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Framed by mountains and ocean seascapes, the port town of Alesund (Aalesund) and the village of Alnes have some fantastic panoramic views. Travel aboard a minibus on a journey to witness some of the region’s most iconic vistas on this half-day tour. Experience stunning scenery from the Alnes Lighthouse, enjoy Norway’s snow-capped mountain peaks, and roam the town’s historic and storied streets.
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Anonymous, Mar 2025
Our guide/driver gave us a great few hours in and around Alesund in his very comfortable small bus. We spent plenty of time at various stops and learnt a lot.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Greetings from beautiful Ålesund Dear you ???????? Thank you so much for your nice feedback. I thought it was important that my guests have enough time for all the stops. They are well planned and arranged for the very best sightseeing and satisfied guests. For me, it is you and the other guests who are important. I am from Ålesund and live here all year round.. It is a great advantage to be locally known. Only the best for you and Ålesund. The best EXPERIENCES of Ålesund and the beautiful islands. THE GOOD STORIES and that you look back on this journey WITH PLEASURE and think of beautiful Ålesund when you look at the pictures. KINDLY REGARDS ROLF
PBBronte, Mar 2025
We were a group of six and had a fantastic tour around Alesund and its surrounds. Our guide was excellent, taking us to all the highlights and providing useful information. The tour bus was very comfortable and we had a fantastic experience. I would highly recommend this company to all visitors to Alesund.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Greetings from beautiful Ålesund. Dear you . Thank you for your wonderful and kind feedback. Our guests are important, and I will always show you the very best highlights, good stories and the finest viewpoints that I will show you in beautiful Ålesund and the islands outside. Wishing you only the best in the future.???? Kindly Regards Rolf
Relax293269, Feb 2025
The guide is very good, he knows his life perfectly and we feel that he loves it very much. The tour was longer than expected. These explanations are always interesting sometimes a little too practical. He’s showing two films that he directed himself, it’s pretty cute. But he is perfectly friendly and his bus is a real luxury bus, so I would definitely recommend this tour.
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Grettings from beautiful Ålesund Thank you for your beautiful words My beautiful guests are important to me and I look forward to every trip to show you the very best highlights of Ålesund, the Viking stories and about the beautiful islands outside here. Thank you again for taking the time to write a few words. Kindly Regards Rolf
NorthStar279669, Feb 2025
Led by the many positive reviews already posted and we weren’t disappointed. Very comfortable transport and a good knowledgeable commentary on the city highlights. Moving out of town and travel through the road tunnels was just as interesting. Winter seems a good time of year to enjoy the landscape without the crowds.
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Grettings from beautiful Ålesund Spring is on its way and the days are getting longer and brighter. Thank you so much for your beautiful words. I really appreciate that you will take the time to share your experiences with me. I will always give my guests plenty of time to take pictures and hear the stories about what we see. My tours are only small groups of a maximum of 16 people so that everyone will be seen and heard. Sit comfortably by the large windows in the bus to see the best and experience beautiful Ålesund that I love so much. Thank you for liking what I convey. I will always try to show the very best to experience and I will always try to be the best option for experiencing in Ålesund. Best bus, best experiences and I get the impression that what I deliver is good. Wish you a nice spring. Kindly Regards Rolf
Driving time 15 minutes
At Akslafjellet we have a walk on the Kari path to experience a fairy tale view. The walk is 50 meters. This is the most beautiful place you can dream of, and we pass several German bunkers from World War II. There is a lot of history here.
Experience the beautiful view over Ålesund from Aksla mountain, By the view square you will experience the beautiful city everyone is fascinated by. Here you can see 360 degrees around. The weather is changing and it is just as beautiful in all kinds of weather. Here is as much as the eyes can see, from the surrounding islands, boats passing by. And the mountains that still have snow on the peaks. The cute little lights in the houses when it gets dark. come memories of an adventure in reality, and the most beautiful sunsets we also see here the sun slowly sinks into the sea , everything turns orange. for an experience in reality.
And sunrises you see the sun light up house after house. Ålesund is beautiful around the clock.
Driving time 15 minutes
Waldehuset was the only house in the eastern part of the town that did not burn down during the town fire on 23 January 1904. The entire town of Ålesund was on fire. Waldehuset was located in the middle of a large area with wooden houses, but was the only one that came unscathed from the flames.
