Itinerary
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Stop At: STORESVINGEN FJELLSTOVE, 6893 Vik, Norway
On the decent from Vikafjell mountain to Vik, the bus will stop at the viewpoint “Storesvingen”(about one hour from Voss). The viewpoint offers excellent photo opportunities with magnificent views of Vik Village and Sognefjorden.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hopperstad Stave Church, Vik, 6893 Norway
The village of Vik has a rich cultural heritage. The main attraction in Vik is the richly decorated stave church “Hopperstad Stavkirke”. Hopperstad Stave Church was built in 1130 and is, together with Urnes, the oldest stave church in existence. There will be a 30 min. stop to visit the Church. You can join a guided tour of the church or explore at your own pace. The local guide speaks English and Norwegian and the tour is included in the price.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fjord Norway, Fjord Norway
Fjordcruise across the Sognefjord to Balestrand. From the church we take a short drive to the harbour in Vik where the tour continues by boat to Balestrand. The fjord cruise last about 30 minutes and the ticket is included. The boat has indoor seating as well as the possibility to stand outside on deck and take in the beautiful scenery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Balestrand, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Western Norway
Lunch On arrival Balestrand there will be lunch at a restaurant. Lunch is included in ticket.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: The Cider House - Cidertasting and Shop, Sjoetunsvegen 32, Balestrand 6899 Norway
The Ciderhouse The Cider House is a family run micro cidery (winery). They live in an organic orchard with a range of different fruits. They produce ciders, fruit wines and brandy.
On the Ciderhouse we join one of the family members and learn about how they grow fruit in their organic orchard, and how they turn fruit and berries into juice, cider, fruit wine, and brandy. You will learn how they make exclusive sparkling cider using the "méthode traditionnelle" (Champagne method).
The program ends with five cider samples in the restaurant. (Alternatively non-alcoholic samples)
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Stop At: Balestrand, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Western Norway
After the Cider tasting, there will be approximately 1hour and 50 min available time to explore Balestrand on your own as Balestrand has several other attractions.
The bus will bring you from The Ciderhouse back to Centre of Balestrand.
Or you may Go for a cultural walk on your own along the idyllic road by the fjord. Read information posters and maps along the route to learn more about the history of Balestrand as a tourist destination and art village.
Back at the pier in Balestrand the same boat will take you back to Vik. From Vik the tour continues by bus to the spectacular Tvindefossen waterfall.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Stop At: Tvindefossen, Norway
Tvindefossen waterfall: Tvindefossen waterfall is 110 meters high and popular among tourists. There are many myths related to Tvindefossen waterfall and we will leave it up to the guide to tell you about some of them. Most visitors find the waterfall impressive as you can walk close to the water.
Duration: 15 minutes
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Strandkaien 3, 5013 Bergen, Norway
07:30 AM
13 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 32 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Isaac_L
Cider tour was engaging and fun. Food was great, drinks where delicious. Views were great from the bus- rained at the second half of the trip but was still fun
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Posted On : 2023-07-25
Posted By : GuyHazelof
Super nice day! The people guiding us were friendly and professional. I strongly recommend the beautiful scenery, the boat trip and the delicious ciders at the cidery!
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Posted On : 2023-07-21
Posted By : Mary_K
The tasting was great, but you can do it solo for 1/4 of the cost. The rest was too much sitting. Bus and boat did not provide any great views or fjords
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Posted On : 2023-07-21
Posted By : KayDawn97
A fun time but a very long day. The ride there is gorgeous and there is a bathroom stop at the waterfall (also a small snack/souvenir shop there). Then we make it to the village with the old church which was super cool to see. The boat ride to Balestrand was about 30 minutes. We were the only ones from this group doing the cider tour and that part (once we got to Balestrand) wasn’t guided but it’s a super small town (~800 people) and they gave us the directions in Google maps and the boats number before leaving. Not sure if it’s usually more guided if more people are doing that instead of the glacier tour but it really was fine without one. The cider tour portion was fun and lunch was pretty good too (it was a cheese roll thing, prosciutto and Mayo, beet hummus, a breaded vegetable ball—almost like a hush puppy, and custard with strawberries). Lunch was after the tour portion which was about an hour long. It was a bit of an uphill walk to the ciderhouse itself. Then we did have a bit too much time in the town since there isn’t a whole lot to do but again, we were a very small tour group so I think the tour and lunch portion went faster than it probably does with more people. You could always bring a book or something while waiting for the boat to pick you back up and there’s plenty of park benches around.
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Posted On : 2023-07-07
Posted By : Katherine_S
Sunny was a wonderful tour guide and we had the best day on our Cidery tour! We started out with great views in Voss, a tour of one of the most iconic stavekirkes in Vik, and then hopped on the boat over to the Cidery. My husband and I (20s) were able to easily stroll to the Cidery once landing in Balestrand and had no troubles locating it. It was so informative and fun, and a great way to try local ciders and foods that were paired with it! Afterwards, we had plenty of time to explore before catching the boat back and stopping by some waterfalls once we were back on the bus! A full, great day and would highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2023-06-06
Posted By : Scott C
I was very disappointed with Glacier Tours. We had to exit the tour 2 hours into the 11 hour tour due to my spouse becoming sick in the bus. The company has refused to respond to my emails and phone calls requesting a refund or at least acknowledge we exited the tour in order to turn into our travel insurance.
