Private Half Day Tour: Viking History Trip from Stockholm Including Sigtuna
Dive into the exciting Swedish Viking era on a private 5 hour guided tour from Stockholm. Visit important Viking sites of big historical value, an assembly, a bridge and a gravefield. Look at pretty rune stones and hear the messages that they want you to know. See Sweden's oldest still existing town, Sigtuna. You will walk the main street who traces itself back to 980 AD. You will see medieval church ruins and pretty traditional wooden houses from the 1700's. Hotel pick up and drop off are included.
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Private Half Day Tour: Viking History Trip from Stockholm Including Sigtuna
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What's included in Private Half Day Tour: Viking History Trip from Stockholm Including Sigtuna
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Visit 3 mightly viking runestones, one mentioning Jesuralem and risen by the women Estrid and visit a viking grave field. Hear about the daily life of the vikings here in Scandinavia. Get a intro to the Viking age, why their name and reputation are as it is today and much more.
Jarlabanke Runestones
Walk over, and admire the runstenes, at a recostructed viking causeway. Hear about the viking lord Jarlabanke and the viking lords, their life and how they ruled the population. About viking roads and trading networks.
Visit one of the best preserved assembly places / Thing-sites in Europe and its runestones. Here about the Skålhamra family and the power who came with creating a assembly place. Dive into some of the Viking age laws and culture customs with kingrop society and more.
Inclusions
- Private, small-group tour
- Driver/vehicle
- All taxes and surcharges
- A historic time travel experience
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off if within 5km of Stockholm central station (No pickup in Nynäshamn)
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Private tour will have a maximum of 16 persons
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Additional Information
All central hotels, ports and other accommodations within 3km from Stockholm central station (no pick up at Nynäshamn harbour but instead travel directions to meeting place in Stockholm). If your tour departs from the cruise pier: If your ship arrives at S165 and S167 STADSGÅRDEN: Please walk a few hundred meters away from your ship while following the BLUE/GREEN lines. Go past the fences and guards, and your guide will wait there, with a sign saying "Viking Tours" on an A4-paper. NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in STADSGÅRDEN than S165 or S167 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your ship arrives at F638 FRIHAMNEN: Upon debarking the ship, please go through the terminal building. Once you go past the sliding doors (everyone else that departs the ship will walk out this way), the guide will meet you just outside the sliding doors. The guide will be holding an A4-paper saying "Viking Tours". NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in FRIHAMNEN than F638 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your ship arrives at V523 VÄRTAHAMNEN: Walk from your ship towards the tourist buses, which is less than 10 meters from the ship hull. The guide will wait for you at the tourist bus area, near the buses, with an A4-paper, which says "Viking Tours." The guide will then direct you to the tour vehicle. NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in VÄRTAHAMNEN than V523 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your Ship Arrives at NYNÄSHAMN: NO PICK UP INCLUDED HERE. That due to it being 50km away from Stockholm central station. We recomend you to contact and with us decide a meeting place in Central Stockholm. We will give directions how to go there either by train or that take one of the cruise busses going from the harbour into Stockholm. If you are unsure of which pier your ship is arriving at, please check with the cruise line.
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• Exact hotel pickup time will be advised on reconfirmation. 1-2 days before the travel date • Bring good shoes. Have trainers, boots or something similar. Street walking shoes are also fine. No sandals or other shoes that does not cover your foot. • The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions • Please note that departure times may vary slightly • If you have not already specified, you MUST advise supplier as soon as possible your ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and departure time so that appropriate arrangements can be made. • Travelers are not allowed carry-on luggage in the tour vehicle. A backpack or hand bag works fine though. Hotel pickups commence prior to this time