Elena went to Stockholm

Last summer my boyfriend and I went on holiday to Stockholm. We were there from 1 to 5 of August, in a hotel called the Grand Hotel, a five star hotel locked inside the heart of the city.

     We had to check in at 8:00 at the airport of Madrid, Barajas. Our flight took off at 10:20 and landed in Stockholm at 14.10. Once we were in Sweden, we got a taxi to go to the hotel. Taxis are very expensive in Stockholm - we paid 50 € from the airport to the hotel, in the centre of the city.

     The Grand Hotel of Stockholm is one of the best hotels that anybody can find in this place. The rooms are so comfortable and very beautiful, and the staff were so polite to us.

Grand Hotel, Stockholm

On the first day we ate at the restaurant of the hotel and took a walk around the hotel and the streets that are near it. We had dinner in a little pub in the same street as the hotel.

    On the second day we saw the Royal Palace, a classical visit for a tourist in the city. The Palace was built during the eighteenth century and has an European Baroque style (50 €  here). This is a very nice place to visit. After the trip to the palace we ate in a restaurant close to the palace and later, we had a rest at the Hotel. In the afternoon we went shopping in the Sigtuna area. At night we were very tired so we saw a little bit of TV before going to sleep.

     On the third day we wanted to see the canals of Stockholm and the rest of the city, and…voila! We saw a ferry that could offer us both things. We get a tour from one of the boats near the bridge of Stockholm with a tourist guide talking in Spanish (sorry, but my boyfriend has no idea of English). The price was around 40 € each person. Later, we ate in one of the little restaurants near the sea, with very good views of the coast. In the evening we went for a walk round the principal streets of Stockholm buying some souvenirs for family and friends.

     On Wednesday we had planned a visit to the archipelago of Stockholm. We went to one of the islands that has one of the most typical citadels of all the archipelago. This is called Vaxholm, and it has a lot of shops, restaurants and cafes, and also a very nice fortress and a harbour. At night we went to Mosebacke looking for some pubs and nightclubs to dance.

Vaxholm Citadel

   On the last day we took our luggage, paid the hotel (1037 e for 4 nights!!) and got a taxi to the airport. We landed in Madrid at 19:02, 5 August 2009.