We were a Swedish couple in our early 30s who stayed 9 nights in the cottage around midsommar. The cottage is beautiful, and so luxurious for the price. The kitchen is more well equipped than my kitchen at home! Cosy fireplace and TV sofas. Great outdoor porch, grill and outdoor table/chairs, we both danced and played board games on that porch :) The bedroom downstairs with double bed had great curtains to make the room dark, something which is really important for me. The loft is great if you have older children, at least 2 can sleep there. There are a ton of family board games, puzzles, and outdoor games like kubb that you can borrow, so we brought a lot of it unneccesarily :) The nearby beach and lake are wonderful and the water was 25 degrees already around June 20. There were not too many mosquitoes, not even in the evenings.
Although we did swim elsewhere in Värmdo, none of those beaches were close to beating our home beach/lake. You can borrow a boat, walk around the lake, participate in the local midsommar celebration. The owners Jan and Monika are unbeliavbly friendly and good hosts. In other words, the vacation here can be absolute paradise even if you never leave 200m from the cottage. But if you want to make excursions, Djurö C, Djurönäset, Motorverkstaden, Vita Grindarna, Glassvillan etc are just short bike rides away. There's public transport all over the island. Stavnäs is relatively nearby as well so we did excursions to Runmarö to watch some stand-up, and to Sandhamn, which I can highly recommend! You can easily go on daily excursions if you want. In conclusion, there was absolutely nothing disappointing during our vacation here and I would give my warmest recommendations for this place! We would love to come back next year, and this time relax more and stay more in the fantastic cottage :)
