Additional Included Highlights

• You will be escorted by one of our fine Travelling Concierges, handpicked to serve as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend overseas.
• Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary, available on departures with 15 or more guests.
• At every hotel, you'll be treated to seamless baggage handling, with prompt delivery inside your room.
• Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
• Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
• Complimentary, airport transfers are included on start and end dates and when additional accommodation has been booked through Luxury Gold. Guests will be transferred with fellow Luxury Gold Travellers that arrive on the same flight. Complimentary, private train station transfers are included when train travel is included within the itinerary. Transfers to train stations or alternate hotels, in the same start or end city of the itinerary, may be requested but are not guaranteed.

Choice Highlights

• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Copenhagen: Join your Local Expert for a visit to the Amalienborg Palaces, home to the Danish royal family and Crown Prince. These four identical palaces frame an octagonal courtyard where the changing of the guard ceremony takes place daily at noon.
• Copenhagen: Visit the Torvehallerne food market with a Local Expert and try smørrebrød, the famed open faced sandwich and a delicious Danish pastry.
• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Lake Vidöstern: Take to the waters by boat or canoe and explore tranquil Lake Vidöstern. Relax as you cruise, admire beautiful scenery and breathe in the fresh Swedish air.
• Vittaryd: Take a gentle bike ride around the many nature paths surrounding the manor, or maybe venture to the nearby forest.
• Vittaryd: Connect with nature and yourself at the hotel’s enchanting ECO Spa. Situated by the lake, you can enjoy beautiful views from the two wood-fired barrel saunas and hot tubs. The ECO Spa also features a solar heated relaxation room.
• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Geirangerfjord: Embark on an adrenaline-fuelled, fun and informative boat ride as you take a closer look at cascading waterfalls and remote mountain farms.
• Geiranger: Get active and join a guided kayaking adventure on the calm waters of the fjord. Hear about the local way of life as you peacefully paddle surrounded by magnicient mountains and waterfalls. No previous kayaking experience is needed; however, to enjoy this option you should be in excellent physical health.
• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Oslo: Visit the modern Oslo Opera House and learn about its architecture, stage technology and get a glimpse behind the scenes and find out what happens before the curtain rises.
• Oslo: Take part in a scenic bike ride through the lesser know areas of Oslo. Cycle the Askerselva River Path and admire the street art, discover the city waterfalls and visit the trendy neighbourhoods of Grünerløkka and Sørenga.

Well-being

• : Your Well-Being Director takes a proactive approach to your welfare ensuring all well-being regulations are met. On tours fewer than 15 guests, your Traveling Concierge will act as your Well-Being Director.
• : Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
• : Experience enhanced hygiene protocols to align with the latest guidance following COVID-19. All Travelling Concierge's, Well-Being Directors and Drivers have completed training in enhanced well-being and hygiene protocols.
• : We only work with establishments we are confident will consistently adhere to our high well-being standards, which include hotels, restaurants and sight-seeing venues.
• : Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.

Exceptional Dining

• Copenhagen: Enjoy a Welcome Dinner at Høst, an elegant restaurant serving contemporary Nordic cuisine in the heart of the city. Fresh Nordic ingredients and seasonal greens set the scene. With a focus on sustainable practices Høst works towards reducing food waste, reducing their CO2 footprint and have invested in a solar cell park.
• Copenhagen: Visit the Torvehallerne food market with a Local Expert and try smørrebrød, the famed open faced sandwich and a delicious Danish pastry.
• Stockholm: Dine at the Fotografiska Museum Restaurant, where you’ll enjoy a mouthwatering, creative and sustainability-driven dinner. Honoured with the Michelin Sustainability Emblem, Fotografiska is a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience serving organic, plant-based meals with a mission to inspire a more conscious world.
• Oslo: Raise a glass and toast to your Scandinavian adventure during your Celebration Dinner at one of the city's top restaurants, Grand Café Oslo. Feast on modern Nordic cuisine as you reminisce on the majesty of the fjords.
• Dining Summary: 7 Dinner with Wine (DW), and 11 Breakfast (B)

