Gotland: Caves, cliffs, and churches

The Swedish island Gotland is a popular holiday destination. Last year we explored the main city Visby on foot. This year we returned with the car to explore more of the island.

The island is about 100 km from north to south and 50 km wide and offers stunning views and a plethora of historical sights to explore.

A landscape millions of years in the making with limestone caves and steep cliffs dropping into the sea. Pastures and marshes rich in bird life and flowers. Pine forests and farms.

92 of its famous medieval churches remain. All well maintained and open to visitors.

Some of what we have discovered so far below.

View of the Karl Islands at Eksta Coast.
Tomsarve Windmill at the Eksta Coast.
Boat shaped grave at Gannarve. Bronze Age burial site with a view of the Karl Islands in the distance.
Västergarn Church.
Gothic Portal at Sanda Church.
Interior Levide Church.
Eksta Church.
Fröjels Kastal. Stone fortification overlooking a Viking Age harbour.
Lummelunda Caves. Formed over the last 20,000 thousand years, 19th century draining opened the caves for exploration.
Limestone formations in Lummelunda Caves.