Unique places to stay in Skåne

This restaurant and boutique hotel is in historic buildings on the Wanås Estate in north-east Skåne. Vintage furniture and contemporary art coexist with natural materials, limestone floors, wooden details and metre-thick stone walls. Explore the on-site sculpture park where you can enjoy “dining in the wild”. Wanås hotel was voted on the Condé Nast Traveler Hot List, their annual collection of the world’s best new hotels and restaurants.

The winner of the “Best hotel restaurant in Sweden” 2024, this turn-of-the-century hotel in Ystad offers 7 uniquely decorated rooms. Warm and genuine, it’s an easy place for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A home-cooked breakfast is always included and you can choose to eat at the prize-winning restaurant in the evening. Entry to the Lido Club and spa at neighbouring Ystad Saltsjöbad is included in the price.

Talldungen is in the middle of beech forests, rolling hills and wide beaches in Brösarp, Österlen. This secluded hotel is renowned for its food, with its own micro-bakery, restaurant with rustic cuisine and a colossal amount of wine. Enjoy their four-course dinner influenced by southern European tastes and choose wines from a list that seems endless. Sleep in newly mangled sheets, then relax over an organic breakfast buffet with home-made breads, pastries and marmalades.

If you want peace and tranquility, head for Drakemölllan. Its quaint 17th century timber-framed buildings are embedded in northern Österlen’s rolling landscape. Sit down with the chef to choose the perfct meal based around your preferences, all combining taste, colour and scent in harmony. Breakfast is a delightful array of home-made and locally sourced muesli, berries, eggs, cheese, apple must and more.

This boutique bed and breakfast, bistro and deli in Höganäs offers rooms with different styles and humorous touches to make you feel special. Enjoy a breakfast made from local, freshly baked products, or a Mediterranean inspired lunch. The deli is both a shop and a pantry for all the food prepared at the hotel. In the spirit of circular economy, everything you see in the hotel and bistro is for sale.

The Norrmans Castle is on an island in the Häckeberga nature reserve outside Genarp. The atmosphere engages all your senses with beautiful patterns, surprising details, antiques, art and colourful textiles. Enjoy a five-course or three-course dinner, sleep in specially designed bedding and wake up to an á la carte breakfast in the morning.

Bongska huset is a pub, hotel, bakery, café and shop in Abbekås harbour opened in April 2021. The original building was an 18th century canning factory. Wake up to a view over the Baltic sea from any of the tasteful rooms, then savour a breakfast of home-baked bread, buns and pastries. Check out their weekly “Happenings in the harbour” and complete your stay with a visit to the spa at their sister hotel, Mossbylund.

Sydkustens at Pillehill is a homely boutique hotel with a gourmet feel on Skåne’s south coast close to Abbekås. Escape for a romantic getaway and sample seasonal dishes slow cooked with organic local ingredients, all paired with wines from one of Sweden’s best wine cellars. Almost everything is lactose free and vegetarian alternatives are always available.

Enjoy spectacular sights of the sea and the city from this rooftop hotel above the Studio building in Malmö’s old dock area. Rooms like “The Raindrop” and “The Ocean” have windows showing fantastic views of different sides of Malmö, looking out towards Copenhagen, the sea and the Malmö skyline. Enjoy food and drinks while surveying the scenery from the rooftop terrace, or at the Kasai in the sky restaurant.