Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
▲Dammar Vatnedalsvatn
—Nine miles south of Hovden is a two-mile side-
trip to a 400-foot-high rock-pile dam (look for the
Dammar
signs). Enjoy the
great view and impressive rockery. This is one of the highest dams in northern
Europe. Read the chart. Sit out of the wind a few rows down the rock pile and
ponder the vastness of Norwegian wood.
▲Bykle
—The most interesting folk museum and church in Setesdal are in the
teenytownofBykle.The17th-centurychurchhastwobalconies—one formen
and one for women (free, late June-mid-Aug daily 11:00-17:00, closed off-sea-
son; tel. 37 93 85 00,
www.setesdalsmuseet.no
). Drivers should note that the
Bykle tollbooth accepts only exact change.
Grasbrokke
—On the east side of the main road (at the
Grasbrokke
sign) is an
old water mill (1630). A few minutes farther south, at the sign for
Sanden Såre
Camping
, exit onto a little road to stretch your legs at another old water mill
with a fragile, rotten-log sluice.
Flateland
—The
Setesdal Museum
(Rygnestadtunet) offers more of what you
saw at Bykle (30 kr, two buildings; late June-Aug daily 11:00-17:00; closed
off-season; 1 mile east of the road, tel. 37 93 63 03,
www.setesdalsmuseet.no
)
.
Unless you're a glutton for culture, I wouldn't do both.
Honneevje
—Past Flateland is a nice picnic and WC stop, with a dock along
the water for swimming...for hot-weather days or polar bears.
▲Valle
—This is Setesdal's prettiest village (but don't tell Bykle). In the cen-
ter, you'll find fine silver- and gold-work, homemade crafts next to the TI, and
old-fashioned
lefse
cookingdemonstrations(inthesmallloghousebytheValle
Motell). The fine suspension bridge attracts kids of any age (b-b-b-b-bounce),
and anyone interested in a great view over the river to strange mountains that
look like polished, petrified mudslides. European rock climbers, tired of the
over-climbed Alps, often entertain spectators with their sport. Is anyone climb-
ing? (TI tel. 37 93 75 27.)
Sleeping in Valle:
$$ Valle Motell
rents basic rooms (Sb-625 kr, Db-790 kr,
includes breakfast, cabins with kitchen and bath but no breakfast-725-875 kr,
tel. 37 93 77 00,
www.valle-motell.no
,
post@valle-motell.no
).
