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Stockholm, often called the Venice of the North, is built
on several adjoining islands where freshwater Lake
Mδlaren 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 Mδlaren,
or walk across the main street, just
outside the Old City to view the changing of |
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island park on Djurgεrden,
home to the captivating Skansen 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. |
