we got the shuttle into the centre, but it was rubbish for us, there were only high end shops and no where we could find to buy souvineers and postcards ...
Turned out to be a good tour. There was a problem locating our bus (he was kind of lost somewhere) but that might have had something to do with the fact that we were originally supposed to dock in Stockholm but ended up in a port 40 miles away. ...
This would have been a great tour if we docked at Stockholm, instead we docked at Nynäshamn. When I checked the ports online the dock sites confirmed Nynäshamn, but when I called NCL the next day they denied that was their plan. Nynäshamn introduced an additional, unplanned travel time cutting the sightseeing time, turning me into a dock runner, but the ship did wait for us, it just was a little ...
Very disappointed that we couldn't dock in Stockholm. Not happy having to pay $100/couple for a 75 minute bus ride. Rather chaotic leaving Stockholm as well. Place where buses dropped us off and picked us up (The Opera House) was too busy. Wish they would have dropped us off at the Port where we were supposed to have docked. This would have helped us connect with the tours we signed up for. ...
We ran/walked from the ship to the old Town. It's about 3 miles one-way. The route was scenic in the last 1.5 miles. We checked out the old part of town and walked along the water's edge. We talk great pictures here...nice to have a view of Gamla Stand with the water and boats framing the bottom edge of the picture. The old Town offers the usual: a church, restaurants, shops, cobblestone ...