Ryfylke
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Ryfylke is a district in Rogaland county, Norway. Ryfylke includes the islands, fjords, valleys and uplands around the inner part of the great Boknafjorden. Ryfylke is a rural region in Rogaland county, southern Fjord Norway. Approaching from the south, you encounter the famous fjords from Ryfylke. in the south you will first meet Lysefjorden, known for Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and mount Kjerag in the inner part of the fjord. The Ryfylke National Tourist Route is one of 18 tourist routes established by the National Road Authorities in Norway, running from Oanes (road 13), Lysefjorden in the south up to Røldal in Hardanger in the north (road 520). This route offers a beautiful and lush landscape, with fjords, green isles and skerries, colourful heathlands and tranquil cultural landscapes, screes and boulder fields, towering mountains and sheer cliffs.
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Multiple OptionsIn the summer, tourist boats offer day trips from Stavanger through Lysefjorden and the surrounding waters. Norled run ferries from Stavanger to Tau, roughly ever 40 minutes in the summer, which take cars, bikes and foot passengers. Most ferries are met by the local 100 bus into Jørpeland . General information on public transport in the region is available on the Ryfylke tourist information site Lysefjorden the first fjord when you arrive from the south, is one of the most famous fjord in Norway. The 40 km long fjord surrounded by impressive mountains and cliffs carved out during successive Ice Ages is the dominant feature of Forsand municipality. For a magnificent view of the fjord, walk to the top of Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), 600 m above sea level. The walk takes about two hours from the parking lot (paid parking) near the Preikestolen Mountain lodge, the return is 1.5-2 hours. More than 130 000 people made this walk in the summer season of 2010. Season. April - October....
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Explore AreasRyfylke is a rural region in Rogaland county, southern Fjord Norway. Approaching from the south, you encounter the famous fjords from Ryfylke. in the south you will first meet Lysefjorden, known for P…...
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Lysefjorden the first fjord when you arrive from the south, is one of the most famous fjord in Norway. The 40 km long fjord surrounded by impressive mountains and cliffs carved out during successive Ice Ages is the dominant feature of Forsand municipality. For a magnificent view of the fjord, walk to the top of Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), 600 m above sea level. The walk takes about two hours from the parking lot (paid parking) near the Preikestolen Mountain lodge, the return is 1.5-2 hours. More than 130 000 people made this walk in the summer season of 2010. Season. April - October. You can buy a through ticket for the ferry from Stavanger and then private coach to the mountain lodge from Tide Resier , costs about kr 250, tickets available online, or from a stand at the ferry terminal, or buy on the ferry. Alternately, buy a return ferry ticket to Tau, then take the local Kolumbus bus to the lodge, about kr 100 for the ferry then kr 160 for the return bus ticket.