I'm taking the Rick Steves Scandinavia tour in August 2027
I was given a suggestion to go to Alesund and take the Geirangefjord cruise
Has anyone done that and taken the bus trip back to Alesund over the Trollstigen Road?
Has anyone taken that bus trip even without the cruise (I don't plan to do that)
If you have taken the bus portion, is it worth it or would you simply take the round trip cruise on the fjord?
Thanks
In June 2023 we spent 3 nights in Ålesund. One day we did a roundtrip Geirangerfjord cruise. It was nice, but, IMO, not as spectacular as the Naeroyfjord.
The next day we did a small group day tour with LocalTrips AS to Trollstigen and a few other stops. The day was one of the highlights of our 2 ½ weeks in Norway.
We rented a car and did the RT cruise of Geirangerfjord before going to Trollstigen. (From there we headed north to the Norwegian Sea).
I have a virtual acquaintance whose family owns the farm, Knivsflå, located about 800 feet above the fjord. When the children were outside they had to have a rope around their waist to keep them from falling over the cliff. They used a trolley system to haul supplies up from the fjord. No one has resided on the farm since around 1900, but it was used for cattle, sheep and hay until about 1960. This farm is next to the Seven Sisters (Knivsflå) waterfall. It's a beautiful fjord but you will take a fjord cruise on the RS tour, right? I really enjoyed the view of the fjords from the roads above more than being on the water. I enjoyed Geirangerfjord, but I didn't feel the need to take any other fjord tours in the 18 days we were there.
I thought Trollstigen was amazing!
