Alesund Shore Excursion: The Ultimate Sightseeing Tour

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Alesund, Norway

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10+ bookings last month.

4 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.5

· Jeffrey_G ·

Jul 2025

We loved this tour. Our tour guide and driver were both kind and knowledgeable. The open air museum was amazing. A bit of steep walk for a part of it but if you can manage that it is amazing. The real highlight however is the lighthouse. The whole area looks like a postcard.

· Roger_T ·

Jul 2025

Great reminder of life of Vikings at Viking museum. Visit to historic still operating lighthouse. General sightseeing. Value for money compared to cruise tours. Fully cognizant of cruise timetable.

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Overview

Get to know Alesund's cultural and natural highlights on this half-day shore excursion. Visit the enchanting island of Godoy, climb to the top of Alnes Lighthouse, and visit the open-air Sunnmore Museum, where you learn about life in Norway over the centuries and see a collection of many different boats. From the museum, return to the city center to discover the spectacular art nouveau architecture and drive along the Brosundet canal downtown Ålesund.

Check off plenty of Alesund's highlights in just one tour
Go beyond the guidebooks with facts and insights from your guide
Hassle-free pickup from close to the port
Forget the hassle of logistics and let your guide lead the way

What's Included

Tour guide
Sightseeing tour
Visit to the Sunnmøre Museum
Visit to the Alnes Lighthouse

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Storneskaia, Ålesund, Norway
The meeting point is within walking distance from the port/pier and most of the hotels. Look for our staff on the pier, yellow jackets, carrying our company logo. Be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Please note that "gate" means "street" in Norwegian.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Storneskaia

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Sunnmore museum

1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Alnes Lighthouse

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Brosundet i Alesund

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Storneskaia

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Due to new regulations from the city for Mount Aksla, there is an influx of new visitors to Alnes lighthouse. On some occasions our visit to Alnes may change from an inside visit to an outside or panorama visit.
Tours conducted in April or October may be guided in English only, due to limited guide availability during the shoulder season.
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking "ship name"

Service animals are not allowed by default as other customers may have allergies, in case a service animal is needed please contact us
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide in English due to mixed groups
Some terrain may include uneven surface for wheelchair access
Contact us before booking if wheelchair ramp is needed!
Bring child/infant seats with you
All vehicles support foldable wheelchairs
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

based on 286 reviews

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Nice tour

Frank_D, Sep 2025

Very good overview of the town and surrounding area. The tour guide was well informed and very pleasant to deal with.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour of Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a good time with us on your excursion. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS. We hope that you had a wonderful vacation here in beautiful Norway!

Very narrow and steep...

Kenneth_M, Aug 2025

Very narrow and steep stairs in lighthouse. The guide was friendly, but we could not always hear him. Would be nice to have some shopping time included.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing excursion in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a nice time and thank you for the feedback. Thank you again for joining us!

Worthwhile Tour of Alesund

Michael_G, Aug 2025

This is one of the best tours of Alesund you will find. Most tours do a similar route but visit Mount Aksla instead of the lighthouse. Mount Aksla is nice, but it can be easily summited by a quick hike from the center of town (even for someone who is out of shape). On the other hand, the lighthouse is remote, hard to access, and well worth a visit. I would highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're thrilled to hear you describe our tours as one of the best in Ålesund! Thank you so much for choosing Norway Excursions AS and for recommending us to others. We hope that you had a wonderful vacation here in beautiful Norway!

Overall, a very positive...

Eugene_S, Aug 2025

Overall, a very positive experience. Our guide (forgot to write down his name, he was Italian but had been living in Norway for the last 10 years) was very knowledgeable and provided just the right amount of information without being overbearing. Everything went as expected.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a positive experience with us. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS. We hope that you had a wonderful time here in Norway.

Excellent tour of Alesund

James_S, Jul 2025

This is a morning bus tour with thrre main stops. Pickup was at the pier where our shop was docked. Danny was an excellent guide. We got to see part of the old city as well as the islands.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing excursion and our fantastic guide Dani! We're thrilled to hear you had an excellent time with us. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS. We hope that you had a wonderful vacation here in Norway.

