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we joined the Visa Free Tours or Ferry passengers which took the route of HELSINKI - ST. PETERSBURG - TALLINN - STOCKHOLM. we were greeted by the tour operator the moment we exit from the immigration. The 3 days arrangement were well spread out, we had enough time to visit each sights, our tour guide was knowledgeable and explains well and she managed the timing very well. The hotel we stayed in was Solo Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky, room was spacious, breakfast and service was good. We are so glad we joined this tour as we did not have to que to enter the palaces at Pushkin and Petergof. The only set back was that on the first day the tour guide who received us was different from the one that led us on day 2 and 3.

Thank you so very much Susie for all your help in planning and working with me on our trip to Norway and Iceland!! Thanks for helping me to customize our wonderful trip to fit our desires!! We had a wonderfully super time!! Thanks again for all your help.-.

Nordic Saga is really just a retailer of wholesale tours. If this review were just about their part, it would be 5 stars. All the pre-trip arrangements with Dora Rozet were great. I thought the price of the tour was reasonable. Dora was helpful and prompt in her replies to my e-mails.The tour itself was run by Trans Nordic Tours. It was what they call their Legends of Scandinvia tour that ran from Stockholm through the fjords to Bergen then Oslo and ending in Copenhagen. Our guide, Lissa, was wonderful. So was the driver. The local guides in Stockhom and Oslo were very good. I felt we were rushed through the Viking Ship museum by our Oslo guide. There were only 22 people on the tour so it was not a large group which was good. The itinerary was fine except I don't see the point of bothering with Bergen. I would rather have skipped it and spent more time in the fjord region. We had a lot of rain, especially in Norway but the operator has no control over that. The hotels were mostly very good with the exception of the Scandic Hamar which was at best adequate. The real downer of the trip was the ferry from Oslo to Copenhagen. That was a miserable experience starting with an inexcusably chaotic boarding process followed by rough seas during the night. I realize my experience colors my view, but I would avoid any tour that uses this ferry. If I were organizing the trip I would go from Oslo to the fjords to Stockholm then to Copenhagen, the last part on bus or train. A 5 hour train trip would have been much preferable to the 16 hour ferry crossing. The operator had arranged for most of our luggage to be sent as cargo and all we had to carry onboard was a backpack or overnight bag. That was a very good idea.

We used Nordic Saga for our weeklong Iceland vacation in Aug/September 2017. The company helped us customize the tour to fit our group of 11 people. Anna worked well with all of us and coordinated everything. Our group are from different states/countries and she was able to help us a lot. The Grayline Tours that they used was excellent and I recommend them. All the sights we saw were awesome and the tour guides were all excellent. Icelanders are very friendly. The Radisson Blu Saga where we stayed was ok but a bit far from everything. Taxi to downtown Reykjavik from the hotel is between $25-$30 one way. Or you can walk for 25 minutes. Hotel's breakfast was included but it gets tiring eating the same thing for a week. Overall, I think our tour with Nordic Saga was a great value and well-organized.

I had a great experience with a knowledgeable tour guide who even sang Icelandic songs on the bus. The vistas are amazing. Our tour guide, Hron, exposed to the culture and history of this beautiful country!

I used Nordic Saga to book all our travel and accommodation arrangements for our 30 day trip to 5 Nordic countries. By using this company, we were able to travel independently, without having to worry about various travel and lodging logistics. Everything worked out very well, their choices were very suitable for our needs and budget. Of note, Nordic Saga was able to get us good travel and accommodation rates, better than other companies who packaged travel and hotels together and called it "an independent tour", with rates that appeared to be about 10 to 20% higher than Nordic Saga. They also got us a better trans-atlantic flight rate than I could get booking on my own online. Nordic Saga was able to provide the advice we needed both before our trip and even during our trip when we had a few questions. Susie Main in particular was very knowledgeable and responsive to our various queries.

We have just returned from a 7 day trip to Norway. We planned this trip because we thought it would be a great adventure and we were not disappointed. We loved everything: the country, the people, and amazing fjords... Nordic Saga Tours was very instrumental in arranging this trip. They booked our hotels, airfares, train and ferry tickets and city passes. We received our complete itinerary and all train tickets and vouchers 3 weeks before the trip. It would have been nice to get our travel documents sooner but some of the train tickets could be booked only 45 days prior to travel. All travel arrangements worked out like clockwork. Vouchers and train tickets were accepted without any problems. Alex from Nordic Saga selected very nice hotels, clean and quiet, nothing fancy but good quality and value for the money. We were satisfied with Nordic Saga Tours and can recommend them unequivocally.

Pat and I had a great trip to Iceland. The tour guide and bus driver were well adjusted to the requirements of the touring members and performed their duties beyond. Other members of the group got along very well with each other and many laughs were shared among the group; this alone makes for a good tour. The scenery around the Island was an experience which included a great many things hat I have not seen before, such as lava flows, glaciers, glacier lagoons, dormant volcanoes for a few. Hotel accommodations were very good, however, a couple had small shower facilities and several did not have sufficient cover on the windows to keep out the daylight at 2:00am which none of us were use to seeing. The meals were very good for those of us who would try anything at least once. I found at most locations at the end of day meal (supper) there was a set meal of either fish, lamb or chicken -not bad-. However there were two or three members who did not eat meat or fish and because of little selection of food provided were served roasted stuffed "Bell Peppers" three nights in a row. On the final night our hotel was changed from the "Hilton" to the "Marina" which was OK since it placed us in the downtown area where it was an easy walk to the main attractions. However, the hotel was not in good communications with the "Flybus" company as we were told by thr hotel receptionist to wait in the lobby and the driver would come into the area and announce the bus. This never happened. Apparently the "Flybus" driver waits at the street corner (out of view from the lobby) and if nobody is there they continue to the next hotel. As a result we were running out of time and I was thinking of hiring a Taxi to the airport. However, in the end everything tuned out as Flybus held the main bus at the terminal until they came on a special trip to get us. But then one has to expect a few glitches. All in all it was an excellent experience.