Visiting The Archipelago (Part 2)

The Archipelago Travel Agency!
Click hither for part 1. While I am a pretty fabulous concierge as well as tin give you lot a lot of data nearly Stockholm, the archipelago is or as well as then other matter. I know of the primary islands, a few hidden gems, guided tours every bit good every bit trips out amongst the Cinderella boats. But the Stockholm Archipelago has over 30,000 islands as well as it takes a existent skilful to assistance you lot conception a unique trip to the islands... peculiarly if you lot desire to instruct away from the crowded islands, direct maintain special requests, majority packages and/or desire to rest the black on an island. To instruct this skilful help, contact the goodness people at Visit Skärgården (skärgården is the Swedish discussion for archipelago) either past times visiting their website or past times dropping past times their archipelago move agency... located correct on the water on Strandvägen inwards the downtown area. Here you lot tin too detect brochures as well as other reading cloth regarding the unlike islands, lodgings every bit good every bit fourth dimension tables for boats. They are opened upwardly to 4pm everyday during the summertime as well as you lot tin too contact them at info@visitskargarden.se
A Waxholmsbolaget boat waiting at Strömkajen to direct maintain passengers.
In Part 1, I mentioned the companionship Waxholmsbolaget. This is the companionship that run the boats that part every bit "busses" for the archipelago. I only used them to catch friends at their summertime household on the isle of Ljusterö as well as then I idea I would add together a piffling to a greater extent than nearly them. With these boats you lot tin move to many of the islands inwards the archipelago... including the ones that aren't visited past times hordes of vacationers. These boats are frequently used past times residents of the islands. Be aware that many of the islands direct maintain a pier or ii where Waxholmsbolaget's boats stop, but the pier may survive a long walk away from whatever civilisation (restaurants, hotels, inns, cafés, etc;). So brand certain you lot produce your question ahead of time, similar talking to the abovementioned Archipelago Travel Agency, earlier only jumping off a boat at a random island.
Nearing the town of Vaxholm.
Boats depart from Strömkajen, only contrary from the Royal Palace, as well as most boats instruct outset to the town of Vaxholm. From at that spot you lot tin transfer to other boats which caput out inwards every direction. You purchase your ticket onboard (no option to pre-purchase tickets)... as well as instruct at that spot a piffling early on to brand certain you lot instruct a goodness seat! What you lot tin purchase ahead of fourth dimension are their v twenty-four hours as well as flavor cards, which let you lot to isle hop to your heart's content. One warning: you lot almost remove a PhD inwards symbology to decipher their fourth dimension schedules. The fourth dimension schedules tin survive establish on their website (in Swedish), at their offices on Strömkajen, or at the Visit Skärgård offices (where they tin assistance you lot decipher them).
Waiting for the boat at the pier on Ljusterö

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