EricQSt
July 31, 2021
Håholmen Havstuer presented itself in fantastic quiet weather and after parking the car in the big spacious car park we waited to be picked up by "the boat" which was this elegant Viking ship "hvitserk". An excellent start and arrival to Håholmen only 10 minutes across calm and sheltered waters. Håholmen offers a complete mini community changed into a hotel. We slept in the barn in the "pigshouse" and our friends had the horses stables. Old buildings, but nicely and freshly decorated inside. Very good balance with excellent sleeping comfort. Steep staircase to the bathroom, but is gave a distinct and historic character. Very well done. Outside the island itself is very well maintained and anywhere you go you feel they care about how it looks. Neat and tidy, very accessible and magnificent view out towards the "big sea" with the small islands. Everything here was nice and of course weather dependent. We sat in the sun at 9 p.m. watching the "flat sea" and seeing the kids in a boat bathing and 4 kayaks sliding by. A truly wonderful evening. We had a dinner reservation at Ytterbrygga restaurant and had a delicious high class meal with naturally fresh fish as main course. in the late evening we shared drinks in the Silver Bell bar, a real sailor's bar. Breakfast next day was also very well assorted at Ytterbrygga. Then the weather had changed to quite windy, but the ride back to the mainland is so sheltered it did not influence the boat trip at all. No Viking ship though in such weather. This is an attraction, truly historical, no tourist trap. Highly recommendable for a different adventure in a fantastic landscape.