Drop-off tour without much depth

Val_R, Jul 2025

The "ultimate turen" was well-organised and clearly designed to accommodate a broad audience, but the experience felt largely like a standard "drop-off" tour without much depth. The guide was fluent in both English and German and delivered the information with enthusiasm, but the content came across as rather superficial and tailored to very general crowd. For us personally, the tour did not quite live up to expectations, and we didn't feel it was with the price.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're sorry to hear that your experience did not meet your expectations. We strive to offer quality tours at a fair price and are sorry to hear that we fell short in your estimation. We thank you for joining us and we hope that you had a lovely vacation here in Norway!

The tour signed great but we were in Norway with no local to give the tour but instead the guide spoke Spanish

Jennifer_P, Jul 2025

The tour was a Spanish speaking tour as well as English. We had no idea and the guide spent more time talking in Spanish and said everything twice. We left at the first stop and just chose to walk around ourselves and not take this tour. We wasted over 600.00 and should have chosen to do something else. Unless you need a Spanish speaking guide don’t choose this for your day in Norway.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We happily welcome people to our city from all over the world, not just English speakers. On your tour, your guide would have given the same information in both languages. We won't apologize for accommodating people of diverse nationalities on our excursion, but are sorry to hear that this affected your tour so much as to feel our tour was only worth 1 star. We hope that you had a nice vacation here in Norway.

Alesund past and present

Jeancohn, Jul 2025

Great tour! Visit sites get history of area. Great info about Ålesund and its past as well as present.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a great time with us! Thank you again for joining us and we hope that you had a wonderful time here in Norway!

Group too large

Allan_S, Jul 2025

Too many people on this tour. Couldn’t hear the guide as couldn’t get close enough. Envied those I saw on other tours who had quiet boxes. Feel we missed out on important information about locations we visited. Enjoyed the locations we visited but don’t feel we were culturally enriched.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. Our scheduled tours are generally on a standard sized coach as are other tours in the area. We do also offer smaller private tours, but they are only bookable directly through our company. We're sorry that you did not have the experience that you were expecting from your tour and we thank you for your feedback. We hope that you had a nice vacation here in beautiful Norway!

We loved this tour. The...

Jeffrey_G, Jul 2025

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're so happy to hear that you loved this tour and Ålesund! Our town is incredibly beautiful and we're happy to hear you describe it as a postcard. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS. We hope that you had a wonderful Norwegian vacation!

Great activity during short cruise stop

Roger_T, Jul 2025

Great reminder of life of Vikings at Viking museum. Visit to historic still operating lighthouse. General sightseeing. Value for money compared to cruise tours. Fully cognizant of cruise timetable.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour. We're happy to hear that you had a great experience with us and felt you got good value for your money. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS over the cruise ship excursions. We hope that you had a wonderful vacation here in Norway1

Alesund

Marc_H, Jul 2025

Saw some interesting sights in and around Alesund. We weren't warned about sites that challenged people with mobility issues, and there were several in our group. There were steep inclines at the museum and of course stairs at the lighthouse. Guide was pleasant.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our excursion in Ålesund. We're sorry that some members of your group were unable to enjoy the full excursion. We do hope that despite this, you enjoyed your experience with us. Thank you for joining us and we hope that you enjoyed your time here in beautiful Norway!

Not much interaction with guide

Paul_B, Jun 2025

Not much interaction with the guide. Museum/ village was great and most of the tour time was there. However you were left to your own devices so may has well have just gone there on your own. Lighthouse was good but again, no interaction with guide. Stairway in lighthouse was dangerous as many people banged their heads ( be aware). Not much time spent in Alesund centre itself and could not hear anything guide said due to volume of people. It was really a mode of transport rather than a tour

This was a good tour to...

Jon_G, Jun 2025

This was a good tour to see all the important Aires in Alesund! Our guide was very knowledgeable and involved!

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. Thank you for choosing Norway Excursions AS. We hope that you had a lovely time here in Norway!

Alesund tour

James_W, Jun 2025

Enjoyed our drive around Alesund. Saw some amazing sites. The lighthouse was amazing and the museum very interesting.

Good sites - needs more appropriate time for each activity.

