Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
but the tiny
herring museum
( 0304-67 33 08; Sillgränd 8; 3-7pm Jul-mid-Aug)
tells you
all you need to know about Sweden's enduring love for its favourite fish.
mains Skr195-335; May-Sep & Dec, call ahead other times)
is one of the region's best seafood
restaurants (which is saying something!), with a changing, innovative menu. The herring
board is legendary, with herring prepared in six ways (Skr159). Summer lunches may in-
clude grilled catch of the day and ryebread-fried mackerel, while evenings bring more
sophisticated fare. Not content with culinary fame, Salt & Sill is also Sweden's first
float-
buildings houses 23 light, bright, contemporary rooms, each featuring the hues of its
namesake herb or spice. A floating sauna is available for pampering purposes.
Åstol
Tiny Åstol looks straight out of a curious dream - think a tiny, barren chunk of rock dotted
with rows of gleaming white houses that seem perched on top of each other from the sea.
Amble round the car-free streets, soak up the views of the other islands, and feast on the
lunch from Skr150, dinner mains Skr179-245;
noon-10pm Apr-Sep)
, a fish smokery with sum-
mer restaurant attached.
You can reach Åstol by ferry from Rönnäng (once or twice every hour between 5.30am
and 11.30pm).
Orust
0304 / Pop 15,221
Sweden's third-biggest island, Orust boasts lush woodlands and some breathtakingly
pretty fishing villages. It also has a thriving boat-building industry, with over half of
Sweden's sailing craft made here. A bridge connects Orust to Tjörn, its southern neigh-
bour.
noon-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
is in the same building as the library in the town of Henån.
There's an outstanding STF hostel,
Tofta Gård
(
0304-503 80;
www.toftagard.se
; s/d/tr
Skr360/640/550;
)
, near Stocken in the island's west, about 5km from the larger vil-
