See the Gardens and Scenery of Scandinavia
September 5th, 2017
Denmark. Sweden. Norway.
A beautiful slice of Norway.
They’re all cold and dark in winter, but come summer, they’re three of the most scenic countries on the planet.
Here’s your chance to see all three in one shot – with a gardening bent, too.
Collette Vacations, Lowee’s Group Tours and I have put together a 14-day trip next Aug. 16-29 to Denmark, Sweden and Norway called “Spectacular Scandinavia.”
We’ll fly from Philadelphia and spend time railroading, cruising, and coaching our way through mountains, fjords, villages, and scenic valleys as well as Scandinavia’s three big cities of Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo.
If you’re interested, come to a free, no-obligation information meeting on Tue., Sept. 12, at 6 p.m. at the West Hanover Recreation Center, 628 Walnut Ave., near Central Dauphin High School.
Refreshments will be served. The trip show-and-tell is open to the public, but give Lowee’s a call in advance at 717-657-9658 to reserve your seat.
See the full tour itinerary on a brochure posted on Collette’s website.
The Scandinavia trip will feature key public gardens in that region – the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens, the Stockholm Botanical Garden, Stockholm’s Djurgarden, the Oslo Botanical Garden, the sculpture garden at Oslo’s Vigeland Park, and Norway’s Bergen Arboretum and Milde Botanical Garden. There’s also an option to see the gardens at Denmark’s Frederiksborg Castle.
And we’ll see lots of natural beauty in addition to the planted kind, including a train ride through the Swedish/Norwegian countryside, a visit to a Norwegian glacier, a cruise through the fjords and waterfalls in Norway’s Geiranger region, and a day in the harbor town of Bergen, Norway.
There’s a nice variety of history and culture mixed in with the plants on this one. The “other” attractions include Copenhagen’s Amalienborg Palace (where the Danish royal family lives), Sweden’s Ikea Museum, a glass-blowing demonstration, time to shop in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan (Old Town), a tour of Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum, a tour of the Borgund Stave Church (built in 1180), and a ride on the Flam Railway into the Norwegian mountains.
Oslo’s Vigeland Park.
We’ll be sampling Scandinavian cuisine the whole time. Nineteen meals are included.
If you’ve always wanted to see Iceland, too, there’s an option to tack on a 3-day tour extension to see that northern wonderland on the way home.
The cost is $6,499 per person double if you book by Feb. 17. It’s $6,749 if you wait beyond then. That price includes the flights, travel to and from the airports, hotels, 19 meals, admissions, and the services of a Collette tour manager the whole time.
Collette’s managers are some of the best in the business. I’ve been impressed with every one of them we’ve had on past trips.
To see pictures from some of those trips (northern Italy, Paris, California, etc.), check out my Photo Galleries page.