Free arrival in Stockholm.

Recommended flight :

Departure from Paris Charles de Gaulle on 10 May 2024 at 9am (Air France flight AF 1262).

Arrival at Stockholm airport at 11.35am. No time difference

Duration : 2 h 35 (direct flight)

You will be met at the airport by your La Fugue tour operator and your English-speaking guide, followed by a private transfer to the Millesgarden Museum.

Discovering Stockholm is always a dazzling experience. Water is everywhere in the “Venice of the North”: built on fourteen islands in the heart of an archipelago of some 24,000 islands and islets, the Swedish capital breathes in tune with nature. You’ll have the chance to find out for yourself when you visit the Millesgarden Museum for a welcome “Light Lunch”. This delightful house, once owned by the sculptor (and Rodin pupil) Carl Milles, is the ideal place to acclimatise to Stockholm’s enveloping mildness. There are wonderful views from its open-air sculpture garden.

Private transfer to your hotel, Le Grand Hotel.

After settling in at the hotel, it’s time for the whirlwind of passions in La Traviata by Swedish soprano Ida Falk Winland, one of the great singers of the new generation of Scandinavian singers.

At 7p.m., at the Royal Opera House of Stockholm :

LA TRAVIATA, G. Verdi

Orchestra and Choir of the Royal Opera of Sweden

Ruth Reinhardt : Conductor

Ellen Lamm : Staging

Ida Falk Winland : Violetta Valéry

Joel Annmo : Alfredo Germont

Karl-Magnus Fredriksson : Giorgio Germont

Johanna Rudström : Flora Bervoix

Katarina Böhm : Annina

John Kim : Gaston

Johan Edholm : The baron Douphol

Lennart Forsén : The marquis of Obigny

John Erik Eleby  : Doctor Grenvil

Jan Sörberg  : A messenger

Jacob Lundin-Wistrand : A valet

La Traviata is the story of a woman who chooses to follow her heart in a society ruled by convention. Since its premiere in Paris in 1852, it has become one of Verdi‘s most performed and best-loved works.

Verdi’s opera is performed here in the setting of the Royal Opera House in Stockholm with a predominantly Swedish cast, including the formidable Alfredo played by tenor Joel Annmo, and of course Violetta played by Ida Falk Winland. Ellen Lamm‘s staging offers a fresh and respectful vision of Violetta Valéry’s deeply moving story.

After the show, dinner in a gastronomic restaurant a few steps from the Opera.

Night at your hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Accompanied by your French-speaking guide, we set off to discover Stockholm’s historic city center.

Gamla Stan is the city’s oldest district : its maze of cobbled streets is a delight to visit, with its brightly-coloured houses and numerous buildings dating mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Other emblematic buildings include Stockholm Cathedral and the spectacular Royal Palace, one of the largest palaces in Europe and the official residence of the Kings of Sweden.

Lunch in town after the visits.

In the afternoon, we’ll celebrate the spring solstice with a dance !

At 3p.m., at the Royal Opera House of Stockholm :

Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ballet in 4 acts

Dancers of the Royal Swedish Ballet

Alexander Ekman : Choreography

Music :  Mikael Karlsson

Costumes : Bregje Van Balen

Premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2015, Alexander Ekman‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has established itself as one of the great choreographic performances of recent years. The spring solstice is in fact a great popular tradition in Scandinavia, and Ekman, who regularly works for the best dance companies (including the Paris Opera Ballet) brings a reading of it full of humour and energy.

Free time after the ballet.

After the theatrical and choreographic magic, we invite you to enjoy the dream of a spring night in the Stockholm archipelago during a private musical cruise and dinner on board.

Night at your hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel and check-out. Your luggage can be left in a safe place at the hotel.

Paris has the Louvre, Florence the Uffizi Museum and Stockholm boasts the Vasa Museum. While the Swedish capital is packed with museums of international stature, Vasa is certainly the city’s most astonishing institution

The museum is home to the best-preserved 18th-century warship in the world. In 1628, the ship sank off the coast of Stockholm on her maiden voyage, and it was not until 1961 that the vessel was salvaged in an exceptional state of preservation. Today, we marvel at these original items, including almost 14,000 wooden objects found on board, which bring back to life an era thought lost forever. It’s a fabulous journey through time and imagination.

After the visit, lunch before continuing our discovery of the charms of green Djürgarden. There’s no escaping the charm of the verdant Skansen Park, a vast open-air museum retracing the Swedish way of life of past centuries, the Thiel Gallery, dedicated to art and home to one of the world’s largest collections of works by Edvard Munch, or the vast Royal Djurgården Park, which invites nature into the heart of the city.

Around 4.30p.m., private transfert to Stockholm Airport.

Recommended flight:

Depart from Stockholm airport on 12 May 2024 at 7.20pm (Air France flight AF 1063).

Arrival at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport at 10pm.

Duration: 2 h 40 (direct flight)