Scandinavia & Baltic Highlights
Optional Excursions

OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS DETAILS

Our tours are carefully planned to offer a comfortable balance of sightseeing, entertainment and leisure time. Optional Excursions provide the flexibility to choose between leisure time or additional guided sightseeing activities. Unless otherwise noted, optional excursions must be booked with and paid to your tour manager during the tour. Prices are in U.S. Dollars. MASTERCARD®, VISA®, or DISCOVER® (no other credit cards are accepted) are recommended to avoid carrying excessive cash and exchange rate fluctuations. You must be able to present the actual card to your tour manager. If you bring a DISCOVER® card, also bring a VISA® or MASTERCARD®, as DISCOVER® is not widely accepted in Europe. Cash payments during the tour must be in Euros. Personal checks and traveler’s checks are not accepted. The operation of all excursions is subject to sufficient participation, and some excursions are subject to favorable weather conditions. Your tour manager reserves the right to make changes or cancel excursions at their sole discretion.

DANISH CASTLES
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

A local guide will introduce you to the Frederiksborg Castle, built in the beginning of the 17th century and established on the three islets of Castle Lake. With its many towers and spires, this is the largest Renaissance castle in the Nordic region. Make a photo stop at Kronborg Castle, forever immortalized as the setting of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and situated at a prominent seaside location. Return to Copenhagen along the scenic “Gold Coast.”    $75.00 per person

BYGDOY PENINSULA
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

For a unique perspective on Norway’s seafaring history, take a ferry through Oslo’s scenic harbor to the Bygdoy Peninsula. Here, you will visit the Fram Museum to see the world’s best built wooden ship. BetFor a unique perspective on Norway’s seafaring history, take a ferry through Oslo’s scenic harbor to the Bygdoy Peninsula. Here, you will visit the Fram Museum to see the world’s best built wooden ship. Between 1893 and 1912, Norwegian explorers used this ship during three monumental polar expeditions in the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica. Continue to the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History which features an extensive collection of Norwegian artifacts. It also incorporates a large open-air museum with more than 150 buildings, relocated from towns and rural districts.   $95.00 per person

DROTTNINGHOLM PALACE
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Not far from Stockholm, on the island of Lovön, lies Drottningholm Palace, the private residence of the Swedish royal family. A guide will provide insight on the history and other details of the palace while you tour the magnificent interior salons from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. After the tour, you will have time to walk through the impressive Baroque garden surrounding the Palace.  $75.00 per person

VASA MUSEUM
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The Vasa was a 64-gun warship which sank in Stockholm harbor during her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa was salvaged from the sea bed in 1961 in remarkable condition due to the unique chemistry and frigid temperatures of the harbor water. Today, Vasa is the world’s best preserved 17th-century ship. The explanation by a museum guide and a short film will provide valuable insight for your visit. You will also have time to independently peruse the exhibits.  $60.00 per person.

OLDE HANSA DINNER
6:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Tallinn’s Olde Hansa Restaurant invites you into a medieval merchant’s home where guests experience a feast prepared using 15th-century recipes and cooking methods. The meal is served by costumed staff in an authentic, candle-lit atmosphere.  $85.00 per person.