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Posted On : 2022-09-08
Posted By : 360tammyh
The title of this excursion was very misleading. There is no fjord cruise from Bergen. You drive for three hours. We had just come from Orland the day before, so driving back on that road was very disappointing for us. One nice surprise is going up into the hills in the mountains where the train was completely different. And then coming down into of your town. We spent very little time on the water because we did the cidery tour. But no one was there to meet us to take us to the cidery and the directions were never clear. So we wandered around for about 45 minutes until we found it. At the cidery, the owner was friendly and funny with his presentation. However we were really hungry and we didn’t get food until almost 230. The boat left us in this town where there was nothing to do. Until they picked us up again at 4:30. Took a short boat ride back and then drove all the way back. Getting back to town around 8 PM.
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Posted On : 2022-08-02
Posted By : FredOlson7693
This day tour to Balestrand with Cider tasting is a MUST when visiting Norway.
Tour is in a Luxury Mercedes in fantastic surroundings and the attractions are coming constantly.
The tour include cruise on the famous Sognefjord.
The Ciderhuset Winery or Cidery gave us a warm welcome and one of the family members gave a lecture on how Cider is made.
The Cider from this area of Norway is the best.
Glaciertour.no gave us an extreme good day in Norway.
Thank you.
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Posted On : 2020-12-29
Posted By : JamesFKeena
This Cider tour was very nice.
It is a full day tour starting at 07:40 from Bergen port by Tourist Information. Back in Bergen at 20:30, so its a long day.
All day was full of entertainment.
Our guide on the tour was a local and very knowledgeable and did a great job guiding.
The bus out from Bergen is a luxury bus with large windows and fantastic view.
The tour is very well organized with stop at interval about 1 hour, which for me was perfect.
There are a lot of attractions. Especially the Stave Church in Vik was interesting.
The structure, decoration, materials and interior show the fantastic craftmanship Norway had 1000 years ago.
From Vik we had a cruise on the Sognefjord on board the vessel Fjord Lady towards Balestrand.
On arrival Balestrand we first had very good lunch. Fish soup with fresh bread and butter. After lunch was Cider Tasting at the Cider House.
We got a lecture from one of the staff about how Cider was made and we got to taste different Ciders. Needless to say, I purchased a few bottles.
In Balestrand there is time for private activities. My wife and I went for a cultural walk, seeing the English Church as well as Statue of King Bele.
Boat back for return to Bergen picked us up at 16:45.
Just a fantastic tour.
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Posted On : 2020-12-28
Posted By : Gabriele D
Il tour parte letteralmente di fronte all'ingresso del centro informazioni in centro a Bergen.
Il minibus è di qualità e le sedute sono comodissime anche per ore di utilizzo.
Dopo una breve pausa per un caffè si inizia a salire per i passi che garantiscono delle viste mozzafiato.
La visita alla chiesa è molto interessante per l'architettura e l'antichità degli oggetti contenuti.
Poco dopo si parte in nave attraversando il fiordo.
A questo punto chi è diretto alla distilleria scende dalla nave e procede in autonomia.
La guida si preoccupa di dare tutte le informazioni necessarie a raggiungere la distilleria e dà anche qualche consiglio aggiuntivo sul villaggio di Balestrand.
Dà inoltre un contatto in modo che si possa sempre comunicare qualsiasi problematica.
La distilleria si raggiunge in pochissimi minuti a piedi con una semplice camminata in questo luogo fantastico.
La sua visita è veramente molto interessante.
Il proprietario spiega la storia della propria famiglia e della produzione di sidro mostrando la proprietà.
Si nota la passione e la volontà di creare un prodotto di altissima qualità.
Di seguito si procede con la degustazione prima in solitaria e di seguito con i piatti del pranzo.
Si nota veramente la cura delle scelte.
Cibo veramente di qualità con un insieme di cucina mediterranea e norvegese.
Veramente interessanti gli abbinamenti.
Il resto del tempo può essere trascorso esplorando il villaggio degli artisti.
Tornato sulla nave si ritrovano i compagni di viaggio del tour del ghiacciaio con cui si visita la cascata durante il ritorno a Bergen.
Si passa molto tempo sul pulmino ma per chi conosce la Norvegia sa bene che anche luoghi vicini richiedono molto tempo per raggiungerli.
In sintesi un tour ben organizzato con niente lasciato al caso.
Il personale è sempre stato gentile e disponibile.
L'unico consiglio è di prenotare l'attività direttamente tramite il sito dell'organizzatore in quanto costa nettamente meno.
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Posted On : 2023-07-05
