Recreation and adventures around Villa Vilan:

 

Varied hiking and cycling trails, canoeing, idyllic bathing place (4 km from Villa Vilan), mushroom paradise (we would be happy to help you identify the mushrooms), diversity of berries, fishing, farm animals; and in the winter season: hiking, cross-country skiing, skiing, ice-skating and ice-fishing

 

 

Discover our surroundings:

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Only a few steps away: the ancient biotope and the bird paradise of the national park Store Mosse. With its nearly 80 hectares the largest mire area south of Lapland

 

The natural preserves Slättö sand, Draven, Rusarebo äng and Högakull  – just to mention some

 

The surroundings of the lakes Hindsen, Rusken und Rymmen to the east

 

Nydala monastery and the hiking trail Munkaleden

 

Park and museum Apladalen in Värnamo

 

The major lakes Vättern to the north and Bolmen to the south

 

Match museum Jönköping: experience the period when the name of the town of Jönköping was synonymous with match production

 

Museum of Jönköping County

 

Living skilled craft: the Kingdom of Crystal, which encompasses more than 15 glassworks

 

Småland's Museum in Växjö: History of the Swedish glass and its production

 

Back to the years 1840–1930: tracing the Swedish emigrants and their dreams of America in the Emigrant House in Växjö and in Småland's Emigrant Region

 

Reunion with familiar and beloved personalities: Astrid Lindgren's World and Astrid Lindgren Gården in Vimmerby 

 

Phenomenal experiences at the Xperiment House in Växjö and at Jönköping Science Center

 

Bruno Mathsson Center in Värnamo

 

Nearly surrealistic: the Western town High Chaparral

 

Where nature meets landscape architecture: the golf links of Skillingaryd, Hok, Värnamo and Gislaved

 

Skiing at Isaberg and Kyllås

 

Churches and ancient monuments

 

Strolling, shopping, idleness in the towns of Jönköping, Gränna, Värnamo, Växjö and Eksjö

 

 

This is how holidays should be. Only a little longer.

 

 

 

Usefull topographical maps:

Bil- och turistkartan (1), Södra Götaland, 1:250 000

Blå kartan (53), Växjö, 1:100 000

Blå kartan (63), Nässjö, 1: 100 000

Gröna kartan (6D SO), Gislaved, 1: 50 000

 

 

 

 

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