ENTRANCE TO THE PEARL
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LOCATION & SETTING:
        The Pearl Hotel is located on a quiet street an upscale neighborhood of the central Stockholm quarter of Östermalm. Within easy walking distance — 2.5 blocks — of the hotel is Östermalmtorg square with its attractive open-air market. The small hotel provides easy access to shopping, theater, and

concerts. Its excellent location is within short walking distance to

ferries, subways, buses, trams, trains, and the

popular cruise boats to Stockholm's Baltic archipelago. The hotel is also within walking distance of Sweden's Parliament, the Royal Palace, and Stockholm's old city, Gamla Stan, and even to Djurgården, the former royal hunting park now home to walking trails and the Skansen open-air museum of Sweden.
        HOME AT FIRST travelers staying at central Stockholm’s Pearl Hotel will probably not be arriving by car but by rail from elsewhere in Scandinavia or by airport shuttle bus. The hotel is within walking distance (or a very short cab ride) of Stockholm’s Central Station.

 

PEARL HOTEL LOUNGE.
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THE ACCOMMODATIONS:
         The nine-room, family-run Pearl Hotel offers all the personal attention and hospitality one hopes to find at a small hotel. At the same time, the Pearl’s provides the professional sophistication you expect in an international city location. All rooms have bathroom with shower, TV and telephone.

DOUBLE BEDROOM AT STOCKHOLM'S PEARL HOTEL.
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          The Pearl serves a superb Swedish breakfast

in the cozy common dining room, but otherwise the Pearl does not have a restaurant. restaurant. No matter—there are dozens of quality restaurants featuring Swedish and world cuisine within walking distance of the hotel. The
hotel has a comfortable guest lounge and a small balcony. An elevator leads from the hotel reception to all floors.

Breakfast at The Pearl is
both hearty and elegant.

Stockholm, often called the Venice of the
North, is built on several adjoining
islands where freshwater Lake Mälaren
meets an archipelago of the Baltic Sea.
Photo R. Ryan

ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE FROM THIS LOCATION:
        The ancient alleys of Stockholm’s Gamla Stan (Old City), filled with antique shops and restaurants with cuisine from Sweden and around the world, are within easy reach of the hotel. You can stroll the streets of the Old City, stop in the square for an open-air Swedish massage, take a day boat out into Stockholm’s fabulous Baltic archipelago of islands, cruise on a day liner to visit Sweden's Versailles, Drottningholm Royal Palace on Lake Mälaren, or walk across the main street, just outside the Old City to view the changing of

the guard at the Royal Palace. Stockholm’s large

 open-air museum and the world-class Vasa Museum, which tells the fascinating story of Sweden's great medieval warship, is a 10-minute walk from the Pearl.

Detail of lounge décor at
Stockholm's Pearl Hotel.
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