Journey Highlights

• Copenhagen: Explore this modern seafront city with your Local Expert, home to the happiest people in the world. See Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid on the harbour, the Renaissance Stock Exchange and the imposing Christiansborg Palace, where parliament sits.
• Copenhagen: Make the most of the long summer nights at the glittering Tivoli Gardens, the world-famous entertainment park, full of fantasy, fun and charm.
• Copenhagen: Join your Local Expert for a visit to the Amalienborg Palaces, home to the Danish royal family and Crown Prince. These four identical palaces frame an octagonal courtyard where the changing of the guard ceremony takes place daily at noon.
• Oresund Bridge: Cross this magnificent feat of engineering that links Denmark and Sweden in spectacular fashion. Join the millions who have traversed the longest road and rail bridge in Europe since June 2000, and spot the artificial island with its unique ecosystem.
• Lake Vidöstern: Take to the waters by boat or canoe and explore tranquil Lake Vidöstern. Relax as you cruise, admire beautiful scenery and breathe in the fresh Swedish air.
• Vittaryd: Take a gentle bike ride around the many nature paths surrounding the manor, or maybe venture to the nearby forest.
• Vittaryd: Connect with nature and yourself at the hotel’s enchanting ECO Spa. Situated by the lake, you can enjoy beautiful views from the two wood-fired barrel saunas and hot tubs. The ECO Spa also features a solar heated relaxation room.
• Vattern: As you journey across the stunning Swedish countryside, take a moment to admire the serene beauty of this picturesque lake, mentioned in Samuel Johnson's 'The Idler.' The water here is so fresh that you can drink it from any point.
• Stockholm: With a Local Expert, step inside the City Hall where the fabulous Gyllene salen, the Golden Hall, is covered by 18 million gilded mosaic tiles. You'll also see the Blå hallen, the Blue Hall, where the Nobel Prize banquets are held.
• Stockholm: Visit the Vasa Museum, which houses the world-famous Vasa Galleon, the world's best preserved 17th century warship that was salvaged after 333 years on the sea bed near Stockholm. Delve into what life was like on board through the exhibited items that have been recovered.
• Bergen: Your Local Expert will guide you through the lively fish market and its many stalls of handicrafts and souvenirs, before you have the chance to marvel at the 13th century Haakon's Hall, a former royal residence still in use for cultural events.
• Bergen: You're invited to visit Troldhaugen, the former summer home of renowned composer Edvard Grieg. See the villa where he dreamed up his Romantic-era masterpieces and enjoy a moving piano recital on Grieg’s own Steinway, hosted in the museum's chamber music hall.
• Flam Railway: Renowned as one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world, the Flåm railway takes you on a thrilling ride 866 meters up the mountainside to Myrdal station. Admire spectacular scenery as you weave in and out of tunnels and past dramatic waterfalls.
• Geirangerfjord: Embark on an adrenaline-fuelled, fun and informative boat ride as you take a closer look at cascading waterfalls and remote mountain farms.
• Geiranger: Get active and join a guided kayaking adventure on the calm waters of the fjord. Hear about the local way of life as you peacefully paddle surrounded by magnicient mountains and waterfalls. No previous kayaking experience is needed; however, to enjoy this option you should be in excellent physical health.
• Lillehammer: Pause on your journey to have a wander around the ski resort town of Lillehammer. Known for the 1994 and 2016 Winter Olympics, sports fans can see the famous ski jump and there are also a number of attractive late 19th century wooden houses on the walk.
• Oslo: Stroll around the pristine city of Oslo with your Local Expert to see the medieval Akershus Castle, constructed in the late 13th century. Stroll along Oslo Harbour and see the Royal Palace presiding over the main shopping street, Karls Johan.
• Oslo: Your Local Expert will guide you through the wonderful Frogner Park, where over 200 intriguing sculptures by local artist Gustav Vigeland can be seen. The baroque park is also home to Frogner Manor, a former meeting hotspot for the high society figures of Oslo.
• Oslo: Visit the modern Oslo Opera House and learn about its architecture, stage technology and get a glimpse behind the scenes and find out what happens before the curtain rises.
• Oslo: Take part in a scenic bike ride through the lesser know areas of Oslo. Cycle the Askerselva River Path and admire the street art, discover the city waterfalls and visit the trendy neighbourhoods of Grünerløkka and Sørenga.

VIP Experiences

• Oslo: Visit the Hollmenkollen Ski Jump Museum after-hours to learn about 4,000 years of skiing history and see Norwegian polar artifacts. Try out the ski simulator and then toast to your Scandinavian adventures with a drink from the best viewpoint in Oslo.