
Norway
The fjords without a car, from the Flåm railway to the coastal cruise
Norway
Norway at a slow pace: Oslo, the Bergen line and the Flåm railway, the Sognefjord cruise, two days in Bergen, the coastal cruise to Stavanger, then the Lysefjord and the Preikestolen rock.
When
June to August
Price
From 2 677€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
7 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-5
The train and the fjord.
Day 1
Arrival in Oslo
Flight to Oslo, welcome and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2
Oslo
Oslo: Vigeland Park and its sculptures, the opera house on the fjord, Akershus Fortress and the Viking ship museum.

Day 3
Oslo – Myrdal – Flåm
The Bergen line to Myrdal, then the Flåm railway, one of the steepest in the world, down to the end of the fjord.

Day 4
Sognefjord – Bergen
The Sognefjord, Norway's longest and deepest fjord, and the Briksdal glacier.

Day 5
Bergen
Bergen, its UNESCO-listed wooden Hanseatic houses of Bryggen, the fish market and the Fløyen funicular.

Days 6-8
Cruise and Preikestolen.
Day 6
Coastal cruise
A cruise along the west coast to Stavanger.

Day 7
Lysefjord – Preikestolen
A cruise on the Lysefjord at the foot of Preikestolen, the 'Pulpit Rock', a flat 604-metre cliff, and the Kjeragbolten.

Day 8
Back to France
Transfer to Stavanger airport and fly to France.


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