Travel story Gotland

Getting to Visby from Stockholm was pretty easy and straightforward. We booked our spots in advance on the Destination Gotland website. The earlier you book, the cheaper the tickets are, but fortunately you often still get tickets at relatively short notice, even if more expensive. The check-in at the port in Nynäshamn was smooth and just a short while later we were sitting in the bord restaurant, sea view included! After about 3,5 hours we reached the port of Visby and made our way to the hotel.

The number of hotel parking spaces is limited in Visby, but tyou can easily park in the surroundings of the hotel. Depending on the location a parking space costs between 50 and 180 SEK per day (ca. 5-18 Euro). 

In the late afternoon we explored the worth-seeing medieval city wall, strolled through narrow alleays and visited some small shops. Visby offers lovely cafés and restaurants, so there are plenty of options for coffee breaks and dinner. We booked a table at Värdshuset Lindgården and can really recommend it. Romantic terrace, delicious food and great service, what more could you want?

Today we start early to have enough time for all the highlights along the route. Fårö, a pretty fascinating island can be reached within a short ferry ride. As an huge Ingmar Bergman fan, I have to see his museum first thing. The Bergmancenter gives interesting insights into the life of the director, who was living on Fårö. There is a café too. The Fårö museum is located right next to the Bergmancenter and offers a lot information about this amazing island. We continue to nature reserve Digerhuvud, the largest one on the island. The sparse landscape reflects a fascination that is difficult to put in words. Incredibly beautiful! 

Our route along the water continues to Helgumannens fiskeläge, a still intact small fishing village where you can truly feel the spirit of time.

Gatherings of houses like these are typical for Gotland, some of them are declared a historic monument and have been used by farmers living on the coast for a several months a year. An additional must-see is the rauk "Hund". The rauk looks like a dog and is located in the Gamle Hamn nature reserve. Not far from there is S:t Olofs Kyrka, the ruin with graves from the Viking Age can be reached via a forest path. We continue and after only a few kilometres we are back on the ferry again. In Bunge we visit the Bungemuseum, the open-air museum gives great insights into the former life of the Gotlanders. Vis-a-vis is another lovely café, perfect for our afternoon caffeine and sugar ration. The last 30 km of today's tour are easy to cycle along flat roads to Slite. Our hotel is right in the centre and easy to find.