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Clarion Collection Hotel No 13, ‘number 13’ is centrally located in downtown Bergen on the Torgallmenningen, a pedestrian mall. There are seven Nordic Choice Hotels in Bergen, Norway, including one connected to the airport and one near the airport about ten miles out of city center. Clarion Collection No 13 is the lowest priced reward…
My first visit to Bergen was September 9, 2014 one year ago today. I came to the city on Norway’s west coast in the heart of fjord land last year to hang out and hike for a week. Statistically, September is the wettest month in Bergen. Last year I barely saw a cloud for the…
by Ric Garrido
When I googled ‘price of beer prague’, one of the main websites listed is www.priceoftravel.com. The page gives Prague a backpacker index $43.08. The beer portion of that is $4.00 to $5.50 per day. Sounds good to me for my travels next month. www.priceoftravel.com – Prague Backpacker Index The backpacker index is the sum for…
by Ric Garrido
Today I updated the Loyalty Traveler Trips and Destinations page with 24 articles from my Norway trip last month and 12 articles from Minneapolis in February. I added some articles for Iowa and Chicago too. From a blog perspective, pages are the static pages that are always listed on the home page. I have three pages on…
This is part two of my hotel review for Clarion Collection Havnekontoret Bergen on hotel rooms and gym. Public spaces and food for this #1 rated TripAdvisor hotel in Bergen, Norway in Part One of Clarion Collection Havnekontoret Bergen is here. The hotel is 16,000 Choice Privileges points per night. There were several room types…
Clarion Collection Havnekontoret Bergen, TripAdvisor #1 hotel for Bergen, Norway is where I stayed several nights this past week. The location is beside the Bryggen UNESCO World Heritage Site and across the street from the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Bergen. These two hotels are the last stop on the Bergen Airport Express bus for 90 NOK door…
Bergen bewitched me. All my fears about Bergen weather with 9 inches of rain on average for the month of September were cast away in a summer spell of six straight sunshine filled days. Norway’s second largest city is the environment where I biked, hiked and psyched about Bergen. A week in Bergen was one…
Fløyen offers great views of Bergen from a height of 320 meters. The Floibanen is a funicular that takes you from Bergen up the mountain in about 8 minutes for a round trip ticket price of 85 NOK ($14 USD). The child price is 43 NOK ($7 USD) and a family ticket for 2 adults…
by Ric Garrido
There are currently five airlines operating at Oslo Sandefjord Torp Airport (TRF) 120 km south of Oslo with Norwegian Air, RyanAir, WizzAir, Widerøe (SAS) and KLM. Oslo Sandefjord Torp Airport low cost flights provided a great alternative for cheap and quick transportation to Bergen, Norway (BGO). Oslo Sandefjord Torp Airport (TRF) is one of two…
by Ric Garrido
There are quite a number of Americans in Bergen, Norway. I did not come across any Americans during four days in the southeast Norway coastal towns of Larvik and Sandefjord. So I guess it is not surprising to discover USA branded Bergen. Think Starbucks, McDonald’s, Burger King, 7-Eleven. And of course there is the ubiquitous…
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