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Day 1 - Thursday, August 2
Departure from USA (D on board)
Depart on your overnight
transatlantic flight to Stockholm, Sweden. Or request international
departure from the city of your choice, dependent upon availability.
Day 2 - Friday, August 3
Arrival in Stockholm (B on board, D)
Arrive in Stockholm. A
get-acquainted tour of Stockholm includes: City Hall, the Wasa Ship
Museum, which houses the restored Wasa ship that sank on its maiden voyage
in the 17th Century, Embassy Row, the magnificent view of the city from
Fjellgatan Street and Gamla Stan (Old Town). The afternoon is free to
explore this wonderful city. Of interest on your own: Gamla Stan (Old
Town), the royal palace, many museums and shopping. Dinner and overnight
in Stockholm.
Day 3 -
Saturday,
August 4
Stockholm - Archipelago - Blidö - Yxlan - Furusund
- Norrtälje (B, D)
This morning a cruise of
the beautiful Stockholm Archipelago takes you to the island of Blidö.
Enjoy free time to shop and explore then board the ferry and do a bit of
island hopping, visiting Yxlan and Furusund. Rejoin your bus on Furusund
and travel the winding road to Norrtälje for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 - Sunday, August
5
Norrtälje - Åland - Norrtälje (B, D)
Today travel to
Kapellskär to join the Viking Line cruise to Mariehamn on the
Finnish island of Åland. Take a tour of this island city and
surrounding countryside before returning to Norrtälje. Enjoy a delicious
smorgasbord dinner on board the boat before arriving back at Kapellskär.
Overnight in Norrtälje.
Day 5 - Monday, August
6
Norrtälje - Uppsala - Sala - Avesta -
Tällberg (B, D)
Travel inland to the
university town of Uppsala to tour the magnificent Uppsala Cathedral and
visit Gamla Uppsala, the site of ancient Viking Age burial mounds. In the
small town of Sala, visit the Sala Silver Mine, founded sometime in the
1400’s, the mine received its first charter in 1512. At Avesta make a
photo stop to see the world’s largest Dala horse standing 43 three feet
tall. Continue to Tällberg for dinner and overnight.
Day 6 - Tuesday, August
7
Tällberg - Nusnäs - Rättvik - Sundborn -
Leksand - Tällberg (B, D)
This morning drive to
Nusnäs to watch expert craftsmen at work carving Sweden’s famous Dala
horses at Nils Olssons Hemslöjd. Near the town of Rättvik visit the
beautiful 12th century church surrounded by hundreds of tiny “houses” once
used to stable horses during the long church services. Continue to
Sundborn to tour the home and studio of world-renowned artist Carl
Larsson. This evening enjoy a dinner cruise on beautiful Lake Siljan
aboard the M/S Gustaf Vasa.
Overnight in Tällberg.
Day 7 - Wednesday, August
8
Tällberg - Ludvika - Filipstad - Karlstad (B,
D)
Depart Tällberg heading
south out of Dalarna. Continue to Ludvika, once an important mining town
(first ironworks 1555) but now dominated by the electrical industry
(transformer testing plant of the ASEA Brown Boveri corporation). Make a
stop for a coffee break at the “Konditori” in Ludvika before continuing to
Filipstad to visit the John Ericsson burial site. Continue to Karlstad,
for dinner and overnight.
Day 8 - Thursday, August
9
Karlstad- Håverud- Vänersborg- Karlsborg (B,D)
Today enjoy
a visit to the Dalsland Center in Håverud, the hub of the Dalsland Canal
system, built in the 1800’s to connect Dalsland and western Värmland. Its
pride and joy is the remarkable aqueduct, canal builder Nils Ericson’s
remarkable invention to create a passage past the Håverud rapids. Enjoy
free time in Vänersborg before continuing to Karlsborg for dinner and
overnight.
Day 9 - Friday, August
10
Karlsborg - Tiveden - Motala - Linköping
(B, D)
This morning drive through
the awesome old-growth Tiveden National Forest before swinging down the
other side of Lake Vättern to Motala. View a section of the Göta Canal,
which was constructed in the early 19th century to provide a
route from Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden to the Baltic Sea on the
east coast. Travel to Linköping to visit Gamla Linköping, the Old Town of
Linköping. Dinner and overnight in Linköping.
Day 10, Saturday, August
11
Linköping - Bergs Slussar
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Västervik - Kalmar (B, L, D)
Take another look at the
Göta Canal at Bergs Slussar before continuing to Västervik on Sweden’s
east coast. This afternoon enjoy a delightful cruise on the archipelago
before continuing to Kalmar for dinner and overnight.
Day 11, Sunday, August
12
Kalmar - Öland- Kalmar (B, D)
Enjoy a full day of
exploration and touring on the island of Öland on the Baltic Sea. Öland is
the smallest of Sweden’s traditional provinces and the country’s second
largest island. Enjoy a tour of the ruins of Borgholm castle situated near
Solliden, the summer residence of the royal family. Visit Eketorp, one of
nineteen Iron Age ringforts identified on the island and the only one to
be completely excavated, yielding over 24,000 artifacts. In late
afternoon, return to Kalmar for dinner and overnight.
Day 12 - Monday, August 13
Kalmar- “Crystal Kingdom”- Karlshamn- Kristianstad (B,D)
Tour centuries old
Kalmar Castle before continuing to the Crystal Kingdom and the crystal
factories of Orrefors and Kosta Boda. At Karlshamn in the province of
Blekinge stop at the “Emigrant Statue” dedicated to Karl-Oskar and
Kristina, from the Vilhelm Moberg “Emigrants” books. Drive to Kristianstad
for dinner and overnight.
Day 13 - Tuesday, August 14
Kristianstad - Lund - Copenhagen (B)
Continue in the province
of Skåne to the university town of Lund for a brief stop at Lund
Cathedral, which houses the amazing 12th century astronomical clock. Drive
through the city of Malmö and over the Öresund Bridge to Copenhagen for
your flight home to the U.S.A. this afternoon.
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