Hotels on Öland

If you'd rather have a bit more comfort on Öland than a holiday cottage or a campsite offers, the island has a compact but well-curated range of hotels. The bulk of it sits in the north around Borgholm, with a central hotel in Färjestaden, a manor-house inn in the middle of the island, and a handful of addresses further south. This guide sorts the hotels by location and character, with price guidance, season and how to get there.

Borgholm, beach hotels and townhouses

The largest choice is clustered in and around the island's main town, Borgholm. Right on the Kalmar Strait, Strand Hotell Borgholm runs a beach resort about a ten-minute walk from the Borgholm Castle ruin. The hotel has its own private beach, a heated indoor pool around 25 metres long, a sauna and free parking. With 350 beds across 12 single rooms, 90 double rooms and 21 suites, it's one of the largest hotels on the island.

Hotell Borgholm takes a different approach, a food-focused hotel that describes itself as "Sweden's best gastronomic lodging". The kitchen is the main draw here; dining packages start from around SEK 2,155. The hotel counts its seasons on an ongoing tally, the most recent was its 54th season.

New for 2026 is the Strand Öland Hotell & Spa at Villagatan 4. It's due to open in June 2026 with 110 rooms in a seafront location and its own spa concept ("The Treat"). If you're planning around the new hotel, it's worth checking shortly before booking that it's already fully up and running by your travel dates.

Färjestaden, central, right by the bridge

Just past the island's approach road is Hotel Skansen at Tingshusgatan 1 in Färjestaden. The location is convenient, close to Ölands Köpcentrum, the harbour, Talludden beach and Ölands Djurpark. The hotel is open year-round and has an outdoor pool as well as a heated indoor pool, a spa and relaxation area with sauna and hot tub, a restaurant and a whisky cellar (tel. +46 485-305 30).

Färjestaden means "ferry town", though no ferry has run here for a long time, since 1972 the Öland Bridge (Ölandsbron) has linked the island to the mainland at Kalmar, replacing the old ferry crossing. Staying at the Skansen gives you the shortest run to the bridge and a good base for trips both north and south.

Halltorps Gästgiveri, a manor house on the Kalmar Strait

In the middle of the island, on the Kalmar Strait, sits Halltorps Gästgiveri (Halltorp 105), a four-star hotel in a manor house dating from the 1770s. It combines the character of a historic värdshus (traditional Swedish inn) with a restaurant, a spa and relaxation area, and a sauna; it has roughly 33 to 41 rooms. A nice bonus for art lovers, hotel guests get free entry to the neighbouring VIDA art museum.

Halltorp says it's open year-round, though its dining programme is concentrated mainly from May through summer. For a quiet weekend away from the town centres, with forest and coast on the doorstep, the Gästgiveri is one of the most characterful addresses on the island.

The south, golf, a windmill and a bed for the night

In the south of Öland, Grönhögen Golf Links (also known as LinksGolf Öland, Golfvägen 1 in Degerhamn, tel. +46 485-66 59 95) combines accommodation with sport. It offers hotel rooms and stugor (cottages) at the golf course, plus a restaurant and a spa area. In Grönhögen you'll also find Kvarnkrogen, a restaurant set in a windmill dating from 1884, one of the more distinctive dining spots in the south.

For the southern tip with Långe Jan, Ottenby and the World Heritage cultural landscape, Grönhögen is a natural base. The choice is noticeably thinner here than in the north, but you're right in the middle of the nature reserve.

The beach resorts, plenty of stugby, few classic hotels

The beach resort of Köpingsvik is shaped less by hotels than by campsites and stugby operations, names like Grönhag, Gröndals, Köpingbaden, Lundegård and Klinta reflect this mix of pitches and holiday cabins. Places with more of a hotel or guesthouse feel include Hotell Strandbaden and Klintagården; whether a given property counts as a hotel or a stugby is best checked directly with the operator. The beach is shallow and child-friendly, which makes the resort especially appealing for families.

If you're travelling with some flexibility, this mixed offering often works out better than a plain hotel room. For longer stays, holiday homes and campsites are usually cheaper; hotels make more sense for short stays, a city break in Borgholm, or as a comfortable base at the start or end of the season.

Prices, season and booking

Hotel prices on Öland vary a great deal by date and availability. In high season, a double room at Strand Hotell Borgholm runs roughly SEK 2,000 to 3,300 a night (about €175 to 290), with some deals from around SEK 1,400; cheaper Borgholm hotels start from around SEK 700 to 850 depending on the date. Reliable figures for the low season from October to April are hard to pin down consistently across hotels, if you're travelling then, it's best to ask directly.

A few routes make booking easier:

• Hotel websites, the larger hotels such as Strand, Skansen and Halltorp can be booked directly through their own websites, as well as through the major booking platforms.
• visitoland.com, the official Öland portal ("Ölands mötesplats"), with sections on travel, accommodation, food and activities; it's more of a directory than a booking platform in its own right.
• Book early, around Victoria Day on 14 July and through the peak summer weeks, rooms get scarce. If you have fixed dates, book well ahead.

For getting there - Öland has no railway station of its own. Travellers by train go as far as Kalmar Resecentrum, and the nearest airport is Kalmar Öland Airport, which has bus connections. From Kalmar, buses run by Kalmar Länstrafik (KLT) cross the Öland Bridge (Ölandsbron) to Färjestaden, Borgholm and beyond, with an express bus line calling at eleven stops from Färjestaden to Böda. More on this in the guide to getting to Öland; for places to eat, see food and drink.