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Fårö - An island with a diffent nature than the main island. It's well-known for the 'raukar', natural
formations of lime stone, sandy beaches like Sudersand, and the sheeps. To get to and from Fårö, you must take a ferry including a queue that applies.
The crossing is fast, but the wait in the queues is the longer.
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Tingstäde - A village
beside a march, where they have found an old fortification made of wood. |
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Slite - The largest village on Gotland that is dependent on the cement industry. Close to Slite you can
visit Slite Strandby where you can stay for some days.
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Visby -
The only city on the island of Gotland. See the page map with specified sights. The city is a World Heritage City and the inner city
has more restaurants and pubs per capita than in the rest of Sweden.
Map Visby.
South of Visby are some sandy beaches. The best known is Tofta Strand. |
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Klintehamn - Just south-west of the
village are two islands, Stora Karlsö och Lilla Karlsö,
with guillemots and razorbills on the rocky cliff ledges. Both islands are classified as nature reserves. At the small
harbour the boats depart, and a restaurant is there with only very Swedish traditional food. Camping with swimming is nearby Klintehamn.
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Hemse - Commercial center in the south part of Gotland. |
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Ljugarn (8 languages) - The east and south parts of the island has a very special nature, and in the south-east part of Gotland
you can also find 'raukar' in the "Folhammar Rauk area". Ljugarn is a popular place for tourists. |
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Hoburg and Holmhällar have stone rocks with "rauk"
fields. The sites are south of Burgsvik, and here are very good restaurants with local dishes. Gotland has more than 100 nature reserves.
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Kräklingbo: For those who are really picky, there is a 5-star restaurant here with
the name Krakas Krog. Then you need a driving map. You also need to be prepared to pay for an overnight stay ;-). Krakas Krog won 'Di Weekend's Destination of the Year' award in 2020.
The place is pretty close to Ljugarn.
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Gotland has 800 km of coastline with fantastic sand and stone beaches. The island has 92 churches, and they are from The
Middle Ages (1050-1525), so many villages are not shown on this map of Gotland. Gotland is 176 km long (including Fårö) and 52 km wide. The upper bedrock was established during the
Selurian time about 400 miljon years ago, and is mainly built up by lime sone. Very often you can find whole shells of historical marine animals in the stones.
Author: Göran Smitterlau
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Zoom ± Gotland on the following page: Map of southern Sweden
If you use a mouse: Hold down the Ctrl button to zoom/scroll, and hold down the left-click button at the mouse to move to a new area.
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Lärbro church at the north part of Gotland.