Shared Guided Tour in Borgund Stave Church and Vindhella
- 2h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Borgund Stave Church is the best preserved stave church. Vindhella is one of the greatest engineering feats. Experience both wonders in the same tour! At 12 pm you start the experience with entering the visitor centre with exhibitions, cafe, travel shop and toilets, before going to the Stave Church and experiencing the mysticism of the Middle Ages. This part is self-guided and you listen to the guide inside church. The ticket is valid for the whole day. At 13.30 you'll meet our skilled guide outside the church (not same guide as in the stave church) and we walk up the east side of Vindhella to the top of the famous hairpin bends. You will learn about the King's Road and the construction of the masterpiece that meanders on high walls down through the mountain pass. Hear about the road workers, about slave labor and punishment, about railings, stones and kings. Also learn about the hill fort, ancient defense facilities, and the ambush by the medieval rebel army «Birkebeinerne».
Inclusions
What's included
- Gratuities
Itinerary
The mother of all wooden churches. The most authentic stave church in the world. Build 1180/1181.
The marvel of road engineering. The first road for horse and chart (1793) built on high stone walls and with several hairpin bends. A hikers must-see!
Vindhellavegen is the most famous section of the "King's Road across Filefjell" (Kongevegen over Filefjell) the first road for horse and cart crossing the mountains that divides east and west of Norway.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- This is in Lærdal municipality at the Sognefjord. To enter the Stave Church you meet up at the visitor centre. To join the walk to Vindhella afterwards, you meet up at the paved section in front of the church.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 24 travellers
- Operated by
- Kongevegen over Filefjell
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Everyone with normal health conditions can participate.
How it compares in Skjolden
- Its from-price is 54% below the median of the 45 experiences we list in Skjolden.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Skjolden
Skjolden is a quiet village at the head of the Lustrafjord, an arm of the Sognefjord, with high mountains, glaciers and the Sognefjellet road.
Skjolden lies at the innermost end of the Lustrafjord, itself a branch of the Sognefjord, Norway's longest fjord, with steep mountainsides rising on every side. It is a small village of a few hundred people, with a pier, a church, and farms on the lake and fjord shores. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein came here to think and write in the early twentieth century, and later had a hut built above the lake.
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