Spectacular Scandinavia

I have no criticism of the trip. I’m not crazy about a flight day that subtracts a whole day from the trip experience, but I knew this. My favorite parts of the trip were the Norwegian fjord cruise, the Fram railway, the Vasa Museum.

Johnny was the perfect blend of English speaking and Norwegian relating. Innovative well planned and surprisingly exciting detailing.

It was my second trip to Europe, and my expectations were fulfilled. I'm soon to be 80, and am getting a late start on taking tours and trips of this kind. I'd like to start with my compliments to our tour guide, Lily. Her knowledge of the history of Denmark, Sweden and Norway was just the kind of experience I was hoping for. Her individual kindness and patience is very appreciated. We had ample time to complete our daily scheduled tours, with extra space for some places to go on our own. My personal bucket list item was to see Edvard Munch's paintings at the National Museum in Oslo, including one of his "The Scream" works and others. Stockholm also is a place that I'd love to spend more time in again. The food, everywhere, was excellent, as well as the hotel accomodations, living up to being surrounded by traditional lovely conditions. We were not hurried off from one destination to another, and had time for mingling with our fellow travelers-extremely enjoyable.

Tivoli Gardens, The Vasa Ship Museum, Bergen, Flam Railway, Reykjavik Golden Circle , Fjord Cruises

Loved seeing the difference between the countries. One of my favorite things was the Flam railroad and the taste of Bergen. Loved the tour guide in Stockholm. Madeleine was an excellent tour guide. She kept everyone on time and kept us informed!!

It was a good trip but not the best.

There was too much time in the bus, but the real reason is that I found the hotels to be on average okay, but not great: one was terrible, one was excellent, and the rest were average.

There were a couple of hotels that were substandard specifically the Scandic in Copenhagen and the hotel in Leon, Norway (that is below Collette’s standards). The meals at the Leon hotel were also not to the liking of many. However, the Bristol hotel in Oslo was superb especially the meals.

We enjoyed the entire experience. It was everything we hoped it would be.

This trip was planned for years and met all expectations. We enjoyed everything!

The tour was veru emkpuab;e overall. Favorite spot was Togenhaus (Spelling?). Would have liked more time in Sweden, less in Norway.

never had a bad trip with Collette. this was 14th trip.

Beautiful scenery and delicious and unique food choices. Enjoyed the art museums, palaces and cathedrals.

The places we stayed at, the food, the tour guide and bus drivers all were wonderful!

Overall a great value for the inclusions of meals, tours, central and good quality hotel stays. Plus a great tour director and drivers. I was able to use their home to airport private transfers and they were great. We had air schedule changes on our return flights and their 24/7 help desk was no help unfortunately but I was able to work with the airlines directly to get home.

It was a bit too much travel time. Didn't get to see a lot of some of the coutries.

i have already done a very detailed review of this trip on Collette's questionaire. Not going to rehash it.

The tour was exhausting. Some of the included sites werren't worth it and I wasn't able to see places that I wanted to visit. There were too many places in too short a time.

Well tuned experience! Great variety.

Would have rated at 5 star on accommodations but had frequent trouble with our room lock in Bergen. Otherwise all accommodations were excellent with great meals.

Norway was truly spectacular!

Great variety of sights in many cities. Great hotels and meals. Good balance free time

The group we were with and Mickie, our tour Manager was fantastic. Loved Scandinavia and Iceland was interesting. Loved the days we spent in Norway going to the small towns and seeing the Fiords. Hope to go back some day.

I don't think we realized the size of the countries - Lots of time on the bus.

It was an excellent touir, saw a lot, did a lot and enjoyed group. One of the best tour directors ever

Everything WELL planned we just Enjoy! All Favorites and even in the Blue Lagoon!

The tour could have been much better if we had a Manager with more knowledge and was interested in make the trip about the customer and not himself. One thing I got to see was the Northern Lights in Iceland the was on my to do list.

Taste of Bergen in Norway. A true variety of food and culture

The trip through the fjords of Norway was beautiful. We also enjoyed going to the highest lookout above the one fjord.

A wonderful experience through all this ciities

Great tour and well irganized

I so enjoyed all of the included tours and the suggestions from Kristen for our optional places to see.

Geiranger, Norway scenery

Norway fjords breath taking and we had perfect weather!

Denmark and Sweden were very nice but Norway was out of this world. Beautiful beyond words.

We had 4 tour excursions offered, but because we were a small group we couldn't get the minimum number to go. There were 2 restaurants that were subpar, unfortunately both in Stockholm, but the rest of the tour was fantastic.

I enjoyed the places we visited. the canal tour in Denmark and seeing the glacier in Norway.

Wonderful experience. The most memorable experience for me, an artist was visiting the Vegaland sculpture gardens in Oslo. What an amazing body of work for all to enjoy.

The Norway Fjords were amazing.

Tour guide (Mercedes Castillo Martinez)awfully rude. She didn't say good morning to anyone until everyone started complaining to her about why she isn't nice. She also leaves people behind. She gives one time to he downstairs the day before- the day of, she leaves whomever is not downstairs almost an hour before the time. I was one of the 4 people left behind on a tour that I paid for which is very wrong.

A remarkable tour enhanced by exceptional knowledge of tour director. The knowledge gained of the people and the countries was icing on the cake to the beauty of all the countries visited.

Exceptional Tour Director with experience and knowledge of the area made the experience for us much more richer.

