Travel tips for the Norwegian Fjords
Norwegian Fjords – Travel tips
The best way to visit the Norwegian fjords is by joining a Fjord cruise package based on eco friendly travel by local transport. The trips include all transport & hotels en route, amazing Fjord cruises and spectacular train rides such as the Flam Railway & the Bergen line. Most of the trips start in Oslo, but there are also trips starting in Bergen. The trips are independent (you will travel like a local, not with a group)
You can choose between trips with day fjord cruises & overnight at hotels, or trips with overnight cruises on Hurtigruten ships. Our Norwegian fjords travel tips:
The Naeroyfjord
Fjord cruises during the day & overnight at hotels:
Oslo, Bergen, Flam Railway & Sognefjord. 4 nights
Norway in a Nutshell. 5 nights
Sognefjord cruise & Balestrand village. 6 nights
Bergen, Sognefjord, Geilo & Oslo. 6 nights
A taste of Sognefjord & Hardangerfjord. 7 nights
The Grand Tour of the Fjords. 8 nights
Overnight cruises as well as day cruises:
Geirangerfjord Highlights. 5 nights with 1 night on board
Geirangefjord & Norway in a Nutshell. 6 nights with day cruise + 1 night on board
Norwegian Fjords & Western coast. 7 nights with day cruise & 1 night on board
The Exclusive Grand Tour of Norway. 11 nights with day cruise & 6 nights on board
Lofoten Islands, Helgeland & Sognefjord. 12 nights with day cruise & 3 nights on board (8 nights option available)
Read about the main Norwegian Fjords
Photos from the Fjords:
Aurlandsfjord branch, Sognefjord
Aurland village, Sognefjord
Vik village, Sognefjord
Ferry on the Sognefjord
Suggested tours:
Grand Tour of the Fjords:
with fjord cruises on the 3 main fjords of western Norway; the Sognefjord, the Hardangerfjord & the Geirangerfjord.
Along with stays in Oslo, you will have a relaxing stay at the historic Kvikne’s hotel in the beautiful Balestrand fjord village, you will spend 2 nights in spectacular Bergen, spend a night in authentic, historic Trondheim & spend 2 nights on board a Hurtigruten ship.
You will enjoy wonderful train rides; on the Bergen line across Hardangervidda mountain plateau, a spectacular journey from mountain to the fjord on the Flam Railway and finally the scenic Dovre line across Dovre mountain plateau & through the beautiful Gudbrandsdal valley.
A day trip to the Hardangerfjord includes an excursion to the breathtaking Maabodal valley with the Voringfoss waterfall, and during the Hurtigruten cruise you will join an excursion across the marvellous Golden route, with the Trollstigen hairpin road and a spectacular view of the Geirangerfjord
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Geirangerfjord & Norway in a Nutshell:
with the 2 UNESCO fjords; The Naeroyfjord & the Geirangerfjord.
Starting with a stay in Oslo, then travel by the scenic Bergen train line with spectacular mountain views, then by the Flam Railway down to the Sognefjord, offering dramatic mountain peaks, waterfalls and a beautiful river.
After a night at the historic Fretheim hotel in tiny Flam fjord village, you will join the most amazing fjord cruise on the inner Sognefjord branches; the Aurlandsfjord and then in to the narrow Naeroyfjord, with steep mountain sides and unbelievable, tiny farms along the mountain sides.
Then via the breathtaking Stalheimskleiva hairpin road & train to beautiful Bergen. You will spend the next day at leisure in Bergen before the Hurtigruten ship departs in the evening, taking you on an overnight cruise to the Art nouveau town of Alesund, with a full day cruise to the spectacular Geirangerfjord.
Enjoy a full day in Alesund before you return to Oslo via the amazing Rauma line & the Dovre line
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