At dawn the ship enters inside the Swedish archipelago, a truly unique and spectacular stretch of navigation, and crosses through very narrow passages the Stockholm archipelago, a wide fan-shaped marine landscape that counts more than 24,000 islands, islets and rocks, of which only a thousand are inhabited. Disembarkation around 10:00, accommodation in hotel.
Visit of Stockholm: "Gamla Stan", the oldest part and rich in Renaissance palaces and alleys of medieval origin, the Royal Palace erected on the place where the 'old Tre Kronor castle destroyed by a fire in 1697 stood and Birger Jarl Square with the statue of the founder of the city.
By boat you reach the green neighborhood of Djurgården, where the characteristic Skansen is located, the oldest open-air museum in the world. Here all of Sweden is represented with more than 150 original houses and farms from different eras coming from all over the country; you can cross Skansen by cable car or with the little train. In the Skansen zoo the Scandinavian fauna is represented. There you admire, for example, the wolf, the lynx, the wolverine, the brown bear, the moose, the Lapland owl, the eagle owl, the bison, the red fox, the wild boar, the marten, the otter and the seal. The Vasa museum is not to be missed.
Boat excursion to Drottingholm Palace and the Vasa Museum. Drottingholm Palace, called the "Versailles of the north", is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is currently the residence of the Swedish royal family.
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