Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
IDRE
By bus
Bus #170 from Mora follows the densely forested
valley of the Österdalälven on its 2hr 30min journey here;
timetables are at
W
dalatraik.se.
Tourist of
ce
Framgårdsvägen 1 (mid-June to mid-Aug
daily 10am-7pm; mid-Aug to mid-June Mon-Fri
9am-5pm;
T
0253 59 82 00,
W
visitidre.se). Near the
entrance to the village when approaching from Mora, in a
turf-roofed building off the main Byvägen.
ACCOMMODATION
Idregården
Byvägen 2, Idre
T
0253 201 50,
W
idregarden.se.
This small and comfortable hotel is
located by the entrance to the village and first opened
for business in 1935. Its rather basic rooms are clean and
small a
nd come with and without private facilities.
595kr
Pernilla Wiberg
Idrejäll
T
0253 59 30 00,
W
pernillawiberghotel.com.
Idrefjäll's main hotel is
named after one of Sweden's most successful downhill
skiers. In addition to the surrounding ski slopes and lifts,
the hotel also boasts a state-of
-the-ar
t sauna suite and
modern, well-appointed rooms.
1680kr
EATING AND DRINKING
Idregården
Byvägen 2
T
0253 201 50.
A homely
hotel
restaurant known for its traditional Swedish home cooking
such as meatballs and salmon, with mains going for
around 170kr.
Daily noon-9pm.
Restaurang Lodjuret
Framgårdsvägen 1
T
0253 200 12.
This place next to the tourist office has a range of tasty home-
cooking specials as well as pizzas and pasta dishes for around
150kr.
Mon-Fri & Sun noon-10pm, Sat noon-11pm.
Around Idre: Njupeskär waterfall
From Idre, it's well worth a trip to
Särna
, 30km away, to see the impressive
Njupeskär waterfall
, Sweden's highest, with a drop of 125m. In winter it's
particularly popular with
ice climbers
, as the waterfall freezes completely. An easy,
circular
walking route
is clearly signposted from the car park to the waterfall and
back, making for a good two-hour hike. There's no public transport from Idre; by
car
, take the main road to Särna, then turn right following signs for Mörkret and
later for Njupeskärsvattenfall.
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Grövelsjön
Surrounded by nature reserves and national parks,
GRÖVELSJÖN
, 45km northwest of
Idre and reachable by bus #170 from Mora via Idre, is where the road ends and the
mountains and wilderness really start. The area is renowned throughout Sweden for its
stark, beautiful mountain scenery; in summer, the pasture around here is home to
hundreds of grazing reindeer.
DAY
HIKES FROM GRÖVELSJÖN
The
fjällstation
(see p.296) makes an ideal base for
hikes
(summer only) out into the
surrounding countryside, with a variety of routes available, some lasting a day, others
several days.
Among the established
day-hikes
is the clearly marked route (16km round-trip) from the
fjällstation
up to Storvätteshågnen (1183m), with fantastic views over the surrounding
peaks and across the border into Norway. Another worthwhile hike starts with a short walk
from the
fjällstation
to Sjöstugan on Lake Grövelsjön (roughly 1500m away), from where
you take the morning boat to the northern (Norwegian) end of the lake. You can now
return along the lake shore to the
fjällstation
(9km) by way of the Linné path, following in
the footsteps of the famous botanist who walked this route in 1734. It's possible to do the
whole route in the opposite direction, heading out along the Linné path in the morning
and returning by boat in the late afternoon; ask at the
fjällstation
for details of boat
departure times. A third option is to strike out along the path leading northwest from
Sjöstugan, heading for the Norwegian border and Salsfjellet (1281m) on the other side of it
(16km round trip). There's no need to take your passport as the border is all but invisible;
people wander back and forth across it quite freely.