Rachel_F, Jun 2025

We chose this tour because it seems to give us several things to see in the area. We really only spent time at the museum and the lighthouse. More time could be allowed so all could have had the opportunity to go up into the lighthouse. The museum was an open air stroll thru some of the historic turf house and there was a building with several Viking boats. We enjoyed our time there. We really didn’t get a tour of the art nouveau in the city center.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thank you for taking the time to review our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund and providing your valuable feedback. We appreciate it. The visit to Alnes does allow time to go into the lighthouse, so we're not sure where the miscommunication was there. Our apologies. We do hope that you had a lovely day with us despite wishing for more time. Thank you for joining us here in beautiful Ålesund. We hope that you enjoyed your time in Norway!

Disappointing experience with aviator tour in Alesund

Luchi_P, Jun 2025

While our tour of Ålesund had the potential to be an enjoyable experience, the conduct of one individual tainted the journey. The tour guides were friendly, engaging, and eager to assist, making an effort to create a welcoming atmosphere. However, the behavior of the bus driver, Julian, was unacceptable and deeply disappointing. After mistakenly opening the door while it was closed, I immediately apologized for the error. Despite this, Julian continued to berate and scold both me and my friend—who walks with a cane—treating us as though we were misbehaving children rather than paying customers. His aggressive approach made us feel bullied and unnecessarily humiliated. When the bus was finally opened and I attempted to board, Julian once again confronted me, demanding my name. Already frustrated by his behavior, I asked for his name in return. His demeanor throughout the experience showed an unsettling lack of professionalism, respect, and compassion—particularly toward my friend, whose mobility challenges should have warranted at least a basic level of consideration. While the two tour guides later apologized upon learning about the incident, the apology should have come from Julian himself. His refusal to acknowledge his disrespectful conduct only reinforced our sense of discrimination and disdain from him. The tour boasts a high-end bus as its selling point, but if the people behind it lack basic courtesy and professionalism, then the comfort it provides becomes irrelevant. The negative experience overshadows any luxury, turning what should have been an enjoyable excursion into an upsetting one. For over $133 per person, this tour was simply not worth the money. Ålesund offers plenty of hop-on, hop-off bus tours available at the port—many of which provide a pleasant experience without the risk of encountering rude staff. I'd rather spend less and actually enjoy my time, so if you’re looking to book a tour, save your money and choose the hop on hop off bus.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback on one of our drivers. We are terribly sorry to hear about your experience and take this very seriously. We have passed this message on to his superiors at our bus suppliers. We thank you again for joining us and for providing us with this valuable feedback. Again, please accept our sincere apologies.

Good tour

Sophie_W, Oct 2024

This was a very informative tour and provided some amazing photo ops. The views from the Alnes Lighthouse were amazing. Sunnmore Museum provided the opportunity to see how homes were built in centuries past as well different boats.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ålesund Ultimate Sightseeing Tour. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. Thank you for joining us and we hope that your Norwegian vacation was wonderful!

Nice lighthouse

Maria_V, Oct 2024

The most memorable part of the Alesund excursion was the bit at the end with Alness Lighthouse. 185 steps to the top but the view was worth it!

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing excursion in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a memorable time with us. Thank you again for joining us and we hope you had a great vacation!

A lot of sites packed into this tour

Janet_O, Sep 2024

This tour gave us a great combination of sites and experiences, and Sandra was a wonderful guide. We started out going up a hill to an overlook of Alesund (not the one that has the observatory). Then we had over an hour at an outdoor museum of old dwellings. We drove to a couple of neighboring islands via bridges and underground tunnels. We were able to visit a lighthouse and climb to the top (very steep steps) for beautiful views, and spend a minute at the beach nearby made up of unique granite boulders. We stopped at a very old Viking era church, and returned to Alesund and got a drive through town with commentary from our guide. We saw so many things, and still had time to do some sightseeing and shopping around town on our own afterward. I will caution that there is a lot of walking involved on this tour, in order to see the promised sites, and much of it is uphill, or up stairs. There were some in the group that were frustrated that the tour description wasn't clear about that.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund and of our fantastic guide Sandra. We're happy to hear that you had a wonderful time with us. Thank you for your important feedback. We're so happy that you joined us and we hope that you had a wonderful vacation here in Norway!

