Nordic Saga Tours offers the very best of escorted and unique customized tours to Scandinavia, the Nordic Countries, Russia and the Baltic States. As a licensed tour operator, we accommodate both individual and group travel. Our comprehensive services also include competitive airfares, cruises, hotel stays, car rentals, rail passes, city packages, adventure travel and self-drive tours.Nordic Saga Tours provides personalized expertise for your total travel experience.
Nordic Saga (nordicsaga.com) has 80 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.
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Dana
Nordic Saga (Susie) planned our itinerary, booked flights, car rental, and all hotels. They helped plan every step of the way and answered all my questions. The trip was beautifully planned and hotels were great. Only snag in our trip was handled by our travel agent as soon as we returned. Would highly recommend this agency!
Marlys S.
Nordic Saga and Susie were really helpful and patient helping me with planning my trip to Norway with my granddaughter. The up front planning and ticketing of the domestic flights was really smart and enabled us to fit in a LOT of stops - visiting relatives plus seeing the most scenic, memorable areas of the north, west coast and Oslo.
Vency K.
Hi Bobby, We're back from our tour of Scandinavia and Russia. Wanted to reach out and say thanks again for making it such a successful trip. We loved getting to see all those different countries in only a week. The whole trip was highly organized and the guide we had was very professional. Other than the poor weather in Stockholm, it stayed sunny the majority of the time which we were both thankful for. There were so many things we loved in each city, but just being on those guided city tours was a lot of fun. I always enjoy learning about the history and culture of each new place I visit. It gives you a new perspective and you tend to appreciate your surroundings a bit more while you're there if you're actually familiar with it.
Cindy W.
I am a travel agent and used Nordic Saga to arrange a vacation in Norway for my clients. Here is their rave review! That was the most incredible vacation ever, in Norway. That is a WONDERFUL country to visit. All of the arrangements were perfect! Thank you for taking on the project of scheduling everything for us. Wonderful trip. Best vacation I ever took. Judy M.
Carol H.
We were very pleased with this trip for the most part. It was done by the oldest tour company in Iceland and was well arranged. The guide was knowledgable, and kept an eye on the weather, changing itinerary to ensure the best weather possible. There was ample time provided to see sights and just spend time enjoying the scenery. There were dozens of stops for photos. I would not recommend tourist class for elderly or handicapped, as the hotel rooms were all upstairs and there were no elevators. Staff was mostly helpful with luggage, but rooms were tiny with no room to put it once we got it there. The restaurant at the hotel in Akeyrui was super expensive, and there was no other in close proximity. We ate sandwiches and yogurt several evenings. The hotel in Hella had a supermarket near and a good restaurant with a owner who treated us great. Food good,also. We had a great group of people traveling with us from various European countries, Australia, Canada, And Asia. Everyone was friendly, and by the end we were good friends. The only problem occurred on the return to the airport. The bus was looking for us at a different hotel than where we were booked, and we had to take a taxi which barely got us to the airport in time and cost us $125.00 U.S. We did not get reimbursed for that, I have traveled in the past with a group that handles everything for us, so this was a learning experience. One more thing, you can charge everywhere, even street food vendors. You need a card with a chip and you are good to go.
Sethu V.
We had a wonderful tour - Fabulous Scandinavia. Everything went on well and the tour was conducted in a professional manner. The tour leader was Mr. Rafael and he did a superb job. Besides, Mr. keith from Borealis Destination Management was very helpful. The climate was pleasant throughout the tour and places visited are very scenic and real treat to our eyes. The tour booking and arrangements was done thru Mr. Alex Vilkevich of East West Travels (BRIDGES UNLIMITED INC. 18518 Bothell Way NE, Ste B, Bothell WA 98011). Though the request was sent very late, he handled it courtesouly and professionally and his efforts were really outstanding, without which our tour would not have been possible. Overall, it is an excellent trip and a memorable one and is highly recommended !
Sandra
Susie Main, the operations manager at Nordic Saga,was most helpful as we made arrangements for our trip. Our flights to and from Iceland were uneventful . She booked our transportation to and from the hotels where we stayed prior to and following our tour. Our only complaint was that the second hotel refused to give us any kind of breakfast,even a piece of fruit,because we were picked up by the airport shuttle prior to the start of breakfast. The first hotel,on the other hand, offered to give us breakfast if we had to leave before the official breakfast time. For the first week,we stayed at Hotel Edda in Akureyri. The hotel was convenient to town (within walking distance). A beautiful breakfast was served each day and was included in our tour cost. We saw some wonderful sights; however, because our tour guide did not speak English clearly, we missed out on a lot of the history and culture of Iceland. Needless to say, we were very disappointed. Our tour guide was not at all personable. In fact, he rarely answered questions posed by members of our group. For the second week, we stayed at Hotel Hella near Reykjavik. This hotel was completely unsatisfactory! First of all, it was near absolutely nothing. When we returned from the tour each day, there was nothing to do; there was only one restaurant and a grocery store anywhere nearby. The breakfasts were unsatisfactory - very little was offered and that was not appetizing. For example, what was presented as orange juice was some type of powdered mix (tang in the US). We could not buy yogurt at the grocery store and keep it for breakfast, because there was no refrigerator in the room. We had to drink warm soft drinks and wine if we chose to buy any at the grocery. Hair dryers were not provided. The rooms were not clean. As you can imagine, the week was horrible. Finally, on our South of Iceland tour (the second week of our trip), we spent one day doing exactly what we had done on one of the days on the North of Iceland tour. To me, that was not fair to do the same thing on two days. Due to the inability of the tour guide to interact with the participants, we will not use Nordic Saga again. I think that with the amount of money we spent, we should have had a knowledgeable and well spoken guide. I also think we should not have been subjected to a third rate hotel when the ad for the tour implied that accommodations would be comfortable and adequate - definitely not the case at Hotel Hella.
Mary J B.
Clients were extremely satisfied because the guides made the trip come alive for them. The highlight of the trip was the helicopter excursion (a total personal experience). Thank you Alex, for your patience and wealth of knowledge and seeing that our clients expectations were greatly exceeded.
