
Included Excursions & Visits
- Bergen
- Aarhus
- Sognefjord & Bøyabreen Glacier
- Oslo
- Copenhagen
- Valldal & Ringebu
Optional Excursions & Visits
- Norway In A Nutshell®
- Eidfjord, Vøringsfoss and Hardanger Nature Museum
- Geirangerfjord Cruise
- Guided Sightseeing in Bergen, Oslo, Copenhagen and Aarhus.
Notes
Frequently asked questions about our tours
Accommodation
You will stay for one night in Aarhus at the Scandic Aarhus City; three nights at the Fleischers Hotel in Voss; one night at the Hotel Loenfjord in Loen; two nights at the Scandic Parken in Alesund; one night at the Scandic Victoria, Lillehammer; two nights at the Scandic Solli or Scandic Victoria in Oslo and two nights at the Scandic Sydhavnen in Copenhagen.
You will also stay for one night on board the ferry from Hirtshals to Bergen.
Overnight stays in Belgium and Holland will be in city-style hotels.
Frequently asked questions about accommodation
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
Travel Information
- Travel Options
- Extra Services
Silver Service coach
Find out moreSilver Service
On most of our holidays you can upgrade to Silver Service, luxury coach travel, for comfort and style across Europe.
Relax and have a chat in the spacious rear lounge.
Servery on board offering a range of refreshments.
Enjoy the perfect temperature onboard with climate control.
Stay overnight near Dover
Find out moreWhy not go the night before your holiday for a relaxing start? You can park for FREE for up to nine days at the Holiday Inn Ashford North and enjoy an overnight stay with English breakfast from just £38 per person. This offer is subject to availability and based on two sharing a twin/double room on a B&B basis. We’ll then collect you from the hotel on the day of departure and return you there at the end of your holiday.
To book this package, please call the hotel on 01233 713333, quoting ‘Leger Holidays’ and your booking reference. If your holiday is longer than nine days you can pay for additional days’ parking. Ask one of our friendly reservations team for more details when you book your holiday.
Single supplements and terms and conditions apply.
Our Door-to-Door service
Find out moreOn Single Traveller holidays and coach holidays of 7 days’ duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point. If you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining points we’ll pick you up from your home and take you to meet your transfer vehicle, then return you back home at the end of your holiday. The cost is just £30 per booking each way for up to four people per booking.
If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge – please enquire at the time of booking.
Join coach at Interchange
Find out moreOn most holidays if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines.
Excludes holidays to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
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*Please note pickups are subject to availability.
Frequently asked questions about travel options
Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £25pp (9 days duration and over) on all European tours. In addition to this seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £15pp (9 days duration and over). This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on feeder journeys to/from the U.K. port. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure and will depend on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
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Call our reservations team on:
01709 787 463
To book this tour, just give our friendly team a call on 01709 787 463 or book online at www.leger.co.uk