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overlooking the sea, rooms at this new hotel are bright and
breezy with minimal decor and l
lots of bright a
nd breezy
oranges and greens on the walls.
990kr/1360kr
Siesta
Borgmästaregatan 5
T
0455 801 80,
W
hotellsiesta.com.
Just off Stortorget, this really quite
agreeable little hotel has chosen a warm terracotta-red
colour scheme throughout, with contemporary designs
and furnishings. Smal
ler econ
omy rooms cost 300kr less
than the regular ones.
1150kr
STF Vandrarhem Karlskrona
Drottninggatan 39 and
Bredgatan 16
T
0455 100 20.
Two central locations
- though only the Drottninggatan hostel is open all year.
Bredgatan operates June-A
ug onl
y; check-in and rec
eption
is at Drottninggatan. Dorms
240kr
, en-suite doubles
580kr
CAMPING
Dragsö Camping
Dragsövägen, Dragsö island
T
0455
153 54,
W
dragso.se; bus #7 to Saltö, the island before
Dragsö, from where it's a 1km walk across the bridge.
A
pleasant waterside campsite that's about around 2.5km
from t
he cen
tre of t
own. A
lso has modern cabins for rent.
Tents
140kr
, cabins
500kr
6
EATING AND DRINKING
Karlskrona is surprisingly poor for good restaurants - most proper eating places are along Ronnebygatan - and, even more
strangely given its location, has almost nothing in the way of decent fish places.
Café Tre G
Landbrogatan 9
T
0455 31 03 33.
Opposite
Hoglands Park, with black-and-white photographs hung
on the walls, this stylish café does a good range of baked
potatoes and pasta salads as well as cakes and sandwiches.
The city's only café open on a Sunday.
Mon-Fri 9am-9pm,
Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm.
Castello
Stortorget 5 3
T
0455 255 73.
Attached to the
Kulenovic museum and with great views over the Baroque
splendour of the main square, this is a sound choice for
expertly cooked pasta dishes as well as mains (89-219kr)
like chicken in basil sauce and steak in calvados.
Daily
11am-6pm; closed Sun Sept-May.
Fox and Anchor
Norra Smedjegatan 1
T
0455 229 10.
British-style drinking den serving 54 different types of beer
and over 200 whisky varieties. There's also some decent
grub: burgers, fish & chips and steaks; reckon on around
150kr for something substantial.
Mon & Tues 5-11pm,
Wed 5pm-midnight, Thurs 5pm-1am, Fri 4pm-1am,
Sat 6pm-1am.
Lisas Sjökrog
Skeppsbrokajen
T
0455 61 83 83.
If you
want to eat fish in Karlskrona, this is the place to come. A
floating restaurant with great views of the marina serving
unusual dishes like pan-fried swordfish in chilli coconut
sauce as well as more mainstream choices such as plaice and
zander. Mains around 200kr.
Mon-Fri 11.30am-11pm,
Sat noon-11pm, Sun noon-10pm.
Michelangelo
Ronnebygatan 29
T
0455 121 95.
With
copies of Renaissance paintings on the rough brick walls, this
elegant Italian restaurant has a good choice of fine cuisine:
meat and fish dishes, such as braised veal medallions with
pancetta and sage, are 159-225kr.
Mon-Fri 11.30am-2pm
& 5-11pm, Sat 5-11pm, Sun 4-10pm.
Montmartre
Ronnebygatan 18
T
0455 31 18 33.
With
rough brick walls and velvet drapes, this candlelit bistro is
the cosiest of all the Italian places in town: huge pizzas for
71-98kr, pasta at 82-95kr and meat mains like steak
marinated in garlic at 139-219kr.
Mon-Fri 4-10.30pm,
Sat 1-10.30pm, Sun 1-9.30pm.
Ì
Nivå
Stortorget
T
0455 103 71.
Semi-circular glass-
fronted steakhouse perfectly situated on the edge of the
main square with great views of the Baroque splendour all
around. Burgers from 145kr, steaks from 169kr, though
there's also a couple of fish dishes.
Mon & Tues noon-
11pm,
Wed,
Fri
&
Sat
noon-3am,
Thurs
noon-midnight.
Nya Skafferiet
Rådhusgatan 9
T
0455 171 78.
A really
good deli and café combined where you can buy air-dried
hams, meats, cheeses for picnics as well as filled baguettes,
croissants, great coffees and the best hot chocolate in town.
Excellent lunch buffet, too.
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat
10am-3pm.
Kalmar
Delightful, breezy
KALMAR
, set on a huddle of islands at the southeastern edge of
Småland province, has treasures enough to make it one of southern Sweden's most
delightful towns. Chief among its highlights are the
Länsmuseum
, home to an
exhibition on the sunken warship, the
Kronan
, and an exquisite fourteenth-century
castle
, Scandinavia's finest preserved Renaissance palace. The town is also perfectly sited
for reaching the Baltic island of Öland (see p.203), which is just 6km away across the
connecting bridge.
