Spectacular Scandinavia

Loved Tivoli Gardens…. so much to see in Copenhagen. Wish we had 3 nights there. Didn’t care for the Fredrikstad excursion in Norway. I should have spent that time exploring Oslo more. Loved the overnight ship passage from Copenhagen to Oslo!! Our tour manager, Johnny Friskila was the BEST tour manager/guide!!!

Excellent tour manager made the trip! Poor rooms, on the cheap!

Food

I loved all the guided walks on the tour, provided by both the tour manager as well as the hired guides and concessionaires. All of the included excursions were wonderful. I found all of the museums visited very interesting.

We had an excellent tour of Sweden, Denmark and Norway and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Highlights were all of the museums in each of the countries (especially the Vasa Museum in Stockholm), plus the train trip across Sweden (except for the extremely early departure time), the outstanding overnight ferry between Copenhagen and Oslo, the scenery (especially the fjord areas in Norway), the Flam, Norway, train ride, and the local guide tours were all well done. All of the motor coach drivers were exceptional. We had two Tour Directors, Kees and Wendela. Both were very knowledgeable about our destinations but Wendela especially provided extensive commentary on the areas of the tour she was responsible for. Both really cared about all of the tour group members and their comfort levels on the bus and walking tours, etc. Some use of both email and WhatsApp with providing the next day's agenda, times, etc., was made and should be used more. The Alexandra Hotel in Loen, Norway, was exceptional. Our room was large by European standards, the indoor and outdoor swimming pools and hot tubs were impressive as were the robes, towels and slippers provided in each room. The 2 buffet dinners and breakfasts we had were excellent. The Scandic Spectrum Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, was overall very unimpressive. We were disappointed with several of the included dinner meals on the tour with the lack of choice of food. Really, why was there no choice of a starter several times? Not everyone eats fish stew or smoked salmon. We can’t believe a restaurant can’t serve a salad instead. The least appreciated parts of the tour were the Viegland sculpture park in Oslo, Norway, and the farewell dinner restaurant in Bergen. We would rate both at 1 star at best. We have already signed up for our next Collette tour.

This tour was one of my favorites with Collette. I've been traveling and leading tours for 15 years and this was one of the most spectacular places for beauty I've been thus far. We had two tour managers and I have to brag on both of them! This tours, was by far the best tour also because of these two tour managers; they made it remarkable. First of all we had Kees, and he was absolutely the best I have ever had! He was so knowledgeable, kind, went well above and beyond what any of the other tour guides I have ever had (no joke) has ever done before. He told joke, he sang, he participated, he was kind, he was attentive and had to leave us due to an emergency due to his family. The entire coach was so very upset...until Lawendela came! She was also such a delight and fun and knowledgeable. She jumped right in, and it was like a mini Kees. We all felt both of their dedication to the tour and to Collette. Collette is lucky to have both of these two tour managers on their team. Like I said, I have been lots of place with Collette and mostly overseas and this tours with Kees and then Lawendela was superb! 10 our of 10! Except I did have jewery stolen at one hotel which was about $75.00 worth that I just purchased! Very saddened about that.

So amazing seeing so much of Scandanavia, appreciated Stockholm and Copehagen and the fiords in Norway.

The tour was OK. Nothing really stood out for me. I did enjoy Vigelan Park. I enjoyed the natural beauty of the mountains and the Fjords. I enjoyed the buffet at Alexandra Hotel.

Fjord excursions, and city tours of Denmark. The overnight ferry trip.

Scandinavia was beautiful and out tour had great adventures!

Train and ferry really great. Last farewell dinner food was poor quality. Loved all excursion but need to see inside castles more and see munch museum on day two would be nice. Had to pay for lunch and dinner way too many times . Really loved all the extra guides very knowledgeable and professional. Tour quides very good with people skills and management of travelers especially with event info for each day was written with material and using whats app and emails. Always available for any needs, can't say enough about keese he was exceptional.

The Bergen Walking Tour, the Ferry & train trips, the Castle Gardens, the boat trip in Goteborg were all favorites….

Loved this tour! I was unsure about it at first, but was very pleasantly surprised. I thought the tour manager was well prepared and very knowledgeable about all aspects of Scandinavian life. I took off one Star because she wasn't too personable for about half of the tour. She became more relaxed and enjoyable later on. I loved the ferry boat ride through the fjords and also The Falls. It just doesn't get any better than that!

The tour was well organized. Norway is a beautiful country and clean. Tour manager is professional.

I enjoyed the places we saw in Sweden very much. I wish we had been able to see a little more of Denmark. Copenhagen was great but that’s really all we saw. Norway was the highlight of all for me. The absolute beauty of the fjords, the country side as we traveled and the cities. The Flam railroad trip was one of my favorites. Also the Geiranger Fjord boat ride was another highlight. Cesar our guide had great information about each place we traveled. He kept us all organized and everything stayed right on time! We had a large group of 43 people so not an easy task. The Iceland extension was good too but not quite as organized without a designated tour guide. The local guide was good and she showed us sights in Reykjavik. The waterfall and geyser on the mini circle tour were incredible!

Loen Norway, water falls and fjords

The tour was great, and I'm very happy that we selected it. Stockholm was very good as were most all of the cities. We flew in to Stockholm early and had 1.5 days extra to acclimate and explore the city, and I very glad we did. As part of the tour we (as well as everyone else on the tour) selected the Vasa Museum which was incredible and a must see. Prior to the trip start we walked extensively through the city and ended up at the Abba Museum. I'm not a huge fan and in fact only could tell you one song name, but this museum is really good. The collection is incredible, and the people of Sweden came through with an amazing assortment of things, such as the two vehicles that the band used on their first US tour. Just a couple of of beaters, but they save them! We also spent 5 hours at the Centralbadet, which is the Art Nuveau public bathhouse. The building is beautiful, and for the price of admission you get three hours inside the baths. If you get a spa treatment you get an extra hour, and we booked massages. We are regular massage goers, but their Swedish massage left me more relaxed than any prior massage. We also had lunch there, and had a delicious cold avocado soup, and if you eat there you get another hour added to your time there. Our tour director, Kees, was really good, and went out of his way to make the trip memorable and fun. Having said that, we did have one person (who was a solo traveler) on the trip experience a mental issue and Kees handled the situation beautifully, balancing the person's privacy with keeping the group informed. Thankfully, we had three others on the trip with bonified mental health credentials that jumped in to help. The person did make a recovery and one of their children flew out to get them diagnosed, and back home. HIs professionalism was extemporarily, and it was impressive. The pace of the trip was well considered, the stops were good, local guides excellent (as we've found with Collette). Norway was the hands down winner as far as scenery, the hotels and activities go. We also did the Iceland add on, and it was excellent, as was our tour manager. Beautiful country, great people. This was our second Collette tour (we did Japan and Korea in 2024, 5+ stars - DO THAT TRIP!!!) and we've talken tours with Tauck as well. Collette is doing very well when compared to Tauck, which is considerably more money. We'll likely continue to travel with both, but we really have enjoyed the Collette tours.

Excellent management and choice of hotels and activities and lots of extras.