Hotels in Stockholm

I stayed in the Sheraton Stockholm in early March 2001. The hotel is very conveniently situated just a few minutes walk from the station. There is an excellent express train link from the station to & from Stockholm Arlanda airport. The hotel is near the old town where you can visit the Royal Palace, which is great. You can get a combined ticket to see the Palace, armoury & coach house and Museum of Antiquities. I don't recommend persevering to find the latter which is basically two long narrow rooms lined with unmemorable Greek statues, mostly with chipped noses & other missing parts. I thought the state coaches, weapons, & royal regalia were worth ...  Read the complete review

I've been on a millionaire's luxury yacht only once in my life. It didn't go anywhere but was wonderful. Barbara Hutton's ship became hotel Mälardrottningen in 1982. It is moored alongside Stockholms old town at Riddarholmen island. You couldn't be more central. Proles like me can use Gamlastan underground rail station, a couple of hundred yards from the gangplank while other guests use the helicopter landing pad on a raft moored a little behind the ship. When I hear the word yacht I think of a sailing boat, but Barbara Hutton was a millionaire's daughter when a million really was worth a million. Her eighteenth birthday present ...  Read the complete review