Come and hear the incredible story of the Miracle House in Aalesund
Driving time 10 minutes
We drive through the city in many streets, We see the beautiful houses, and we drive over the famous Hellebroen, on the other side of the city. The beautiful Brosundet that divides the city in two out to the lighthouse in the city
On the night of January 23, 1904, a terrible fire broke out through Ålesund, and in the course of 16 hours, 850 houses burned to the ground, leaving 10,000 people homeless. Most of the town center had been rebuilt as early as 1907. The architects inspired by both national romantic impulses as well as the modern building style of the time in Europe; Art Nouveau or Art Nouveau.The buildings are characterized by towers, spiers and imaginative and colorful ornaments, and it is important to look up in the streets, so that you can see the small details that make it all so special. Ålesund is today widely known for its unique architecture and has a unique place in Norwegian and international architectural history.
Driving time 10 minutes
Molja lighthouse is a lighthouse in Ålesund. The lighthouse stands at the far end of the pier at the entrance to Ålesund. This is pier is from 1950
Today's lighthouse is from 1937. Automated in 1982.
But there have been lighthouses here since 1858.
Today the lighthouse has been converted into a hotel room with room service.
In all kinds of weather, this is fascinating, and the most beautiful sunsets we can experience from here.
From this part of Ålesund the fishing boats came in. Outside here are the rich fishing grounds. In the old days of the 1950s, the entire Brosundet was crowded with fishing boats that sought shelter from the weather or delivered their fish. The lighthouse showed the way in safely, but also for boats that passed Ålesund.
There is also a toilet facility here.
Driving time 10 minutes
Aalesund beautiful church was built in 1909. The old church was built in 1854 and burned down in the city fire in 1904. The beautiful church we see today has 800 seats. The stone used comes from the areas around Krisiansund a little further north of Aalesund. The church is located on Apøya on a hill above the city, and can both be heard and seen from most of the city
Driving time 20 minutes
View point to beautiful Alnes and alnes lighthouse. We see the lighthouse in the middle tightly surrounded by the houses. The high mountains on one side and the open sea as far as you can see on the other side. Beautiful and mighty nature. We are close to the sea here, and hear it whistling in the fresh sea air out here. We see the waves breaking over the rocks, some rocks are huge and it's fascinating to think about where they come from. A beautiful untouched nature. Alnes lighthouse now limits entry to only 8 people at a time, and that is only at fixed times. Travelers get to see the magnificent lighthouse from the outside, but not the opportunity to go inside.
Driving time 5 minutes
We drive along the high stone wall that will protect the houses from big waves in bad weather. The narrow road leads us around the island and opens up the landscape. Feel the fresh sea air when we go out. It's so beautiful out here.
The lighthouse has fully operated for boats and ships on Alnes since 1853..Her Majesty the Queen of Norway opened the new visitor center at Alnes Lighthouse on October 7, 2016. and has an exciting, new signal building - which is barely visible in the terrain.
In order for the new visitor center to fit in with the surroundings and the existing facility, large parts of the 700 square meter building have been dug into the ground.
The artists Ørnulf Opdahl and Sidsel Colbjørnsen, who live on site, have donated an art collection that will serve as a basic exhibition. The Queen have been here many times, seen drawings and followed from the sidelines, the Queen could tell. And she praises this beautiful place. Beautiful and weatherproof.
Driving time 10 minutes
GISKE is called Norway's birthplace.
The home of the most powerful families in Norway. The Giske family was powerful for many hundreds of years, , four brothers of the mighty Giske family. They were among the king of Norway's men. They followed the king closely, Giske medieval church was built in the year 1130 as a family chapel for the powerful Giske family of descendants of the ancestor Torberg Arnason. His daughter Tora became Queen of Norway. The church has approx. 130 seats.It is the oldest church in this part of Norway almost 900 years old. The whole church are made of marble, as the only in Norway. The marble comes from other places in Norway and from Italy. in Europe, they were inspired by the architecture of the church buildings they saw, which lay behind this church. Small crosses have been carved on the outer walls around the year 1300 by pilgrims on special days of the year which we see clearly today when we look at the outer walls of the church.
Driving time 5 minutes
Stop to see them 3300 year old historical burial mound
This is the most unique in Norway
Driving time back to the cruise pier is 20 minutes and end of the tour. We will show a fantastic film in the bus of the city fire in Ålesund and beautiful Norwegian nature with pleasant music in the background as an end to the trip as we drive through the underwater tunnels here.
Vi er kommet tilbake til startpunktet for denne turen. Vi takker så mye for at du valgte å reise med oss i dag. Håper du har fått noen nye fine minner fra vakre Ålesund og Alnes lighthouse med oss. Royal Tour Travel
For nye gjester som leser her, vil vi vise dere det beste av Ålesund og Alnes lighthouse med vår Luxury komfortabel minibus on this Amazing round trip, for only smal groups. Max 16 persons.
You will see the best from Aalesund and the surrounding islands. So much too see
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