Sweden · GUIDED
The 15 best guided tours you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is first for a reason; start there.
Cruise Stockholm’s archipelago by classic boat with a live English and Swedish guide, onboard café, WiFi, and flexible 1.5 to 3-hour options.
“David our guide was great - informed and witty. Perfect way to spend some time while it rained down outside”
2-hour guided walk through Stockholm Old Town, Gamla Stan, with an English guide. See Riddarholmen and the Royal Palace.
“It was very good, guide was entertaining and very knowledgeable, thoroughly enjoyed, the time flew by, would thoroughly recommend”
A 75-minute winter boat tour from Strömkajen, cruising quays and Fjäderholmarna on an icebreaking vessel with a live guide.
“This was an amazing winter tour! Especially the tour guide Kristoffer was brilliant - we learned a lot ans really enjoyed our trip :-)”
4-hour Swedish food walking tour through Östermalmshallen, Hötorgshallen and Gamla Stan, with tastings, lunch, chocolate, and fika.
“This tour was a brilliant way to see and learn about Stockholm while enjoying some great food. Cotton was a fantastic guide, we found him very funny and knowledgeable, and loved his very direct, no-nonsense, dry approach to group members. He was very informative and we enjoyed learning about other aspects of life in Sweden. Highly recommended!”
Guided Stockholm archipelago cruise from Strandvägen to Vaxholm with live English narration, blankets, and great water views for photos.
“The boat, captain, and chief guide were excellent. We had expected that the tour would include a stop to visit the archipelago itself. However, the experience was limited to staying on the boat and viewing the many islands around Stockholm from the water. It is likely we did not read the description carefully, which led to different expectations.”
A 1-hour Stockholm canal cruise from the Royal Palace to Djurgården, with audio guide in 14 languages and fika.
“Enjoyable review ride which exposed me different part of stockholm and history. Electronic Guide should have been better .”
Cycle Stockholm by island, from Gamla Stan to Djurgården. Guided 2-3 hour tour with helmet, safety help, and optional e-bike.
“Great tour covering lots of key points in the city. Our guide, Lucas, was very informative and set a good pace for the group.”
A 2.5-hour guided Gothenburg harbor cruise to the southern archipelago from Lilla Bommen, with live commentary in English and Swedish.
“Great experience. We would love more what guide said if it would be heard also outdoors on 1st floor (outdoors). In spite of that everything was good”
A 2-hour guided boat cruise from Stockholm's Royal Palace to the archipelago, with multilingual narration and onboard drinks.
“Friendly and knowledgeable guides. Smaller more personal boat, no sense of feeling crowded. Only minor issue is the trip is more like 90 minutes vs 2 hrs. But it was overall a good choice”
50 minutes of guided Stockholm highlights on a quiet electric open boat, past Royal Palace, Vasa and ABBA for $30.
“Explanation of historic sites, and made better in English language.”
A 50-minute silent electric boat tour of Stockholm’s palaces, museums, and islands with an English live guide.
“Great boat ride, felt like a private tour. But a little short. Would have enjoyed it much more if the boat went a little further.”
2-hour guided walk through Stockholm’s Old Town with Sophie, stop photos, mini fika, and local tips for $22 in Gamla Stan.
“Zügige, informative Führung mit Zeit für Zwischenfragen”
Skip the line at Stockholm’s Vasa Museum with a guide. Learn why Sweden’s warship sank, then watch how it was salvaged.
“Our guide Gaia was amazing. Great energy, knowledge and made all of us in the group feel welcome. Would highly recommend. Such an interesting part of history and the ship… wow.”
A 2-hour guided Vasa Museum visit with admission and an English guide, saving you time and adding context in Stockholm.
“The museum is fantastic but our guide made the experience. Her knowledge and expertise was second to none. Very friendly and helpful giving lots of useful recommendations.”
Guided Abisko aurora chase with hotel pickup transfers, up to 100 km driving, and photo help, warm drink, and fire-side fika.
“We had the most excellent and patient guide. She had a very cool backgrounds story spanning Sweden NZ Japan and Malaysia. She was an amazing photographer and kept us engaged. Although the lights wasn’t in our fate that day, we accepted that outcome without much unhappiness given the guide was so good. We managed to see the lights two days later with the same tour!”
Old town walks to Arctic nights.
