Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Krusenstiernska Gården is a stuck-in-time 19th-century middle-class home around 500m
from the entrance to Kalmar Slott.
Tours
of the house are on the hour, but entry to the
beautiful gardens and cafe is free.
Kalmar Konstmuseum
MUSEUM
noon-5pm Tue-Sun, to 7pm Wed)
The striking Kalmar Konstmuseum, in the park near the Kalmar Slott, dishes out brilliant
temporary exhibitions featuring local and global art-scene 'It' kids.
Sleeping
Clarion Collection Hotel Packhuset
HOTEL
(
MAP
0480-570 00;
www.choicehotels.se
;
Skeppsbrogatan 26; s/d Skr1320/
1420 ; )
The seafaring theme here extends from the 1950s-era trunks and suitcases that are incor-
porated into the decor as well as the nautical barometers and gauges, grainy 'ship-ahoy'
photos and wood-panelled rooms (request a sea view). A lavish dinner buffet is included in
the accommodation price, along with homemade cakes at teatime.
Slottshotellet
HOTEL
1795, annexe s/d Skr795/995; )
This wonderfully romantic, cosy hotel is housed in four buildings in a gorgeous green set-
ting near the castle. Most rooms have antique furniture with textured wallpaper, crystal
chandeliers and oriental rugs. New budget accommodation opened in an annexe across the
road in 2013 sporting a white, minimalist look.
Kalmarsund Hotel
HOTEL
(Best Western;
MAP
0480-48 03 80;
www.kalmarsundhotel.se
;
Fiskaregatan 5;
s/d Skr1295/1495;
)
