Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to spend exploring Sweden’s second largest city.

Embark in the morning on your vintage vessel. In the afternoon, you will reach Trollhattan with its four locks and its interesting Canal Museum. In the evening, enjoy a guided tour of the Hunneberg Royal Hunting Museum in Vanersborg. [L/D]

Today you will travel to Lake Vanern, the third largest lake in Europe, and Sweden’s largest. On the lakefront sits Lacko Castle, built in 1298 as a bishop’s residence, and later renovated in the baroque style. You will have the chance to visit it and a variety of museums and sights. At Sjortorp, the vessel will navigate the first of the Gota Canal’s 58 locks. [B/L/D]

After passing through locks and lakes, and by fortresses, your vessel reaches the medieval town of Vadstena, celebrated for its narrow streets, wooden houses, and handmade lace. Here you’ll visit the convent founded by St. Birgitta in the 14th century and built to her design. In the evening you will stop at the industrial town of Motala, where you may visit the Motor Museum, known for its collection of antique cars and motorcycles. Motala is where the Swedish naval officer, statesman, and architect of the Gota Canal, Baltzar von Platen, is buried. [B/L/D]

In Borensberg, you will see a manually operated lock and visit the well-known Gota Hotel, built in 1908. Later your vessel will pass over two aqueducts before reaching the Carl Johan lock stairway in Berg, the longest on the canal. [B/L/D]

Founded in the thirteenth century, Soderkoping is an idyllic town, which served as an important port during the Hansa period. It also has a long and fascinating history as a spa. You’ll have some leisure time here, before the vessel crosses open water on the Baltic and then weaves through the Stockholm archipelago. [B/L/D]

The Viking community of Birka, on the island of Bjorko, is regarded by many as Sweden's first town. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993. A vibrant trading center for some 250 years, it was abandoned by the end of the 10th century, possibly because the Sodertalje had become too shallow for trade ships. Later, you will pass the seventeenth-century Drottningholm Palace, home to the Swedish royal family. In the afternoon, you will reach Stockholm, disembark and check into your hotel. [B/L]

Meal codes: [B] Breakfast [L] Lunch [D] Dinner

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