Castles & Jutland, Denmark Fly-Drive

Hi Lena
Thank you for your email.

The trip to Denmark went very well and we enjoyed ourselves.  Everything went smoothly except for a hitch with Avis when collecting our hire car in Copenhagen.  However, it turned out very much to our advantage so was certainly not a problem.  Our car, a Renault Clio was given to the customer ahead of us by error.  The depot had no other car in that class available so we were allocated an automatic Mercedes A Class, obviously at no extra charge. Great to drive, especially being automatic (which we drive at home).  The boot was just big enough though, if we'd have brought larger suitcases, they would not have fitted!

We had good weather too which we were not particularly expecting, warm and sunny except for one day when it rained non stop.  The Moesgaard  Museum outside Aarhus was definite highlight along with Frederiksborg Castle and the breakfasts in all the hotels!

The Copenhagen card was also a brilliant purchase, we made very good use of it for the first five days and it saved us a small fortune.  It was just as well too as we did find absolutely everything (except diesel fuel surprisingly) very expensive and so I don't think we will be hurrying back very soon!  We asked a waitress how they afforded to live and she said she sometimes wondered that too but added at least they weren't Norway!  

Regards
David

We had a fantastic time, loved Denmark and especially Skagen.

One thing - I must admit we found a couple of the hotels below standard to what we'd normally book - the hotel in Roskilde for instance was like an out of town motel, a Holiday Inn, but then I guess that's what this trip was about, new experiences. I know that sounds snobby, but we wanted to feed it back!

Having said that, we had such a good time, wish it'd been longer. We hope to be in contact again as we're thinking of a Nordic trip next year, and we would not hesitate to contact you.

Thanks for your advice and help

Kindest

Phil and Helen

Thank you so much for your email and thanks for putting together such a well planned and organised trip.

Denmark was beautiful and we were extremely lucky with the weather. The holiday gave us a really good taster of so many areas that we know we want to go back and explore further.

All the hotels were excellent, the food was really good and everyone was welcoming and friendly.

We will definitely be going back and we will no doubt also explore some more of Scandinavia.

Thanks,
Lydia

Everything went very smoothly as usual, the flights, car hire and hotels were all excellent! The scenery was lovely and Copenhagen was magnificent...especially the Tivoli Gardens and the canal district of Nyhavn, which I highly recommend.

On our travels we discovered castles (of course!), quaint fishing villages and super scenery. Helsingør was very nice with great views over to Sweden, and we particularly liked Gilleje, a very curious and lively fishing town.

The long bridge to Nyborg was a thrill ride, Odense was wet but interesting, the trip to Skagen was a long drive but we found a really lovely village called Sæby which is well worth a few hours stop!

Skagen was an unusual place - very windy obviously with the meeting of the seas, and we found a great restaurant whose name I can't remember!

The next day we had wanted to drive back to Copenhagen via the ferry route Spodsbjerg to Tars but decided against it (we couldn't face two long drives in a row!) so took the motorway route back to Copenhagen and spent the evening enjoying the city and ending up in beautiful Nyhavn, where we had another excellent Danish meal.

On our last day we borrowed hotel bikes and got absolutely soaked so we took refuge in a weird place called Christiania, where every shop sells marijuana and maybe even other stuff and it seems legal to smoke it there as you can get 'high' just walking around there! Another exciting and interesting place to find!

Overall, the weather was mixed. Some days there was rain (heavy) for an hour or so, then the sun came back out and it got really warm!

The accommodation was good at all our stays and we saw some lovely places.

If I was going to do it again, I would spend longer in Copenhagen, definitely revisit Gilleje and Sæby, maybe spend longer in Jutland, so I would drive shorter days, and I would try to stay in Odense again on the way back so I could do my ferry ride the next day! If I didn't have the extra day, I could miss out Skagen.

All in all, a lovely holiday in a region I have long wanted to see! Well organised (as usual) and very good hotels. The food everywhere was excellent! I look forward to booking with you again for Sweden next year - maybe you could let me know the best months to go?

Thanks for all your hard work; I hope this review helps. If you need to know more, please get back to me,

Best regards,

Richard

"Dear Lena.
I don’t want to let another day pass without writing to you to thank you very much indeed for looking after us so well and for ensuring that we had a wonderful experience looking at the wealth of historic buildings in your home country.  The buildings and the great food we were introduced to! What great cooks your compatriots are and what excellent, fresh ingredients they served up! Those buffets, including the breakfast ones, were an absolute joy to choose from. But more than anything it was your great smile and can-do attitude through even sometimes the most trying circumstances which made the holiday for me,‘perfect’ as you would say !"