The Travel Nut

Well, Visby. If it didn’t get so cold here in the winter months, I would consider moving here. It was absolutely gorgeous. Definitely my favourite stop of the holiday. If you want to read the full blog on our two week cruise around Northern Europe and Scandinavia, you can do so by clicking here.

On the way into port, the weather looked awful. It was really foggy, we could barely see a thing from the balcony. Not ideal when we’d planned to do a bike ride out to the nature reserve. Thankfully, as we docked, the weather cleared up and it turned out to be a lovely day weather wise.

From the port, we walked approx 1.5kms to collect our bikes from Gotlands Cykeluthyrning, which we’d booked via their website. Originally online we booked 4 mountain bikes, as the sizing for some of the other bikes wasn’t available and I was unsure if I’d fit on one of the bikes I wanted (I have very short legs and was worried about the bike being too tall!).

When we arrived, they allowed me to try the bike I actually wanted and I was tall enough for their smallest size bike (kids bike!) so they allowed me to swap the bike on our booking and even refunded the slight difference in price. Their customer service was brilliant.

So, here’s the bike of dreams!

From the hire centre we headed towards the nature reserve. Minus the big hill which was difficult on a bike with 3 gears, it was so easy! Like lots of Europe, there are cycle paths everywhere, so this took the worry out of cycling on the roads. Lots of the path was along the coast, so the views out to sea were amazing. Of course, there were lots of stops along the way for photos.

After spending some time enjoying the scenery, we rode back towards the town for some lunch and found this lovely restaurant on the hill.

After lunch, we did more exploring. Since 1995 Visby has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. There’s an old town wall which is over 2 miles long, and lots of churches and ruins to explore. It was such a lovely ride around the town and around the town wall (and much quieter outside the wall).

After cycling a total of 15 miles across the day, we decided to drop the bikes back and grab some drinks and snacks at a pub along the front. They do an amazing mojito! Perfect to help unwind after a lovely day.

After 4 back to back days at different ports, we got to enjoy 1 sea day, before our 6th and final stop of the cruise. We spent our sea days enjoying the different activities, watching more shows and eating some delicious food!

If you’d like more information about any of the destinations visited, or want to book your own cruise or holiday, please either comment on this blog, or you can contact me via my page Lisa Craddock Experience It Now Travel.