We Explored Olden and Briksdal Glacier in Norway on our P&O Iona Norwegian Fjords cruise - Episode 4

Welcome to Olden, the fourth episode of our P&O Iona Norwegian Fjord cruise series.
This is our second port of call onboard the beautiful P&O Iona as we set sail for a 7 night Norwegian Fjords. On the Norway Cruise we will call at Stavanger, Olden, Hellesylt for Geirangerfjord and Haugesund.
In this episode, we take a shuttle bus to Briksdal Glacier (Briksdalsbreen). This 3.5 hour excursion departed Olden at 9:30am. It took around 45 minutes to get to the Briksdal Glaceir, driving along the stunning Olden Lake.
The Briksdal Glacier is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Norway and even the trip along the valley to the glacier has some spectacular landscape views of the mountain waterfalls, the crystal clear reflections in the lakes, and the traditional architecture.
Once at Brikstal Glacier carpark, we hiked up to see the glacier, taking our time, this took around 1 hour, but you could do it quicker. If you are not very mobile, pre booking the Troll Cars would be recommended!
Over the years you can see that the glacier has receded, so if you can visit it, it might be worth going as soon as you can before it's too late!
This excursion was pre booked with Cruise Olden and cost 475 NOK - www.oldencruis...
Back onboard we had booked The Retreat - a premium VIP open-air deck area, with drinks and snacks, and great forward facing views - it was ideal for the sail away!
This evening dinner was in The Beach House, an informal Select Dining venue offering laid back dining with a coastal feel and international flavours.
We hope you enjoy this episode, stay tuned as in the next one we arrive at Hellesylt, the third port on our P&O Iona Norwegian Fjords cruise.
We've previously been to Olden and done the Loen sky lift, you can see that video at • P&O Arcadia - Vlog Epi...
We paid £997pp for our P&O Norwegian Fjords cruise and booked with / martinsholidayvillage - This was a Select fare and included Parking and £210 onboard credit. We also took out the P&O Ultimate Drinks Package for this cruise which costs £39.95pp, this was upgraded to the Deluxe package as P&O changed their packages, more info on the P&O Drinks packages can be found here:cruisemonkeys....
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P&O Iona was designed to invite the outdoors in. Gazing out from the stunning SkyDome, three-tier glass Grand Atrium or the brand-new Conservatory Mini-suite cabins, you're never far from a spectacular view of the ever-changing horizon on Iona's cruise holidays.
Iona, along with Arvia are the greenest members of the P&O fleet and the first British cruise ship to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). As an Excel class ship, she has a host of unique features including an on-board craft gin distillery, spectacular aerial shows and an Infinity Pool with breathtaking panoramas.
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