We leave Ålesund...
... to take the Fjord MRF ferry from Linge...
... to Eidsdal...
... and later the winding "Eagle Road"...
... down to Geiranger, lying at the head of the Geirangerfjord (branch of the Storfjord):
Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world: the Geirangerfjord which has been listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site:
The map below shows in green Geiranger, the "Eagle Road" and the route of the 1,5-hour fjordcruise that we took on the Geirangerfjord.
During the cruise we had quite changing weather, mostly rain though. And still it was so impressive and amazing. I'm not sure if the pictures manage to get across the overwhelming atmosphere created by this place.
The "7 Sisters" waterfalls:
The "Bottle":
Again and a bit clearer "the Bottle":
Can you see it (what's on the below picture)?
Someone's looking at you:
The "bridal veil" waterfall:
This is the view from the restaurant at the Union Hotel Geiranger where we go for lunch after the cruise.
15 km of road...
... takes us to the Djupvatnet lake (1,030 m.a.s.l.):
In the afternoon the tour takes us through the Ottavalley (Ottadalen) and along the Otta river.
Within the Ottavalley lies the municipality of Lom with its attraction of the Lom stave church. A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. All of the surviving stave churches except one are found in Norway.
Ottadalen is one of the lateral valleys of the Gudbrandsdal area and lies on the northern edge of the Jotunheimen National Park which we are passing on the below pictures (and which you should know from my hiking tour to the Besseggen).
Below you see the summit of Besseggen:
Passing the villages of Fagernes and Beitostølen (we stayed there for the overnight before starting our Besseggen hike end of June), we arrive at our hotel Sanderstølen, a rustic/country style hotel in the region of Valdres.
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