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GUEST ROOMS
We have six guest rooms which are all tastefully furnished with their own individual charm. The rooms are painted in a harmonious color scheme with Ottocento, an Italian painting technique.
All rooms have Swedish-made continental beds, fully tiled bathrooms with WC and shower. Bed linen and towels are made of organic cotton. Free WiFi and TV.
Breakfast buffet is included in the price of the room.
Free parking is offered to our guests.
Hallfreda is a non-smoking hotel and for everyone's convenience, we allow no pets.
APARTMENTS WITH SELF SERVICE
Our two small apartments are situated in a limestone wing 10 meters from the hotel building. The apartments are located on the ground floor with private entrance and access to garden furniture.
The rooms have a small kitchen with basic kitchen equipment, Swedish-made continental beds, fully tiled bathrooms with WC and shower. Free WiFi and TV.
Hotel service is not included with the apartments. However, for an extra fee you can include breakfast and cleaning service.
Free parking is offered to our guests.
Hallfreda is a non-smoking hotel and for everyone's convenience, we allow no pets.
COMMON ROOMS
The dining room, where breakfast is served, is located on the main floor. On sunny days the doors are opened for you to enjoy your breakfast outside in our beautiful garden.
All guests are welcome to use our spacious lounge upstairs. It's a perfect place for reading, watching TV, play games or just relaxing.
The entire hotel, or just the dining room and kitchen, can be rented for celebrations or other events.
Our café is open to everyone, not only our hotel guests. Please stop by Hallfreda for a relaxing break. Our café has both indoor and outdoor seating. In the beautiful garden you can find your own place - in the sun among flowers or in the shade of a lilac arbor.
We can accommodate larger groups too, please contact us and we would be more than pleased to arrange your visit!
In our shop you will find interiors and inspiration to renew your home. Our products are carefully selected from various designers. We also sell quality sheepskin from a Gotland sheep farm and locally produced delicacies.
Open during the summer season
THE HOTEL
Kerstin Bramford and Karin Bramford are operating Hallfreda Hotell AB together.
Kerstin started the business together with Ann Nilsson in 2009. Kerstin is responsible for the finances of the company. Kerstin lives in Mästerby and is also working at the kindergarden in Sanda.
Karin joined the company in 2017 and is responsible for reservations and customer contacts. She lives in Visby and also works as a midwife at Visby Hospital.
THE FARM
Hallfreda property is owned and operated by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The farm has crop production of cereals, peas and oilseeds.
The area consists of 303 hectares of arable land and 246 hectares of forest, which makes it one of Gotland's largest farms. The property provides the land needed for the field trial activities engaged in by Gotlands Hushållningssällskap.
The farm has two full-time employees - a manager of the farm and a manager of the research station. During the high season they also hire extra staff.
HISTORY
Hallfreda is one of Gotland's largest farms with a long history that dates back from the 14th century.
Jürgen Heinrich Donner was a powerful merchant from Lübeck who owned a big company in the trading house Donner in Visby. When he died in 1751 his 25-year-old wife, Anna Margaretha Lythberg, took over the company and purchased Hallfreda. She was an accomplished businesswoman and she developed the company. She was engaged in the export of cereals, tar and timber. At Hallfreda in Follingbo she started growing tobacco and opened a factory which made soap. Her business contacts in Germany could not believe that a woman could stand behind such a large and well-known trading empire and was therefore often referred to "Madame Mister Donner".
Photo: Sofia Erlandsdotter Björklund / Home by Dean
Web: Hanna Bramford
CONTACT US
Welcome to contact us if you have questions or wish to make a booking directly with us.
Please contact us via e-mail:
Karin Bramford
E-mail: karin@hallfredahotell.se
Phone: +46 73-628 35 19
Kerstin Bramford
E-mail: kerstin@hallfredahotell.se
Phone: +46 73-036 10 16
You can also book through our online booking where you can check availability and prices.
DIRECTIONS
It is easy to find Hallfreda. From Visby take road 143 towards Roma. After about 8 km from the roundabout at ICA Maxi turn left towards Hallfreda. After 300 meters turn left again and follow the small road that leads to Hallfreda Hotel. Parking is available opposite the hotel.
There are bus services from Visby to Hallfreda/Hallfreda to Visby. The busstop Akebäck vägskäl is 850 m from the hotel. See timetable, line 11.
The easiest way to visit Hallfreda is by car.
Hallfreda Hotell
Follingbo Hallfreda 708
621 91 Visby
57°34'11.9"N 18°24'33.7"E
Phone: +46 498 26 10 70