Start your journey in Ålesund, a charming city spread out over seven islands • Hike to the peak of a small sea island where surreal views of the hanging lake of Alnesvatnet are crowned by a ship-in-a-bottle lighthouse • Toast with a mug of our rustic hotel’s homebrew and dine on specialties foraged by the chef in the surrounding forest • Hike to soaring mountaintop views high above the Norddalsfjorden • Keep an eye out for the animals of Reinheimen National Park, including reindeer and eagles, on our route adjacent to the park border • Discover Scandinavian sauna culture in a wood-scented wellness center and an outdoor hot tub surrounded by the forest. 

Connect one village to the next on local ferries across fjords and sea channels, bringing your bike along for the ride and pedaling off the boat at each new shore • Cycle a winding highway hanging above the fjord • Relax in the Victorian garden or read in the conservatory of our refined wilderness lodge • Remote shepherd’s huts cling to mountainsides streaked with delicate greenery and shining ice high in the Noringsdalen valley • Look hard and you can spy the ruins of a flooded village in the crystal-clear waters of Lyngstøylsvatnet lake • Take to sturdy sea kayaks on the waters of the Hjørundfjord. 

Tiny inflatable motorboats zip you across the waves beneath the waterfall-streaked walls of Geirangerfjord, captained by local guides with a story for every stretch of shore • Europe’s steepest gondola takes us flying up to the summit of Hoven Mountain, where lunch with a view awaits on the terrace • Ramble along trails in the sky with a World Heritage panorama of coast and mountains stretched out far below • Cycle along the Loelva River for a glimpse of towering Jostalbreen glacier • Toast to the end of your journey with a view of the electric-blue Nordfjorden.