Sightseeing Tours & Trips in Denmark and Sweden

Visit Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, the UNESCO site that inspired Shakespeare's Elsinor in Hamlet, then head to Roskilde's Viking Ship Museum to see five 1,000-year-old Skuldelev Viking ships. Later, walk through Mønsted Kalkgruber, the world's largest man-made limestone caves carved by hand over a thousand years, before touring Drottningholm Palace, the Swedish Royal family's private residence and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and taking a scenic canal boat to Stockholm.

Starting from Copenhagen's colorful Nyhavn harbor and the iconic Little Mermaid, you'll make your way to Stockholm's Gamla Stan old town and Royal Palace over 10 days. Along the way, there's UNESCO-listed Roskilde Cathedral and its Viking Ship Museum, plus you can climb Copenhagen's Round Tower for city views and tour Gripsholm Castle on Lake Mälaren near Mariefred.

Take a canal cruise from Nyhavn through Copenhagen's waterways, passing the Little Mermaid statue and the baroque Amalienborg Castle where the Danish royal family lives. A 2nd class train takes you through 6.5 hours of Scandinavian countryside to Stockholm, where a boat tour on the Djurgarden Canal shows you the city's 14-island archipelago. Walk through Gamla Stan's cobbled medieval streets and Gothic architecture, with 4 nights in 4-star hotels.

Start in Stockholm's Gamla Stan old town, a UNESCO site where you'll walk past the Royal Palace and see buildings dating back centuries, then take a scenic cruise by Södermalm and Hammarby Sjöstad's modern eco-district before catching an express train west to Gothenburg. In Gothenburg, spend time in the 18th-century Haga district checking out wooden houses from 1790 and stopping for fika—that classic Swedish coffee break with warm cinnamon buns in local cafés. Later, cross the Öresund Bridge by train into Denmark and join guided walks around Copenhagen to see Christiansborg Palace, Amalienborg Palace, the colorful waterfront at Nyhavn, and the Royal Danish Theatre.