Norwegian Coastal Voyage & Lapland (2012)

Helsinki • Ivalo • 5-Night Coastal Cruise • Bergen • Oslo
  • 13 days
  • from only:
  • $3345
  • $258 per day
    Land Tour Only
  • 14 days
  • from only:
  • $3895
  • $279 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes
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With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two vacations to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the Grand Circle vacation that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your vacation
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your vacation with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of Grand Circle vacations to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Washington, DC (Dulles)

14hrs

Boston

12hrs

Baltimore, Minneapolis

15hrs

Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Portland, OR, San Francisco, Seattle

16hrs

Detroit

3hrs

Houston

18hrs

New York (JFK)

9hrs

Los Angeles

17hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Helsinki, Finland. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Post-Trip: Oslo, Norway

3 nights from only $695

Looking out over a bustling maritime scene—pleasure craft, cruise ships, and shrimp trawlers—at the head of Oslofjord, Scandinavia's oldest capital's limits include 40 islands and over 300 lakes. With hills and forests at its back and the fjord as its front door, Oslo offers a wealth of delights.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

It's Included

  • Accommodations for 3 nights at the First-Class Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania or similar
  • 3 meals: 3 breakfasts
  • Included tour: Oslo
  • 3-day Oslo Pass—providing free entrance to more than 30 museums; free public transportation within the city center; and special offers on Oslo attractions, restaurants, and shops
  • Exclusive services of a Grand Circle Program Director
Day 1
Oslo, Norway

After breakfast, explore Oslo during an included orientation walk with your Program Director. Here is a world capital with nature at its very doorstep—fields, forests, fjords, farms, mountains, and meadows are all contained within the city limits. But it is also a city of great architecture, sweeping boulevards, and imposing buildings, as you'll see this morning.

The balance of the day is yours to discover more of Oslo at your own pace. Your included Oslo Pass gives you free entrance to more than 30 museums, free public transportation within the city center, and much more.
Day 2
Oslo

With suggestions from your Program Director—and using your included Oslo Pass—spend the day absorbing Oslo's sights on your own. Perhaps you'll visit the newly developed Aker Brygge Festival Market Mall, a glass-and-steel assemblage of markets, cafes, and shops along the harbor. Oslo also has museums for virtually any interest. Your included Oslo Pass gives you free entrance to many of them, as well as free public transportation in the city center. Trace the life and work of Norway's foremost artist at the Edvard Munch Museum, whose collection includes Munch's best-known painting, The Scream. And at the Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, located near the Oslofjord, you'll find a robust collection of modern art, including hundreds of paintings by Olympic figure skater Sonja Henie, whose medals and trophies are also on display.

You might also consider strolling through beautiful Frogner Park, where can wander among the bronze and granite statues of acclaimed sculptor Gustav Vigeland. Or visit Akershus Castle, a medieval fortress that houses the Norwegian Resistance Museum, which documents efforts to overthrow the Nazis, who occupied Norway during World War II. You can also view the Royal Palace, constructed between 1825 and 1848 and the official residence of Norway's royal family, and Oslo's Town Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize is presented every tenth of December.
Day 3
Oslo

Continue making your own discoveries today with the benefit of your included Oslo Pass.

You might add to your insights into Norway’s maritime heritage by traveling to the Bygdoy Peninsula to visit the Kon Tiki Museum. See the famous balsa raft Kon Tiki, from 1947, and the papyrus boat RAII, built in 1970, both from Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions. Examine the various exhibits detailing Heyerdahl's findings in Peru and Polynesia. Perhaps you'll visit the nearby Fram Museum, as well, and explore the Fram, the Colin Archer-designed exploration vessel used by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, and Roald Amundsen in their Arctic and Antarctic explorations.

A short walk away, you'll find the Viking Ship Museum, which offers insight into more of Norway's proud traditions as a seafaring nation of intrepid explorers. The museum's impressive holdings include small boats and carved sledges, as well as wagons, textiles, harnesses, tools, and kitchen utensils—all found on sunken or buried ships around the Oslofjord. Perhaps even more intriguing are three Viking longboats dating back to AD 800.
Day 4
Oslo/Return to U.S.

After breakfast, you'll transfer to the airport for your flight home.