Discover Historical Gotland in the Stockholm Archipelago, Visby, Sweden
Gotland has so much to offer including beautiful beaches, Medieval festivals, Viking history and gorgeous gardens.
This trip was our first international travel since Covid. The decision to go to Sweden was based mainly around the fact that they have a reciprocal health care arrangement with Australia, good to know in case everything went to poo again. I also have some Swedish heritage and have always been a little curious about the country.
Stockholm was a definite, but where to from there? We didn鈥檛 have a car, so we were relying mainly on trains. Initial thoughts were to head north and experience the midnight sun, but the transit there and back would take up too much of our precious time. An Island then鈥�. but which one? Sweden鈥檚 archipelagos are made up of nearly 30 000 islands! In the end we decided to go to one of the larger islands, in the Stockholm Archipelago, and where a lot of locals go to holiday鈥�..Gotland.
On a recommendation, we decided to catch the ferry over to Gotland from Stockholm and fly back. The ferry trip takes approximately 3 hours, but I was told it is quite scenic. The flight back is only half an hour with the added benefit of landing at the airport we needed to be at for our long flight home. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
This trip was our first international travel since Covid. The decision to go to Sweden was based mainly around the fact that they have a reciprocal health care arrangement with Australia, good to know in case everything went to poo again. I also have some Swedish heritage and have always been a little curious about the country.
Stockholm was a definite, but where to from there? We didn鈥檛 have a car, so we were relying mainly on trains. Initial thoughts were to head north and experience the midnight sun, but the transit there and back would take up too much of our precious time. An Island then鈥�. but which one? Sweden鈥檚 archipelagos are made up of nearly 30 000 islands! In the end we decided to go to one of the larger islands, in the Stockholm Archipelago, and where a lot of locals go to holiday鈥�..Gotland.
On a recommendation, we decided to catch the ferry over to Gotland from Stockholm and fly back. The ferry trip takes approximately 3 hours, but I was told it is quite scenic. The flight back is only half an hour with the added benefit of landing at the airport we needed to be at for our long flight home. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Discover Historical Gotland in the Stockholm Archipelago
Guide Location: Sweden » Visby
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Debra Morrow
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Guide Location: Sweden » Visby
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Debra Morrow
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Church ruins
- Hotel St Clemens
- Visby Botanical gardens
- Visby city gates
- Visby main town square
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