The stave church and the fiords

Ratings below do not cover extended tour of Iceland. That tour deserves only three stars

The tour manager was excellent. We saw some very interesting things but still had time to relax. Scandinavia is beautiful.

It was a trip whose geography should/could have been emphasized to a degree it wasn’t.

I would have like more narration about the locations we were driving through when we were on our long bus rides. I never really knew where we were. It would have been nice to have tidbits about the area as we drove. I asked the bus driver what was growing in a field and he had no idea. The drive up to the top of the mt. to view the fjord was great, the stave church, museums (but not enough time allowed for those - should have been at least 15-30 more minutes), the fjord cruise, - lots of interesting things. Loved the Loen hotel, spa, pools, etc.I would like to see more cultural events on these tours - like Norwegian dancers, musicians performing cultural type songs, etc.

The sculpture garden in Stockholm, the ferry ride through the fjords in Norway.

Favorite country, Norway. Really enjoyed the mountains, glaciers and fjords, mini cruises and towns.

The mountains and fjords in Norway.

Well managed tour and good value for the money

Norway fjiords, valleys and mountains.

All was good. Tour guide very knowledgeable. All in all was a good tour.

One more day in either Sweden or Denmark. If the train from Stockholm to Oslo could be in daylight it would add more scenery .

Too hard to pick just one event, but the Viking sites and museums were my favorite.

Everyday was new,special for me. ..each a new experience in a beautiful city,country! Group tour was a new experience,I would go on another .

Norway is now my new #1 favorite destination. The views are breathtaking.

Best part was the fiord trip and the coach going over the mountain pass in the snow with the golden poplars and sun

Gareinger fjord was spectacular with water falls and mountains

The ferry ride and fjords in Norway....WOW!

Norway was the best because the scenery was amazing.

Mountain top vista in Norway.

It was all great-only downside was flying Iceland air-would never chose them

Lots to see and a variety of sights and places we visited. Tour manager was very knowledgeable. Some hotels could be improved; others were great.

Great experience. Stockholm and fjords of Norway were my favorites.

We especially loved Norway...the scenery was breath-taking.

Well organized and familiar with my diet needs.

boating through the fjords

I liked that the Travel Agent I had in the past had informed me on Cyber Monday of last year that there was a special going on with this trip and so then I booked it in advance. Sergio Marquez was one of the best Travel Agent's that I had and now he is no longer with the company. I really enjoyed Stockholm, Sweden an I loved the city and seeing all the attractions and I loved a lot of the restaurants that I ate

I enjoyed our time in Geiranger. The fjord cruise was stunning. The Hotel dinning was excellent. Rooms ok, could use some upgrades. Second favorite place was Flam, taking the train ride, stunning scenery and the Fretheim Hotel was lovely.

Too difficult to pick. The Kosta Boda tour was awesome.

Stockholm is a vibrant and wonderful city, The fjords were amazing.

enjoyed all three countries with its varying landscapes.

Visit to the glacier and the Vasa museum

Many memorable experiences but our time in Norway was most memorable.

Cities, food, guides,Drivers all amazing. Hotels great. Side trips outstanding.

Seeing the snow covered mountains in Norway!

Seeing all the historical sights and beautiful scenery.

All sights seen were interesting. Norway was beautiful. We appreciated the drive up to the scenic outlook after the fjord cruise.

Whole tour was great. Most memorable was probably the changing of the guard in Oslo. Only downside was there was too much emphasis on tipping, particularly as US/Australians already had it included

Mountain bus trip above Geirangerfjord, Norway with view. Followed by the gondola ride in Loen, Norway

EVERYTHING WAS WELL PLANNED AND EXECUTED.

Most of the events were good. The optional boat ride to the archipelago in Sweden was o.k. Could have spent more time on a boat cruising the islands in the area.

Very detail oriented and competent tour manager. Loved the fjords and Peter's history lessons helped the bus rides fly by.

Very expensive in all three countries. A third bed in the room was appreciated, but the comfort of sleeping was missing!

This trip included coach, rail, and ferry travel which made for continually interesting views and scenic opportunities. One thing that our Tour Manager, made sure to do was to rotate bus seating every day using name tags. It works! It's not a radical change, but it made for a bit more mingling with our fellow travelers, rather than becoming cliquish. We had a great group! Our tour quide was also extremely knowledgeable, imparting history, geography and culture lessons in a painless way. We made numerous stops for photo ops, lunches, shopping and bathroom breaks. He also was very good at handling any personal problem that came up--he is empathetic, good-humored, and skilled at deflecting any sticky situations that might arise. He could also keep track of the times that cruise ships might be in port and arrange our arrivals and departures around them! We seldom had to fight crowds. The tour itinerary is very good. Yes, it involves living out of a suitcase, but it's living in some very, very nice places. One of them in particular, the Toftaholm Herrgard in Sweden was a favorite because of its location in the country--so peaceful--and its fine cuisine. We highly recommend this tour!

Our favorite personal part of the tour was the beautiful scenery in Norway. I do not believe our trip would have been as wonderful with out our tour guide who was very knowledgeable, and went the extra mile to please each person. Colette should be very proud to have a tour guide like him. They have also included very interesting sites and history on this tour in each country. Our individual tour guides in different areas were also very good. I don't want to forget our bus drivers who were excellent , drove up and down mountains that I do not believe many of us could handle and were very helpful to all of us .