Here are descriptions for cruise or shore  tours(see below)  when you have guests for a stop in Stockholm. There are a lot of options to choose from offered by the transfer- and guide companies, public or private. You will get the cheapest tours by hiring your own taxi, with English or German speaking driver. If you want the most out of your stay you should book an authorized guide and a comfortable private transfer. Tours are available for individuals and smaller groups too.

4-8 hrs SightseeingStockholm4_8hrs1

For more tour ideas see below:
5-hours classic sightseeing incl. visit to one museum and lunch.
Meet your driver/guide at the ship for a 5-hour tour.  We show you the most famous buildings and views, including a stop at Fjällgatan, where the view of Stockholm’s islands and waters is truly wonderful. Famous sights  include the Royal Palace, the Parliament Buildings, Djurgården City Hall where the Nobel Prize Banquet is held each year. And a stop for a short walk in the Old Town (Gamla Stan), with its narrow Cobbled streets and numerous antique shops.

Visit the Vasa Museum  the world’s only surviving 17th-century ship and one of the foremost tourist sights in the world. The ship is displayed in a purpose-built museum in Stockholm. Have lunch at Vasa or in one restaurant with a great view over the city and the archipelago, Kaknästornet. Optional you end your tour in the Old Town and have lunch in one of the historical restaurants before you walk around.

Full day tour, 8 hours including visits to two museums and lunch. Down load program here:CruiseTourStockholm2012

Meet with your local guide and coach at pier in the morning for a day of exciting sightseeing in Stockholm. We will take you to the scenic places and historical buildings. We will also pass the old royal hunting grounds on Djurgården island, where a string of magnificent mansions line the shore. Today, Djurgården is part of Stockholm´s national city park. Here you will find the famous outdoor Museum Skansen and the Vasa Museum.

The Vasa Museum is Scandinavia’s most visited museum. In the large ship hall stands the warship Vasa – the only remaining, intact 17th century ship in the world. The lower rig has been rebuilt, complete with masts, stays and shrouds.

Have a walkabout in old town. This unique district in Stockholm dates back to the 13th century, and consists of medieval alleyways, streets, and archaic architecture. Here you also will find the Royal Palace, and the church where there will be a royal wedding in June 2010. Have lunch in the area.

The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria will get married in Stockholm Cathedral. Thoroughly brushed up during spring the beautiful church will shine as in old days.

Before you go back to the ship visit the impressive building The City Hall of Stockholm. This is one of the most beautiful and well-known buildings in the world and the most exclusive ballroom in Stockholm, frequently used for e.g. the yearly Nobel Banquet. Behind the brick walls, several different activities take place.

Suggested options for visits during this tour:

Vasa Museum

Skansen, outdoor museum,

Royal Palace

Stockholm Cathedral

Old Town (lunch)

City Hall

Special Interest Tours:

5 hours Tour of Stockholm with Jewish content
Make your way through the city center to reach Stockholm’s oldest and quaintest of quarters, Old Town (Gamla Stan). The historic elegance of the exterior of the imposing Royal Palace contrasts starkly with the narrow, twisting alleys and cobbled stone streets at the foot of the Palace walls. As you stroll through the streets with your guide, you will hear more about the role that this part of the city played in Stockholm’s Jewish history. Continue to the Great Synagogue (masorti) that is an official national historical building, an edifice landmark, built in 1870 and is one of the very few remaining synagogues in Europe that was built before World War II.

Holocaust Monument, where a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust is engraved on the wall leading from the entrance of The Great Synagogue to the Jewish Community House. Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden dedicated the monument in 1998 and it records 8,500 victims who are relatives of Jews new residing in Sweden. The 42-meter monument serves as a link between a monstrous past and a future in which there should be no room for such atrocities to be repeated.

Proceed to the Adat Jeschurun Synagogue whose interior originally came from a synagogue in Hamburg that survived the Kristallnacht in Germany 1938 and was thereafter moved to Stockholm. This synagogue is located with a Jewish School and Jewish Center. After the visit to the Adat Jeschurun Synagogue you will return to the ship.

Excursion outside Stockholm, full day:

Viking Island Birka

Uppsala and Sigtuna (70 km from Stockholm) program to download here: Excursion To Uppsala – Full Day

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