Uppsala: City Highlights and Hidden Gems Walking Tour
ID: GYG648608-1133794
Category:
Country: Sweden
Duration:
02:30 hours
Description
Travel back in time through Uppsala's history on a walking tour. Learn about how Uppsala is older than Stockholm and so often takes the title of the true "birthplace" of the Swedish nation.
Explore the legendary city of Uppsala on a walking tour. Hear stories that date back all the way to the Viking days, and how Uppsala has uncovered one of the largest archaeological findings of about 30,000 rune stones that tell the story of how the Vikings lived in their day-to-day.
See the home to the country's first king, Gustav Vasa's, castle – a pink castle – and his resting place in Uppsala Cathedral, which is one of the most beautiful and oldest cathedrals in Sweden.
Continue to walk and learn about one of the world's oldest universities - Uppsala Universitet. Carl Linneaus, father of taxonomy - the classification of species - studied and practiced here, among the beautiful flowers of the Botanical Gardens.
Highlights
- Explore Uppsala's majestic cathedral and Viking heritage with a local guide
- See the lush and stunning Botanical Gardens, where Carl Linneaus spent time
- Uncover the military history of Uppsala Castle, the world's largest pink castle
- Capture the spirit of Swedish student life alongside Uppsala's canals
- Discover the most ancient, myth-entangled stories of Stockholm's past.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Meet your guide directly outside Uppsala's train station main exit, at the fountain roundabout (in front of from B2 bus stop).
Your guide will be wearing an orange name tag and an orange hat with the text "Xperience Stockholm".
The guide will be waiting for you as you exit, near the park benches close to the bus stops, in front of the station's parking lot.
Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the activity starts.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
