Baltic Sea Pearls

Hit the high points of the Baltic Sea, the pearls strung along its perimeter: Copenhagen to snoop around its great museums, vibrant cafes and excellent shopping; Helsinki, the dynamic sea-city chosen as World Design Capital for 2012 and home of Temppeliaukio, the amazing underground domed church hewn from solid rock. Sail on to Bornholm, darling little Danish island south of Sweden (artists and fishermen and really round churches); St. Petersburg to cruise the Dostoyevskian canals (and, of course, The Hermitage Museum), and tie up, too, in formerly forbidden Tallinn, capital city of Estonia.

Push off from easy-going Oslo aboard the Norwegian explorer ship the MS Fram, on May 5, 2012 for 9 marvelous days. Prices start from $2721 pp. Click on: www.hurtigruten.us or call: (800) 323-7436.