I really want a gentle family holiday in Sweden this summer -- bit of farm life and a bit of beach life. Any tips on where to go?

Our partners Cottages4you, have many cottages and self catering villas in Sweden, and on their website you can specify the distance to the beach! One tip is to take/rent bikes whilst you're there. You are guaranteed the countryside experience as there are thousands of kilometers of trails and remote country roads in Sweden, making it one of the best bike destinations around. Have a great summer holiday.......Ah, roll on summer! - Take the Family Team

we're off to sweden - with 3 young girls this summer - for the first time will let you know how it goes flying to gothenburg - ryanair - staying at a hotel called hestraviken - www.hestraviken.se - looks quite good - 2 bedroom chalet plus pool and things for kids to do then heading to a beach house we found on the web not sure what it's going to be like - my wife says she's lookign forward to the mixed saunas goed lok big daddy

I lived in Sweden when I was younger, great for families and great climate too. You could trying visiting www.escape2sweden.t83.net for more info.

a bit late but we made it back last summer

www.hestraviken.se was great - 2 bedroom cottage in grounds - healthy lifestyle - lake swimming - hearty food, swimming pool etc

our english kids seemed a bit wilder than the swedish version - or maybe it's just ours - it was near an incredible swedish cowboy park called the High Chapparal - authentic and less trashy than anything over here

then down to a beach resort called bastad - where they hold the swedish open tennis - this was great - beautiful beaches, cool coffe bars - wonderful landscape
plus sweden seems peppered with great leisure pools with water chutes/ slides etc

they're kept incredibly keen and are virtually empty

nice contrast to the local swimming baths here in blighty

basically sweden is cool!!

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