Great guide with a lot of information about the area.

Natalie_S, Sep 2024

Our tour guide, Sandra, was knowledgeable and friendly. We enjoyed the tour overall but it was a little too long. And as it was towards the end of the season, some cafes and stores were already closed for the season.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund and of our fantastic guide Sandra. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour overall, even if it was a bit too long for your liking. Thank you for joining us and we hope you had a wonderful vacation here in Norway!

Wee bit windy at the top!

lisette_t, Sep 2024

It was great to explore so many areas near Alesund. Our favorite part was going up to the top of the lighthouse. Sandra was our tour guide here and in Geiranger and she did an excellent job keeping us informed about all the beautiful sights!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund and our fantastic guide Sandra! We're so happy that you had a wonderful time with us here in Ålesund. Thank you for joining us and we hope you had a wonderful vacation in Norway!

Very good trip

Migdaly_l, Sep 2024

We had a great time! Sandra was very awesome she give us information, city stories and we enjoyed the trip very much!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour and our fantastic guide Sandra. We're happy to hear that you had a great time with us here in Ålesund! Thank you for joining us and we hope that you had a wonderful Norwegian vacation!

Great tour!

JM_S, Aug 2024

This was a great tour. Our guide was very organized, well informed and a kind and thoughtful person. We enjoyed seeing all the sights and learning about Norway. Highly recommended!

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We're happy to hear that you had a great time with us on your excursion. Thank you for joining us. We hope that you had an amazing and memorable vacation here in Norway. Thank you for recommending Norway Excursions AS to others. We appreciate it!

Alesund sightseeing

king_L, Aug 2024

Excellent shore excursion at a fraction of the price of cruise line prices Would recommend Tour guide was very informative

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesun. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your day with us. Thank you for joining us!

Alesund Norway, a treasure to experience

Catherine_L, Jul 2024

The tour allows you to see parts of the city & area otherwise challenging to fit in on your own. We were on a cruise and for those of you who take cruises know this was half the cost of a cruise excursion and they are well aware to have you back to the ship on time. Great guide & driver, entertaining & helpful. Well worth the experience, enjoy this tour!

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you so much for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund! We're happy to hear that you had a wonderful experience with us and enjoyed your day. Thank you for joining us! We hope you had a wonderful vacation.

It was just ok

Amber_H, Jul 2024

It was just ok. The tour guide was friendly and knowledgable. The booking was misleading as to the amount of walking that was required. It actually did not list walking up steep inclines, I felt bad for the people who purchased and didn’t know. The highlight was definitely the lighthouse and being able to go up in the lighthouse and take panoramic pictures.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour. We're sorry to hear that you felt the tour description to be misleading. That is certainly not our intention. There is a slight incline to get to the Storhaugen Viewpoint. Thank you for joining us and we hope you had a lovely vacation in Norway!

History, Architecture, and a Lighthouse

CharlesE_K, Jul 2024

Enjoyed the Sunnmore museum visit the old houses in the open air museum ... Also thought the ship building was impressive too ... Giske Kirke (first Photo stop at this 12th century marble church) was a good way to start ... Scenic driving with narration was very good ... At the Alnes Lighthouse we climbed the stairs of the Lighthouse and enjoyed the magnificent view over the Atlantic Ocean ... would highly recommend this tour

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund. We appreciate it. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed our tour and would highly recommend it to others! Thank you for joining us!

Great excursion of Alesund.

Candice_P, Jul 2024

Denise was an excellent guide for our tour of Alesund. She was very knowledgeable, patient and friendly. Our bus driver was excellent too. I would highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour and of our fantastic guide Denise! We're thrilled to hear you had a great time and would recommend Norway Excursions AS to others! Thank you for joining us!

Excellent

Eric_H, Jul 2024

Excellent tour, very informative, multiple stops with time for photos, good value for the price. Denise (tour guide) was excellent!

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for your review of our Ultimate Sightseeing Tour in Ålesund and our fantastic guide Denise! We're happy to hear that you had a wonderful time with us on your tour! Thank you for joining us.