Private Tour
An amazing guided private walking tour of Stavanger.
Overview
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4 hours
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Famed for its many natural attractions and old wooden houses, the Stavanger is a must-see of nearly every visitor to Norway. Here, you can explore picturesque landmarks such as the Lysefjord, Sola beach, and the famous cliff Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock) which was once named the world’s most breathtaking viewing platform.
Your guide will pick you up in your hotel or from your cruise ship.
You will start the tour from the outside the Oil Museum – Norwegian Petroleum Museum and walk through “The colourful street”, climb “Valberget”, the old fire watchtower. Continue Kirkegata Street towards the Stavanger cathedral. Stop outside the cathedral to hear its history and continue past the old cathedral school and the small lake Breiavannet. You and your guide then walk up to Old Stavanger and through the streets to the new concert hall.
At the end of this tour, your guide will help you to call a taxi back or suggest the place to have the best dinner in the city and leave you at that place.
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
All fees and taxes
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Professional licensed guide
Transportation
Drop-off
Food and drinks
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What To Expect
Norsk Oljemuseum
Norwegian Petroleum Museum was designed by the architectural firm of Lunde & Løvseth Arkitekter A/S and was opened on 20 May 1999. Seen from the sea the museum looks like a small oil platform. The unusual architecture has made the museum a landmark in the Port of Stavanger. The museum was built in stone, glass, and concrete and covers approximately 5,000 square meters. The museum focuses on offshore petroleum activity, especially in the North Sea. Original objects, models, films and interactive exhibits convey the history of oil operations on the Norwegian continental shelf. The museum shows the technological development from the beginning of the Norwegian oil history in the mid-1960s, from the first North Sea drilling platforms, through steel and concrete platforms developed and built in Norway, to modern, flexible production ships and subsea systems.
Ovre Holmegate
A colourful street in the centre of Stavanger where all buildings have been painted in fresh and vibrant colours. This is perhaps the most colourful street in all of Norway, and is often referred to as Stavanger's 'Notting Hill'. The area experienced a renaissance in 2005 when hairdresser Tom Kjørsvik envisaged doing something totally unique with it. All the houses along the street were painted in different hues, in accordance with a colour scheme suggested by the artist Craig Flannagan. As you wander along Øvre Holmegate, you will find several niche shops as well as charming cafes and pubs.
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An amazing guided private walking tour of Stavanger.
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Stavanger, Norway walking tour
Lev740,
Sep 4, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Stavanger, Norway walking tour On August 4, 2023 our Azamara Pursuit cruiser docked in Stavanger within walking distance of many major points of interest and my wife and I took the four hours walking through historic Stavanger. All our tours in Norway were charged more than in many other countries. For this walking tour we were charged $99/person. Our guide Dario met us right at the ship. Dario was born in France and he has interesting perspective on Norwegian culture. About little more than half of our tour was dedicated to the history of Stavanger and the rest of time was spent between visits to the Norwegian Petroleum Museum, Norwegian Canning Museum and short stop at the Stavanger Cathedral. We were not able to see the full beauty of the 12th century structure due to the outgoing renovation. After leisurely walk we came back to the ship. For some of the fellow passengers it was a little more technicality than they expected, but we really liked it all. Overall, it was worthwhile tour with very good guide. Upon returning to the ship, we decided to go back to the city for additional sightseeing. On the way we encountered our crew members using WiFi at a small building. We stopped and enquired about WiFi and to our surprise the man working at this facility stated that passengers are not allowed to use this WiFi. It was the first and the very last time we had such unwelcome greeting. All other cities before and after Stavanger rolled out messages and locations with free WiFi availability. Good Travels
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