a quiet street in Bergen
Summer
touring holidays in Norway
Let us help you plan your
vacation. There are many routes you can take to really experience the unique
character of south west Norway - we can guide you through places you might
not otherwise find.
Arriving with your own car from England was very popular, but not easy now that
the direct ferry links have stopped. Plan carefully where you want to
go, and whether to sail (from Denmark) to Kristiansand, Stavanger, Bergen or another port. You might want
to consider mixing your arrival and destination ports - for instance arrive
in Larvik or Kristiansand and depart from Stavanger or Bergen.
Tours
Stavanger - Ryfylke - Setesdal - Sirdal loop
Ryfylke island hopping
Lysefjord and Sirdal loop
Hardanger driving tour
Fjords and Mountains
If you are coming for fjords
and mountains then begin in
Stavanger
with its wooden town,
cobbled streets great restaurants and museums. Explore
Lysefjord,
Pulpit Rock,
Kjerag
and Sirdal before
island hopping through the Ryfylke
area and on to
Hardanger and Sørfjorden
- full of fruit orchards and a glacier above. From here, go through Voss for
Flåm
and the famous railway line, before checking out the
Sognefjord
area and heading for
Bergen and the trip home.
Boats and beaches
One of the best strings of
sandy beaches in Europe is around Stavanger, and further
south is
Sørlandet, with countless islands and inlets, all
great places for messing about in boats, plus the popular towns of
Kristiansand
and
Mandal.
Lakes and valleys
Explore
Sirdal and Setesdal, including
Hovden
and the steamboat at
Byglandsfjord or go further east to
Telemark,
with its
canal linking the lakes all the way to Dalen. From
Hardanger you can pass
Vøringfoss waterfall
and go over
Hardangervidda
to
Geilo and
Hallingdal with its
stave churches at Gol and
Torpo,
then
Hemsedal
and through the 25km tunnel to
Flåm.
