Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( Fri & Sat)
What a contrast with the sober, slightly dated decor of the Grand Hotel
Bellevue! The hotel's cellar bar, backlit in pink and lime green, is where the town meets at
weekends to drink, chat and dance until late.
Information
The
tourist office ( 71 22 16 22;
www.visitandalsnes.com
;
9am-7pm mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, rest of year 9am-3pm Mon-Fri)
is at the train station
.
It rents bikes
(Nkr50/180 per hour/day) and has internet and wi-fi.
Romsdal Libris
, the bookshop over the road from the tourist office, also has wi-fi,
which extends to the quayside in front of it.
Getting There & Away
Bus
Buses along the spectacular National Tourist Route to Geiranger (Nkr222, three hours),
via Trollstigen, the Linge-Eidsdal ferry and the steep Ørnevegen (Eagle's Way), run twice
daily between mid-June and mid-August.
There are also services to Molde (Nkr127, 1½ hours, up to eight daily) and Ålesund
(Nkr255, 2¼ hours, four times daily).
Train
Trains to/from Dombås (Nkr217, 1½ hours) run twice daily in synchronisation with
Oslo-Trondheim trains. Trains connect in Åndalsnes twice daily with the express bus ser-
vice to Ålesund via Molde.
Valldal & Around
VALLDAL
Valldal is a place that travellers tend to pass through, having driven over the famous Troll-
stigen pass from Åndalsnes or savoured the exquisitely beautiful ferry journey from Geir-
anger. Perched in a nick of Norddalsfjord, its agricultural surrounds lay claim to being
Europe's northernmost orchards. Here apples, pears and even cherries thrive - and you'll
