Stockholm is beautiful, a little to busy for me. Lots of traffic and people. Lovely old part of town. Plenty of little shops. It takes 4 hours to reach Stockholm sailing past some of the most beautiful islands with lots of little cottages on them . ...
We did our own touring here. Got tickets to the Hop -on, Hop-off boats, and visited the Vasa Museum, the Abba museum ( had lunch nearby, also not inexpensive), And walked around. In the evening we did a Ghost walk (pre-paid on the web), which was entertaining. We got the Viking shuttle bus back to ship (free service provided by Viking. ...
We booked Hop on Hop Off bus/boat from Stromme. They are the only company that will drive out to Nynashamn Port to pick passengers up and will bring you back at the end of the day.
Both tours were interesting, we spent time in Gama Stan...Old Town area and again did the Rick Steeves suggested walking tour by ourselves. ...
We did Hop on Hop off on our own, saw Changing of the Guard at the Royal Palace, and hung out in Old Town. This was great, very sufficient, and exceeded our expectations. ...