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                                                                                 HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
                                                                                 ■  Travel on two steam railways
                                                                                 ■  Visit Miniatur Wunderland
                                                                                 ■  Nynäshamn Railway Museum
                                                                                 ■  Visit Göteborg Tram Museum and ride a vintage tram  CONNOISSEUR  TOURS
                                                                                 ■  Skansen open-air Museum
                                                                                 ■  Evening steamboat dinner cruise
                                                                               Mariefred © Guillen Perez,  SELECTED HOTELS


                                                                                 Cologne
                                                                                 Hamburg   MGallery Hotel am Dom
                                                                                         IntercityHotel
      Day 8 - National Railway Museum      country and painstakingly rebuilt on site. Within the   Malmö   Elite Hotel Savoy
      An optional day trip out to Gavle by rail this morning.  grounds there are also restaurants, shops, a zoo   Gothenburg  Clarion Hotel Post
      Here,  we  find  the  recently  reopened  National  and a funicular railway (payable locally) that climbs   Stockholm   Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel
      Railway  Museum,  with  its  wonderful  collection  of  Skansen Mountain. There will be some free time in   Brussels   Ibis Brussels Gare du Midi
      historic British-built locomotives dating back to 1856.  Stockholm before regrouping for an evening boat   Please note - hotels can be subject to change
                                           cruise through the Stockholm Archipelago. Dinner is
      Day 9 - Mariefred                    included onboard.                     PRICE INCLUDES
      From Stockholm we take the fast train on the Svland                        ■  All rail travel as stated in Standard Class
      line to Läggesta before boarding the steam train to  Day 12 - Return to Hamburg  ■  Standard Class InterRail Pass
      Mariefred. There will be time to look around this  By  train  via  Copenhagen  to  Hamburg  for  an   ■  Accommodation in good quality hotels on a bed
      historic town, built around the majestic Gripsholm  overnight stay.          and breakfast basis
      Castle, before we set sail on the S/S Mariefred back                       ■  All excursions as detailed
      to Stockholm.                        Day 13 - On to Brussels
                                           A  morning departure  from  Hamburg  to  Cologne   ■  Services of a tour leader from London and
      Day 10 - Nynäshamn Railway Museum    and on to Brussels for a 1-night stay.    throughout the tour
      After a leisurely morning, we take a train to
      Nynäshamn to visit the railway museum.  The   Day 14 - To London           Price per person:
      restoration work at the working museum is a labour   Mid-morning  Eurostar  for  a  lunchtime  arrival  into   Escorted holiday   £2,895
      of love, with  work  on 5  steam  engines, 6  diesel   London St Pancras.   Single room supplement       £925
      engines and tractors, 15 passenger coaches and 14                          Deposit for this holiday      £200
      freight vehicles ongoing.

      Day 11 - Skansen Open-Air Museum
      This morning, we visit the Skansen Open-Air Museum,
      the oldest open-air museum in the world. Founded in
      1891 it showcases five centuries of Swedish history,
      and  houses  approximately  150  historic  buildings,
      the oldest dating back to the 14 Century. These
                             th
      buildings were moved to Skansen from all over the







                                                                                                                     Stockholm


                                                                               Malmo train station - Werner Nystrand - imagebank.sweden.se







                                          Skansen Open Air Museum





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