Royal Swedish Palace and Castle Tour

Name: Royal Swedish Palace and Castle Tour
Brand: Sweden History Tours
SKU: 3acdb46a-3c75-4e97-b744-4d56cb45c774
Availability: InStock

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Summary

Visit some of Swedens most iconic castles on this 8h chastle tour. Join an expert guide visiting 3 castles. They all have a base in the 1600-1700’s Sweden. Pikc up and drop if at cruize port/hotel are included if within 5km from the Stockholm central station. 1. Visit Royal Drottningholm anno 1699, an UNESCO world heritage area, and two other castles. 2. Wenngarn, home to Gabriel De La Gardie, one of Swedens richest men. He died here as a poor noble after the famous reduction. 3 Lunch in Sigtuna, the oldest city of Sweden. 4. Skokloster. A whole castle given as a morning gift to Carl Gustav Wrangels wife. Well preserved museum with silver and art displayed and drawing of the family preserved. (This castle is closed during the most of the low season so during that perios a guided tour at stockholm castle is included instead) Those are all extremly well preserved castles but the last two maybe not so well known but hidden gems full of fashinating stories. In all of those places the most famous Swedish nobles of their time visited. Both cruize ship and hotel pick up are included if your hotel/cruise ship are included (if within 5km from the stockholm central station).

Tour info

Duration

8 hours

Why take this tour?

Visit some of Sweden's most iconic castles on this 8h castle tour. Join an expert guide visiting 3 castles. They all have a base in the 1600-1700’s Sweden. Drottningholm, Wenngarn and Skokloster (if closed Stockholm castle). Drottningholm is a UNESCO World Heritage Area and Skokloster is great and beautiful masterpiece of building works with all it's all collections from 17th C preserved in place today. Wenngarn is the country castle / home to one of Sweden's richest men in 17th C. Those are all extremely well preserved castles but the last two maybe not so well known but hidden gems full of fascinating stories. Here the most famous Swedish nobles of their time visited.Those are all extremely well preserved castles but the last two maybe not so well known but hidden gems full of fascinating stories. In all of those places the most famous Swedish nobles of their time visited. Both cruise ship and hotel pick up are included if within 3km from the Stockholm central station.

What’s included?

Driver/guide
Local guide
Professional guide
Hotel/port pickup
Hotel/port drop-off
Lunch
Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 8h
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

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Sweden History Tours

About operator:

Sweden History Tours offers historical, cultural transported guided tours from Stockholm. We want to take you out of the city of Stockholm on transported day tours to historical and beautiful places. The company do guided time travel back to the Vikings, the medieval age, Bronze age or other time periods like the palace and castle "Royal and noble time" of 17th C Sweden. We want you to experience historic eras with us. You will not only experience the history of a sight with Sweden History Tours, but also the era and its people. We also do city walks in Stockholm like "mediveal horror history and dark folkor walk", "The bloody Stockholm" and more walks. We take you back in time! The company are two service-minded history nerds who love to show you Swedish history. Please book true the homepage if you can due to comission costs.