Hi everyone
My husband and I are taking the 2 hour ferry from Flam to Gudvangen arriving at 11:30 a.m. We will then proceed to Bergen. We are trying to decide whether to take the bus to Voss, then train to Bergen or bus from Gudvangen to Bergen. The advantage of the latter is that it is direct and I read scenery is better because it's not as fast as the train. How far is the direct bus station from the ferry port? However can we buy advance bus tickets online? What site would that be? Appreciate all your inputs/ comments (pros and cons). Thank you.
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Lake District, England /On Pilgrimage
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The bus stop for that long distance bus is about 5 minutes walk uphill from the quay.
The benefit is it is one bus, not a whole convoy of buses with a huge crowd boarding.
The disbenefit is you don't stop at the hotel half way to Voss for the view.
Between Voss and Bergen I am not convinced there is much in it scenically.
That bus (the #450) is run by Vy (some are Norway bus ekspress), so buy from Vy, same as the trains. Yes you should buy on line.
However that #450 bus terminates at Voss, as opposed to going through to Bergen, thus you haven't achieved very much. You may as well take the #950 up from the quay itself.
All you have really achieved is losing the crowds, and potentially missing the 450 if the boat is late for some reason. The 950 will wait within reason for a late boat.