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2 200 - 3 000 SEK (Average listed price for two people in a double room with half-board.)
A typical and very fashionable country inn of great charm and atmosphere, dating from the 17th century. The exquisitely furnished dining rooms and bedrooms are as pleasing to the eye as the delicacies emanating from the kitchen are to the palate!
Special features:
Halltorps Gästgiveri has long been regarded as boasting one of the finest restaurants in Sweden. It is also well-known for its cosy atmosphere and the warm welcome.
25 of the guest rooms are designed by craftsmen from each different Swedish province and in addition to these there are nine beautiful guest rooms in the old mansion, modernized, but still in the turn-of-the-century style. Five of these are maisonettes with a sitting room and a bedroom upstairs. A few of these, among others the two larges suites, have a fabulous view to the Kalmarsund.
Activities:
At the inn we can offer beauty treatments, wine courses, sport activities in the inns garden and a nice recreation facility with two saunas and a springcool artesian well. It is also possible to book spa treatments at the inn.
If you want to play golf you will find three courses within half an hours drive, including the 36-hole Ekerum course 2 km away. You can go swimming in the sea, take a nice walk in the surroundings, go bird-watching etc.
Kitchen description:
For many years the Halltorps inn has been well-known for its gourmet cousine. No short cuts are taken in the preparation and the island is proud to supply the premium ingredients. You can enjoy, among other things, locally growns fruits and vegetables, fresh fish from the Baltic, lambs that have grazed on the vast Alvaret and herbs from the inn´s own garden. Naturally, we bake the bread at the inn and serve aquavit we have spiced ourselves.
Worth seeing:
During your stay at Halltorps Gästgiveri we highly recommend you to visit our closest neighbours VIDA museum. The art gallery has two wings devoted, respectively, to the work of Ulrica Hydman-Vallien and that of Bertil Vallien. Here you can see the entire range of their artistry during four decades. The museum also boasts an extensive collection of primarily Swedish contemporary art.
Nine kilometres north of the inn the great Borgholms Slottsruin is situated and it is well worth a visit. Close by you will also find Solliden, where the swedish royal family spends much of their summer.
The Ölands limestone ground and the climate have given Öland a flora rich and luxuriant on rare flowers. Here you can find plants from Siberia, the Alps and from Eastern Europe side by side. The island has a profusion of orchids, no less than 30 species.
Ottenby, the bird station of the sourhern point of Öland, is one of the liveliest in Europe.
Conference description:
Halltorp has three well-equipped, bright and air conditioned conference room and six rooms for group work at your disposal. The conference tables are generous and the chairs are designed with your comfort in mind.